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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 Norfolk Island Book See details
The Norfolk Island Book
A colour photographic portrayal of Norfolk Island.
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The Norfolk Island Story See details
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 See details
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] See details
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] See details
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 See details
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 See details
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 See details
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 110/300 [USED – SC – Out of Print] See details
The Presence of Arms – Tasmanian People in Military Service and Conflict Since European Settlement | Antony Nicholson & Stanley Cordwell | 2007 | Signed & Numbered 110/300 [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 See details
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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