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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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Woven Landscape - used
Woven Landscape is an examination of what makes a place through its connections to flora, fauna, geology and known heritage, using the Tasmanian Midlands as an example.

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Wrecked on Bruny Island
The story of the huge storm of 1909 that wrecked three of Tasmania's finest vessels.

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WWI - The Stories Behind the Names on the Oatlands War Memorial

The stories behind the names of the World War One veterans on Oatlands War Memorial.


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Wynyard - a pictorial history

A history of Wynyard on the north-west coast of Tasmania in black and white photographs, compiled by the Wynyard Historical Society.


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Yesterday's Hobart Today
Well known amateur historian and enthusiastic collector of historical photographs, Colin Dennison has compiled a street-by-street review of Australia's second oldest capital city, Hobart in Tasmania.

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York Town 1804 Northern Tasmania Local History | New Book

A comprehensive, meticulously researched history documenting the 1804 British establishment and foundational settlement of northern Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) at Port Dalrymple.


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