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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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A History of the Lower Midlands in Tasmania | J.S. Weeding | 1976 [USED – SC – Worn] See details
A History of the Lower Midlands in Tasmania | J.S. Weeding | 1976 [USED – SC – Worn]

J.S. Weeding's history of the lower Midlands district of Tasmania — the region south of Campbell Town encompassing Oatlands, Tunbridge, Antill Ponds, Jericho, Interlaken, Parattah, Mount Seymour, Lake Tiberias, Rhyndaston, Stonor, Tunnack, Woodsdale, Andover, Levendale, Stonehenge and Swanston. The lower Midlands is convict-era country — the road south from Campbell Town passes through landscapes shaped by assigned convict labour, pastoral runs, coaching inns and probation stations.

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A History of the Parish of Ross 1833-1969 by Hawley Stancombe |Vintage booklet| See details
A History of the Parish of Ross 1833-1969 by Hawley Stancombe |Vintage booklet|

A History of the Parish of Ross 1833-1969

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A History of The Parish of St. Leonards See details
A History of The Parish of St. Leonards
A local history of St Leonards, near Launceston in the north of Tasmania.
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A Midlands Odyssey – A Journey Through the Northern Midlands of Tasmania | Frank L. Rigney | 2008 | Limited Edition 88/250 Signed [USED – HCDJ] See details
A Midlands Odyssey – A Journey Through the Northern Midlands of Tasmania | Frank L. Rigney | 2008 | Limited Edition 88/250 Signed [USED – HCDJ]

Frank Rigney's journey through the pastoral properties and rural history of the Northern Midlands of Tasmania, published in 2008. The book documents the anecdotal histories of properties across the region — the families who settled them, the changes in land use over generations, and the stories that have accumulated around the farms, homesteads and communities of the Midlands.

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A Peopled Frontier - the European Heritage of the Tarkine Area See details
A Peopled Frontier - the European Heritage of the Tarkine Area
A Peopled Frontier documents the considerable history of human activity (European only) in the Tarkine region of north-west Tasmania which contains a large tract of temperate rainforest and is often described - erroneously, according to the author - as a wilderness.
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A Pictorial History of Strahan See details
A Pictorial History of Strahan
The story of Strahan and the Macquarie Harbour region of West Coast Tasmania.
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A Short History of Circular Head and Its Pioneers See details
A Short History of Circular Head and Its Pioneers
A short history of Circular Head and its pioneers, also of the VDL Company of Woolnorth, written by the popular historian Karl von Stieglitz.
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A Short History of Cressy and Bishopsbourne by KR von Stieglitz See details
A Short History of Cressy and Bishopsbourne by KR von Stieglitz

A local northern Midlands history, including some notes on the Lake River pioneers, by Karl von Stieglitz.

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A Short History of Ross – With Some Tales of the Pioneers | K.R. von Stieglitz | Reprint [USED – SC – Good] See details
A Short History of Ross – With Some Tales of the Pioneers | K.R. von Stieglitz | Reprint [USED – SC – Good]

K.R. von Stieglitz's short history of Ross — the historic Midlands town on the Macquarie River about 10 minutes south of Campbell Town, known for its Georgian streetscape, the convict-carved Ross Bridge (1836) and its position as one of the best-preserved colonial towns in Australia. Ross is also becoming known as a dark sky destination — the surrounding Midlands countryside offers some of the best stargazing conditions in Tasmania.

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A Tapestry of Bruny Island Tasmania - Tales from four generations See details
A Tapestry of Bruny Island Tasmania - Tales from four generations
Stories and anecdotes from the broadcasts and diaries of Katie Jennings, an Englishwoman who lived on Bruny Island during the 1950s. Revised and expanded edition.
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