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Parattah
Added: Apr 30, 2026
 
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A 150 year pictorial history of the southern midlands railway town of Parattah in Tasmania.

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The Enigmatic Art of the Ross Bridge Tasmania - signed
Added: Mar 26, 2026
 
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The Ross Bridge sculptures are one of the great enigmas of Tasmania art - 186 architectural decorations carved in relief by convicts transported to the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land.

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Colonial Life in Tasmania – Fifty Years of Photography 1855–1905 | Allan Sierp | 1976 [USED – HCDJ]
Added: Jun 16, 2026
 
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A photographic record of colonial Tasmania covering the years 1855 to 1905. Compiled by Allan Sierp, the book draws together fifty years of early photography documenting the people, towns, industries and landscapes of Van Diemen's Land and early Tasmania.


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Contested Places
 
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A regional history of Tasmania's Northern agricultural districts from ancient times to 1900 - encompassing the former municipalities of Deloraine, Westbury, Evandale and Longford.

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Convict Kingston - Norfolk Island
 
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A history guide to the convict era on Norfolk Island.

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Convict Lives at the George Town Female Factory
 
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The stories of women who were sent to the first 'female factory" in the north of Tasmania.

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Convict Lives at the Launceston Female Factory
 
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The story of the female convicts who lived and worked at the Launceston Female Factory.

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Convict Lives at the New Norfolk Asylum
 
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The lives of twenty two women convict inmates at New Norfolk's Asylum are examined in this continuing series of Convict Lives.

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Convict Lives at the Ross Female Factory
 
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The stories of women convicts who served at the Ross Female Factory.

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Convicts of the Fingal Valley
 
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A history of the convicts at Tasmania's Fingal Valley probation stations - Fingal, St Mary's Pass, Falmouth barracks.

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Cypress Street Cemetery
 
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A history of the Cypress Street Cemetery including a listing of those buried there.

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David Howie - Devil or Saint? A biography
 
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A biography of David Howie, a man who became a household name in Australia in 1845 as a result of his involvement in the rescue of survivors of the shipwreck of the Cataraqui on King Island - Australia's worst sea tragedy on record.

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Days Gone By in Clarence
 
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A chronological history of significant dates and events on the Eastern Shore of the Derwent River, across from Hobart in Tasmania - signed by the author John R Sargent.

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