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Ferry to Tasmania - a Short History
Ferry to Tasmania provides a detailed account of the development of ferry services between mainland Australia and the island State of Tasmania up to the introduction of the Spirit of Tasmania III in 2004.

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Flinders - The man who mapped Australia
The fascinating story of the exceptional maritime explorer, Matthew Flinders - the man who put Australia on the map.

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For Many Years a Boat Builder
Jacob Bayly Chandler was born in Dover, England in 1822 and migrated to Tasmania in his early 20s, initially working on the Derwent, repairing whaleboats, but within four years operating his own boatyard at Battery Point.

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Fowlhouse to the Wheelhouse
The odd adventures of a seagoing sparkie, a maritime autobiography by Bob Geeves.

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Going Down Another Lane
A memoir from the founder of the Franklin School of Wooden Boat Building.

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Gone and Almost Forgotten – Jetties in Southern Tasmania | Dr Eric Guiler | 1998 [USED – SC – Out of Print]

Dr Eric Guiler's documentary record of the jetties of southern Tasmania — the small wooden structures that once served as the primary landing points for coastal communities around the Derwent estuary, D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Huon River and the islands of southern Tasmania. Before roads reached the more isolated parts of southern Tasmania, jetties were the lifeline connecting farms, orchards, timber mills and fishing communities to Hobart and the wider world.


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Guardians of the Port - used, signed
A history of the colonial pilots of the Port of Hobart from the earliest days of maritime trade on the Derwent.

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Guiding Lights – Tasmania's Lighthouses and Lighthousemen | Kathleen M. Stanley | 1991 [USED – SC – Out of Print]

A history of Tasmania's lighthouses and the families who staffed them, written by Kathleen M. Stanley and published in 1991. Tasmania's coastline and the surrounding islands of Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean made lighthouses essential to safe navigation through some of the most treacherous waters in Australia.


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History of the Iron Pot - Derwent Light
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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Hobart River Craft and Sealers of Bass Strait
Two books in one, covering some key aspects of Tasmanian maritime history:
- river craft of Hobart; and
- sealers of Bass Strait.

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