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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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Reflections on Tasmaniana | Phoebe Wilson | 1972 | Signed by Author [USED – SC – Damaged Cover] See details
Reflections on Tasmaniana | Phoebe Wilson | 1972 | Signed by Author [USED – SC – Damaged Cover]

Poet and writer Phoebe Wilson's reflections on aspects of Tasmania she encountered and observed — a 1972 booklet covering Bicheno, Campbell Town, O'Brien's Store, Mervyn Houghton Wright, Ross, Table Cape, the Shell and Antique Museum, Lake Dulverton, Oatlands and Clyde Goldsmith.

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Richard Bennett's Huon Valley See details
Richard Bennett's Huon Valley
A photographic essay of Tasmania's Huon Valley by renowned photographer Richard Bennett.
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Richmond Tasmania - A Crossing Place See details
Richmond Tasmania - A Crossing Place
A local history of Richmond, a small historic town not far from Hobart, in Tasmania.
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Richmond... and the Coal River Valley See details
Richmond... and the Coal River Valley

Walter B. Pridmore's short history of Richmond and the Coal River Valley, including the Richmond Gaol, churches, stately homes and wineries. Softcover, 2003, 76 pages, illustrated with colour paintings.

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Ringarooma Days - the history and families of a North-East community |Glenn Carins|SC 2026| See details
Ringarooma Days - the history and families of a North-East community |Glenn Carins|SC 2026|

Ringarooma, in Tasmania's North-East, began as "Krushka Town," a private township founded in 1882 by the Krushka brothers, whose enterprise grew out of the region's tin mining boom of the 1870s. The town was renamed Ringarooma in 1888. Glenn Carins traces the history and pioneering families of the district, including Alberton, Krushka Town, Pinega, Talawa/Maurice and Trenah.

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Robbins Island Saga - History of a Bass Strait island, Pauline Buckby See details
Robbins Island Saga - History of a Bass Strait island, Pauline Buckby

Robbins Island, off Tasmania's north-west coast in Bass Strait, is the state's seventh largest island and its largest privately owned one. Pauline Buckby, also author of Around Circular Head and The Legends of Hunter Island (both also in our stock), tells the island's history here.

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Ross... on the Argyle Plains See details
Ross... on the Argyle Plains

A Tasmanian regional history with a focus on the colonial period and its buildings in Ross and the Midlands area around it, from York Plains to Campbell Town.

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Rossarden Echo of the Mountain - second edition See details
Rossarden Echo of the Mountain - second edition
A revised and updated edition of the popular Rossarden, Echo of the Mountain.
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Rowella - Kayena (West Bay - Richmond Hill) See details
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 See details
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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