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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 Norfolk Island Book
A colour photographic portrayal of Norfolk Island.

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The Norfolk Island Story
A highly readable history of Norfolk Is by Frank Clune.

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The Norfolk Plains - a history of Longford, Cressy, Perth and Bishopsbourne, Tasmania
In 1813 members of the abandoned Norfolk Island community were resettled on flats along the South Esk River about 15 kilometres from Launceston in Tasmania.

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The O'Connors of Connorville – Pioneers of Tasmania's Fine Wool Industry | Alison Alexander | 2017 [NEW – SC]

Alison Alexander's history of the O'Connor family of Connorville — one of the great pastoral families of the Tasmanian Midlands, and pioneers of the fine wool industry that brought Tasmania international recognition. Roderic O'Connor arrived in Van Diemen's Land from Ireland in 1824 and with his young sons built a pastoral empire centred on Connorville near Cressy.


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The O'Connors of Connorville – Pioneers of Tasmania's Fine Wool Industry | Alison Alexander | 2017 [USED – HC – Good]

Alison Alexander's history of the O'Connor family of Connorville — one of the great pastoral families of the Tasmanian Midlands, and pioneers of the fine wool industry that brought Tasmania international recognition. Roderic O'Connor arrived in Van Diemen's Land from Ireland in 1824 and with his young sons built a pastoral empire centred on Connorville near Cressy.


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The Ol' Factory
A Sense of the Past - The story of Scottsdale's Simplot vegetable processing plant in northern Tasmania.

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The Outcome of Enterprise - Waverley Woollen Mills
The Outcome of Enterprise is a short history of Launceston's Waverley Woollen Mills in northern Tasmania.

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The Oyster Coves - history of Kettering - Oyster Cove area by Julie Gardam

A history of the Kettering–Oyster Cove area south of Hobart, by Julie Gardam. The district's history includes Oyster Cove itself — known today by its Aboriginal name, putalina — where, in 1847, the surviving Tasmanian Aboriginal people were relocated from Wybalenna on Flinders Island, following their earlier forced removal from their own country during the Black War.


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The Presence of Arms – Tasmanian People in Military Service and Conflict Since European Settlement | Antony Nicholson & Stanley Cordwell | 2007 | Signed & Numbered 278/300 [USED – SC – Out of Print]

A history of Tasmanian involvement in military service and conflict from European settlement of Van Diemen's Land through to modern times, written by Antony Nicholson and Stanley Cordwell and published in 2007. The book covers the full span of Tasmanian military history — from the colonial period and the Boer War through both World Wars and beyond — documenting the people, units and stories that connect Tasmania to Australia's broader military experience.


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The Pulp: The Rise and Fall of an Industry | Burnie Paper Mill History Tasmania 1936-2010 | Allan Jamieson

A history of the Burnie Paper Mill in north-west Tasmania, tracing the rise and fall of the pulp and paper industry from 1936 to 2010.


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