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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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The Albert Hall 1890–1980 – A History of the Launceston Concert Hall | Dennis Hodgkinson | 1980 [USED – SC – Out of Print]

Dennis Hodgkinson's history of the Albert Hall in Launceston — the city's principal concert and civic hall, built in 1891 and documented here across its first ninety years, published to coincide with its 1980 re-launch after restoration works. The Albert Hall has recently been at the centre of Launceston public debate following its latest major renovation — a project that attracted significant attention for its cost and the questions it raised about the hall's utilisation and future.


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The Archer Heritage
A comprehensive account of William Archer of Hertford and Van Diemen's Land, his ancestors and descendants.

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The Archers of Van Diemen's Land: A History of Pioneer Pastoral Families by Neil Chick (1991 First Edition)

The landmark 1991 first edition of Neil Chick's definitive genealogical and pastoral history of northern Tasmania’s prominent Archer family. A substantial, large-format hardcover containing extensive family lineage charts, maps, and archival illustrations.


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The Bay - the European History of St Helens
The European history of St Helens on Tasmania's East Coast, from its earliest days as a pioneering coastal town to the 21st century.

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The Bellerive to Sorell Railway Revisited

The history of the train line on Hobart's eastern shore in Tasmania.


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The Ben Lomond Story
A history of the Ben Lomond ski village created by skiing enthusiasts on the sometimes snowy mountain near Launceston in northern Tasmania.

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The Blazed Track
The Blazed Track is a book of local Tasmanian and family history telling of times in and around Lee's Paddocks and Mole Creek, and with the Lee family, the Walters and Mill Gang.

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The Campbell Town Hospital
A history of the local Campbell Town hospital, serving the midlands area of Tasmania.

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The Campbell Town Story
A small booklet of the history of Campbell Town (founded 1821) in the northern Midlands, by renowned Tasmanian historian Basil Rait.

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The Centenary of Portland (North-Eastern Tasmania) 1834-1934
A summary of the history and a guide to the Portland district in north east Tasmania, originally published around 1934 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the discovery of alluvial tin ore, and reprinted here in 1987.

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