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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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Some Notes on Maria Island and its Penal Settlements
A short history of the convict settlements on Maria Island, just a little way off the East Coast of Tasmania.

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Some Small Towns and Villages around Launceston - USED
A history of fourteen small towns around Launceston beautifully illustrated by artist and author, Elizabeth de Quincey.

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Something about Lingtown – A Sequel: More About Sulphur Creek | Nanette Sharman | 2011 [USED – SC – Out of Print]

Nanette Sharman's sequel history of Sulphur Creek — the small coastal community on Tasmania's north-west coast between Burnie and Penguin, known historically as Lingtown.


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South Bruny Island Tasmania
A history of the settlement of South Bruny Island.

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Spirit of Clarence
A history of the community across from Hobart on the Derwent's Eastern Shore, encompassing Lindisfarne, Rosny, Bellerive and Kangaroo Bay.

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Spring Bay Tasmania - worn, ex-library copy
A social history of the Spring Bay area on Tasmania's East Coast including Orford, Triabunna and Buckland.

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St. Pauls Plains Avoca 1834–1984 – A History of the Avoca District | David Masters | 1984 [USED – SC – Out of Print]

A local history of the Avoca district in the Fingal Valley of north-east Tasmania, covering the period from 1834 to 1984. Avoca sits in the valley of the South Esk River between Fingal and Conara, in country that was among the earliest settled pastoral land in north-east Tasmania.


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Sticks and Stones
Walking adventures following the trails of the Big River Nation and colonial surveyors in Western Tasmania - part memoir, part history.

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Stock Thieves and Golfers
A history of Kangaroo Bay and Rosny Farm Tasmania 1803-1998. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

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Tales from the Corner
A history of North Scottsdale in Tasmania.

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