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Oatlands Past to Present | Oatlands District Historical Society | [NEW – SC]
Added: Jul 15, 2026

A new local history of Oatlands and the surrounding area — compiled by the Oatlands District Historical Society. Oatlands sits in Tasmania's Southern Midlands on the Midland Highway corridor, about 85km north of Hobart and 40 minutes south of Campbell Town. Its main street of intact colonial sandstone buildings is one of the most complete examples of colonial-era architecture in Australia.


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The Enigmatic Art of the Ross Bridge Tasmania | Dr Jennie Jackson | 2026 | Signed by Author [NEW – SC]
Added: Mar 26, 2026

A close study of the 186 carved decorations on the Ross Bridge — the convict-built sandstone bridge that has spanned the Macquarie River at Ross since 1836, and one of the most visited historic sites in Tasmania. The carvings were the work of Daniel Herbert, a transported convict who was a stonemason by trade.


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Low Head to Launceston - earliest reports of Port Dalrymple and the Tamar
Added: Aug 12, 2026

Presents the earliest surviving written accounts of the exploration and founding of Port Dalrymple and the Tamar, at the mouth of which the site of modern Launceston developed. On the evening of 3 November 1798, Matthew Flinders and George Bass entered Port Dalrymple aboard the colonial sloop Norfolk, becoming the first Europeans to survey the harbour.


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Rowella - Kayena (West Bay - Richmond Hill)
A local Tasmanian history from 1805.

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Sail & Steam, Trading Vessels to Georges Bay 1833-1958
A history of the trading vessels that plied Tasmania's coastal waters and were the lifeblood of all the early Tasmanian coastal communities, with a focus on St Helens.

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Saint Joseph's Church, Hobart by Linda Monks |1959 8-page booklet|

St Joseph's, on the corner of Harrington and Macquarie Streets, is the oldest surviving Catholic church in Hobart, Tasmania. Linda Monks's booklet records this history.


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Sam Thomas and his Neighbours
Sam Thomas and his Neighbours and their part in the development of Port Sorell, Latrobe and Devonport in North West Tasmania, a local history / family biography.

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Sandy Bay
A social history of one of Hobart's early waterfront suburbs.

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Sandy Bay - Rifle Range Site
Hobart's Sandy Bay - a history of the Rifle Range site.

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School By The Sea - Burnie High School

School By The Sea - Burnie High School


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Scott's New Country - Reflections of Scottsdale from its origins to the present |1981 SC|

The district now known as Scottsdale, in Tasmania's north-east, was discovered and surveyed by James Scott in 1852–53, and for decades afterward was known simply as "Scott's New Country" — the source of this book's title.


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Shifting Sands
A history of the Mersey River, Devonport.

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Snarers and Cattlemen of the Mersey High Country – The Lees of Lees' Paddocks | Simon Cubit | [USED – SC – Out of Print]

Simon Cubit's history of the Lee family and their work as snarers and cattlemen in the Mersey High Country — the remote high country of Tasmania's Central Plateau above the Mersey Valley, centred on Lees' Paddocks near the headwaters of the Mersey River. The Lee family spent generations working this remote country — running cattle on the high plateau in summer, snaring possums through the colder months, and living a way of life that has since largely disappeared.


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