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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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Saint Joseph's Church, Hobart by Linda Monks |1959 8-page booklet| See details
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 See details
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 by Nicola Goc |Signed HCDJ| See details
Sandy Bay - A Social History by Nicola Goc |Signed HCDJ|

This is a social history of Sandy Bay, one of Hobart's early waterfront suburbs, by Nicola Goc.

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Sandy Bay - Rifle Range Site See details
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 See details
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| See details
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 See details
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] See details
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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Some Notes on Maria Island and its Penal Settlements See details
Some Notes on Maria Island and its Penal Settlements

Maria Island, off Tasmania's east coast, operated as a convict penal settlement from 1825 to 1832 — established to ease overcrowding at Hobart — before closing due to frequent escapes and reopening as a probation station from 1842 to 1850. Darlington, at the island's north, is today regarded as the most intact surviving example of a convict probation station in Australia, and is UNESCO World Heritage-listed as part of the Australian Convict Sites.

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Some Small Towns and Villages around Launceston - USED See details
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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