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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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Deviot Talks
 
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A local history of Deviot, in northern Tasmania - located on the banks of the Tamar River between Sidmouth and Robigana.

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Discovering King Island Western Bass Strait
 
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A short history and guide to King Is, off the north coast of Tasmania in Bass Strait - vintage.

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Down the Sledge Track
 
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A local Tasmanian history of West Scottsdale and Lietinna.

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Down Windermere Way...
 
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A small stapled history booklet about Windermere, on the East bank of the Tamar River, in northern Tasmania.

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Duck and Green Peas! For Ever! Finding Utopia in Tasmania
 
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People have looked to find utopia in the most unlikely Tasmanian places – Port Davey, Elephant Pass, Jackey’s Marsh, Cygnet, Lake Pedder, Castra. This book tells their stories.

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Duck Reach - Launceston's Electric Light - Marvels of the Cataract
 
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A history of many different aspects of Cataract Gorge, Launceston, including the Duck Reach hydroelectric power station.

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Dying to be Healthy
 
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A social history of how medical advances have impacted on the pioneering families of the Kentish community in northern Tasmania gradually improving their quality of life - home remedies, bush nurses, local midwives, diseases, epidemics, small private hospitals and all the doctors, dentists and pharmacists who have practised in Kentish.

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Early Deloraine
 
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The writings of Louisa Meredith and Daniel Griffin with a selection of photographs from circa 1850 to 1919 capturing the early days of Deloraine, in the north of Tasmania.

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Early History of the Penny Royal Watermill and Gatenby Family
 
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An 8- page booklet telling the early history of Launceston's Penny Royal Watermill and the Gatenby family whose farm it was originally built on in the Northern Midlands of Tasmania, 1812-1862.

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Echoes from the Wild West Coast of Tasmania - used
 
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A book based on the Tasmanian West Coast stories of Frederick George Copeland who wrote about his experiences around Queenstown, Penghana, Strahan, Zeehan, Corinna and Trial Harbour in the 1890s.

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