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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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Browns River to Kingston

Local Tasmanian history.


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Bruny Island's Quarantine Station in War and Peace
A book that documents research into all aspects of human occupancy of the Quarantine Station site at Barnes Bay on Bruny Island, Tasmania.

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Building on Firm Foundations - the Cooper Family in Tasmania - stonemasons, builders and architects
Building on Firm Foundations - a history of the Cooper family in Tasmania - stonemasons, builders and architects.

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Buttons, Bodices, Braces & Britches
The story of Slater's Country Store, Sheffield, in northern Tasmania. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

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By Derwent Divided – The Lake Illawarra, the Tasman Bridge and the 1975 Disaster | Tom Lewis | 3rd Edition 2025 [HC]

On 5 January 1975 the bulk carrier Lake Illawarra struck two of the pylons of Hobart's Tasman Bridge, bringing down two spans of the bridge and sinking the ship in the Derwent River. Seven crew members and two people on the bridge were killed. The collapse divided Hobart for nearly two years — cutting the city in half and forcing residents on the eastern shore to take lengthy detours or use a ferry service until the bridge reopened in October 1977.


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Bygone Branxholm 1883-1983
A local Tasmanian history from northern Tasmania.

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Bygone Days on the Tamar
Local history from the north of Tasmania, illustrated with black/white photos.

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Campbell Town ... on Elizabeth
A short history of Campbell Town in Tasmania's midlands district.

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Campbell Town Tasmania 1966 Midlands Local History Book

Rare, out-of-print 1966 centenary municipal history of Campbell Town in the Tasmanian Midlands. A hand-signed and numbered limited edition copy (one of only 1,000) detailing the pioneering Saxon Merino wool industry, early colonial families, and town development. Essential for regional history collectors and family genealogists.


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Canned Rabbits and Corduroy
A little history booklet about Dutch settlers in Ulverstone, northern Tasmania.

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