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Oatlands Past to Present | Oatlands District Historical Society | [NEW – SC] See details
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] 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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Low Head to Launceston - earliest reports of Port Dalrymple and the Tamar See details
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 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]

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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The Fabric of Launceston See details
The Fabric of Launceston
A collaborative community history of the city of Launceston.
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The Forgotten Islands - a personal adventure through the islands of Bass Strait See details
The Forgotten Islands - a personal adventure through the islands of Bass Strait
Between mainland Australia and Tasmania lie the islands of Bass Strait - cold, dark, pounded by atrocious weather and hardly ever visited. But they have long fascinated adventurer, bird watcher and media personality Michael Veitch.
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The Founding of Hobart - used See details
The Founding of Hobart - used
A diary recounting the events on the Derwent 1803-1804. This is a USED book.
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The Founding of Hobart – A Diary Recounting Events on the Derwent 1803–1804 | Frank Bolt | 2004 | Leatherbound Limited Edition [USED – HC – Very Good] See details
The Founding of Hobart – A Diary Recounting Events on the Derwent 1803–1804 | Frank Bolt | 2004 | Leatherbound Limited Edition [USED – HC – Very Good]

Frank Bolt's compilation of diary accounts and primary source material documenting the founding of Hobart Town — the establishment of the European settlement on the Derwent River in 1803 and 1804 by Lieutenant David Collins and his party.

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The Furneaux Group Bass Strait First Visitors 1797-1810 See details
The Furneaux Group Bass Strait First Visitors 1797-1810
This softcover stapled edition of Furneaux Group Bass Strait First Visitors 1797-1810 was the second in a series, written by JS Cumpston after the original author passed away. Roebuck Society Publication Number 5.
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The Furneaux Group – Bass Strait: A History of the Flinders Island Group | R.M. Fowler | 1980 [USED – HCDJ] See details
The Furneaux Group – Bass Strait: A History of the Flinders Island Group | R.M. Fowler | 1980 [USED – HCDJ]

A history of the Furneaux Group — the cluster of islands in eastern Bass Strait of which Flinders Island is the largest — covering the settlement, industries, shipwrecks, families and communities of the islands from early European contact through to the late 20th century.

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The Gatenby Saga – Andrew Gatenby of Barton and His Descendants, Pennyroyal Creek Tasmania | Bacon & Gatenby | 2021 [USED – HC – Out of Print] See details
The Gatenby Saga – Andrew Gatenby of Barton and His Descendants, Pennyroyal Creek Tasmania | Bacon & Gatenby | 2021 [USED – HC – Out of Print]

The story of Andrew Gatenby, who emigrated from Wales in the 1820s and settled in Tasmania's Midlands district. He established the farm Barton and built the Pennyroyal Mill on Pennyroyal Creek, and the book traces his life and that of his descendants across nearly a century, drawn from a unique family archive of diaries, letters and documents.

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The Gold Coast Settlers - post WWII soldiers on Flinders Island See details
The Gold Coast Settlers - post WWII soldiers on Flinders Island
The story of post World War II soldier settlement on Flinders Island. Signed by the author.
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The Harbour - history of Binalong Bay & Humbug Point, North-East Tasmania See details
The Harbour - history of Binalong Bay & Humbug Point, North-East Tasmania
The Harbour - a history of Binalong Bay and Humbug Point in North-East Tasmania.
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