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The East Coasters - hardcover
Added: Mar 9, 2024
 
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A hardcover reprint of the classic history of the early European settlers along the East Coast of Tasmania, by Lois Nyman.

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The East Coasters - softcover
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A softcover reprint of the classic history of the early European settlers along the East Coast of Tasmania, by Lois Nyman.

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Maria Island History and Landscapes 1825-1930
Added: Feb 1, 2024
 
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A history of Maria Island's recent past structured around four key touchstones: the two phases of convict occupation during the Penal Period 1825-32 and the Probation Period 1842-52; the optimistic tenure of the Bernacchi Period 1884-96; and the resource exploitation of the Industrial Period 1920-30.

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The O'Connors of Connorville - softcover
 
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The story of Tasmania's O'Connor family, pioneers of the the state's fine wool industry in the Midlands.

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The Story of North Down 1826-1910
 
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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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Wild Heart of Tasmania
 
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A living history of Lake Malbena and the Western Lakes in Tasmania.

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History of the Iron Pot - Derwent Light
 
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A comprehensive history of the Iron Pot - Australia's oldest lighthouse tower, Derwent Lighthouse - and a study of life in the colony of Van Diemen's Land and of its transition to the modern state of Tasmania.

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Aboriginal Connections with Launceston Places
 
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Stories in stone is a written portrait of the Tamar Valley's aboriginal history, in the north of Tasmania, largely based on interviews with 20 Tasmanian Aboriginal people who have lived largely in Launceston. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

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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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Living with Jezebel - A Life on Tasmanian and Bass Strait Lightstations
 
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The story of life lived on Tasmania's remote lighthouses in the days just before automation.

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Island Life - Clarke Island
 
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The Story of Clarke Island from 1984 to 1990.

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A Peopled Frontier - the European Heritage of the Tarkine Area
 
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A Peopled Frontier documents the considerable history of human activity (European only) in the Tarkine region of north-west Tasmania which contains a large tract of temperate rainforest and is often described - erroneously, according to the author - as a wilderness.

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Adamsfield - the town that lived and died
 
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A history of the Adamsfield township that grew around osmiridium mining in the Tasmanian wilderness, and was subsequently abandoned.

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