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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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Something about Lingtown – A Sequel: More About Sulphur Creek | Nanette Sharman | 2011 [USED – SC – Out of Print] See details
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 See details
South Bruny Island Tasmania
A history of the settlement of South Bruny Island.
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Spirit of Clarence See details
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 See details
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] See details
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 See details
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 See details
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 See details
Tales from the Corner
A history of North Scottsdale in Tasmania.
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Tall Poplars See details
Tall Poplars
Tales of Tasmania's fabled River Derwent valley.
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Taroona 1808–1986 – Farm Lands to a Garden Suburb | Taroona Historical Group | 1988 [USED – SC – Out of Print] See details
Taroona 1808–1986 – Farm Lands to a Garden Suburb | Taroona Historical Group | 1988 [USED – SC – Out of Print]

A history of Taroona, the suburb on Hobart's eastern shore of the Derwent south of the city, compiled by the Taroona Historical Group and published in 1988. The book traces Taroona's transformation from early colonial farm land in 1808 through to the established garden suburb it had become by 1986 — covering the families, properties and development that shaped the area across nearly two centuries.

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