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Islands of the Island State - Rees Campbell explores 40 of Tasmania's 6,500 offshore islands, their history & wild food | 2026 [NEW – SC] See details
Islands of the Island State - Rees Campbell explores 40 of Tasmania's 6,500 offshore islands, their history & wild food | 2026 [NEW – SC]
Added: Sep 8, 2026

Rees Campbell, author of the bestselling Eat MORE Wild Tasmanian, turns her attention to Tasmania's off-shore islands. There are some 6,500 islands, islets, rocks and reefs around the state, and this book visits 40 of them — from the largest, Flinders Island, to the remote and uninhabited Pedra Branca and Mewstone in the Southern Ocean, to some of the smallest and closest, like the Harbour Islets in the state's far North West.

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The Enigmatic Art of the Ross Bridge Tasmania | Dr Jennie Jackson | 2026 | Signed by Author [NEW – SC] See details
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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Local History

A large and constantly updated collection of Tasmanian local and district history books – town histories, community stories, and the histories of local councils, districts and regions right across the state. Many of these titles were produced by local historical societies, councils, and community groups in small print runs, making them genuinely hard to find once out of print. A favourite section for genealogists, local historians, and anyone researching a specific Tasmanian town or district.

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Pubs in Hobart from 1807 – A Gazetteer | David J. Bryce | 1997 [USED – SC – Out of Print] See details
Pubs in Hobart from 1807 – A Gazetteer | David J. Bryce | 1997 [USED – SC – Out of Print]

David J. Bryce's gazetteer of hotels, taverns and public houses in Hobart from 1807 through to the late 20th century — a comprehensive single reference on the subject. At 183 pages plus appendices, the book lists Hobart's licensed premises in gazetteer format — organised to allow researchers to track specific premises, their licensees, locations and histories across nearly two centuries of Hobart's social and commercial life.

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PWD Paid Wet and Dry - 101 memories of Tasmania's Public Works System - signed See details
PWD Paid Wet and Dry - 101 memories of Tasmania's Public Works System - signed

101 memories of Tasmania's Public Works Department (PWD) — the state government body responsible for building and maintaining Tasmania's roads, bridges and public infrastructure through much of the 20th century - also referred to as Paid Wet or Dry.

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Reaching Out From Ben Lomond – Stories of Farmers and Their Farms Around Blessington, Evandale, Clarendon and Nile | Tony McCormack | 2019 | Signed by Author [USED – SC – Out of Stock] See details
Reaching Out From Ben Lomond – Stories of Farmers and Their Farms Around Blessington, Evandale, Clarendon and Nile | Tony McCormack | 2019 | Signed by Author [USED – SC – Out of Stock]

The third volume in Tony McCormack's "Reaching Out" series of local farming histories, covering the northern Tasmanian Midlands districts of Blessington, Evandale, Clarendon and Nile. McCormack continues his approach of combining individual farm and family histories with the broader story of agricultural settlement in this part of the Northern Midlands, drawing on interviews and records from the families who have worked this country.

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Reaching Out From Evandale | Tony McCormack | 2017 | Signed by Author [USED – SC – Very Good] See details
Reaching Out From Evandale | Tony McCormack | 2017 | Signed by Author [USED – SC – Very Good]

Tony McCormack returns to the farms around Evandale to capture the stories of the properties and the families who earned their living working them — the second volume in the "Reaching Out" series, covering the districts of Clarendon, Nile, Deddington, Blessington, White Hills and Relbia.

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Reaching Out From Trafalgar – Stories of Farmers and Their Farms Around the Trafalgar Estate, Evandale | Tony McCormack | 2015 [USED – SC – Very Good] See details
Reaching Out From Trafalgar – Stories of Farmers and Their Farms Around the Trafalgar Estate, Evandale | Tony McCormack | 2015 [USED – SC – Very Good]

The fourth volume in Tony McCormack's "Reaching Out" series of local farming histories — this time focusing on the farms and properties surrounding Trafalgar Estate, the substantial colonial property near Evandale in northern Tasmania's Midlands.

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Reaching out from Willowdene See details
Reaching out from Willowdene

Memoirs and stories of the author's mentors, by Dr Tony McCormack — the latest in his series tracing farming families of the Evandale, Nile, Clarendon and Blessington districts of Northern Tasmania, following on from Reaching Out From Trafalgar, Reaching Out From Evandale and Reaching Out From Ben Lomond.

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Reading in Colonial Tasmania - the early years of the Evandale Subscription Library See details
Reading in Colonial Tasmania - the early years of the Evandale Subscription Library
The Evandale Subscription Library in the north of Tasmania is unique in that its 19th century manuscript catalogue of books and loans register has survived.

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Recherche Bay - a short history See details
Recherche Bay - a short history
A short, illustrated social history of Recherche Bay, south of Hobart in Tasmania.
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Recollections of North Bruny Island | F. Oliver Gray | 1978 [USED – SC – Out of Print] See details
Recollections of North Bruny Island | F. Oliver Gray | 1978 [USED – SC – Out of Print]

F. Oliver Gray's personal recollections of life on the north end of Bruny Island — the smaller, more pastoral northern section of the island separated from South Bruny by The Neck. North Bruny has a distinct character from the southern wilderness — it is more like farming country, with the community of Dennes Point and the D'Entrecasteaux Channel defining its western shore.

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Rediscovering Recherche Bay See details
Rediscovering Recherche Bay
A history of Recherche Bay in South West Tasmania.
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