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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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The Fabric of Launceston See details
The Fabric of Launceston
A collaborative community history of the city of Launceston.
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The Fatal Errand - The Unsolved Murder of Chrissie Venn, North Motton 1921 - Kris Gatenby See details
The Fatal Errand - The Unsolved Murder of Chrissie Venn, North Motton 1921 - Kris Gatenby

Kris Gatenby's account of the unsolved 1921 murder of thirteen-year-old Chrissie Venn near North Motton, Tasmania - a case that has puzzled Tasmanians for over a century. Signed by the author.

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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

J.S. Cumpston (1909–1986) wrote this account of the earliest European visitors to the Furneaux Group in Bass Strait, covering exploration between 1797 and 1810 — including figures such as Matthew Flinders, George Bass and James Kelly.

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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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