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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]
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]
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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A History of Port Sorell Tasmania 1844-1994 by Faye Gardam
Added: Sep 20, 2026

Faye Gardam's history of Port Sorell covers the district from Aboriginal occupation through to 1994 — the naming and surveying of the area, its streets and features, buildings and organisations, and local flora and fauna, along with a chapter of local stories ("A Few Good Stories!").


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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 South East
A Tasmanian history booklet compiled for adult education classes, and including Clarence, Richmond, Sorell, Tasman Peninsula, and shipping history.

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The South West Book
The classic reference book to the Tasmanian wilderness.

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The Story of Devonport
A small history of Devonport on the north coast of Tasmania, illustrated with black/white photos.

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The Story of Holy Trinity Church, Cressy 1858-1958 - Centenary History by Karl von Stieglitz [Vintage Softcover Booklet]

Karl von Stieglitz's 1958 centenary history of Holy Trinity Church, Cressy, consecrated in 1858 by Bishop Francis Russell Nixon in Tasmania's Norfolk Plains district.


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The Story of Kingborough
A small, short history of the area around Kingston, south of Hobart.

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The Story of North Down 1826-1910
A local Tasmanian family history from 1966, republished in 2023 to celebrate the bicentennial of the Thomas family arriving in Van Diemen's Land in February 1824.

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The Story of The Port of Launceston

A history of the Port of Launceston Authority and the development of shipping on the Tamar in northern Tasmania, by Sir Raymond Alfred Ferrall CBE (1906–2000) — a prominent Launceston businessman and Warden of the Port of Launceston Authority, for which he was made CBE in 1969.


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The Struggle of the Penguin Tramway and the Tasmanian iron mines
A Tasmanian mining-related history of the Penguin tramway 1897-1910 in the north of the State, focusing on the conflict of interest between James Cole Ellis and Florence McCarthy-Clerke.

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The Tamar Yacht Club - History of Sailing in Launceston from 1837
An illustrated history of sailing in Launceston from 1837 through to recent times.

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The Truth about Tunbridge Wells Inn
The Truth about the Tunbridge Wells Inn attempts to set the record straight about the origins of two of Tunbridge's older buildings.

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