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Send the Boy to Sea
Added: May 31, 2025
 
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The memoirs of a sailor on the goldfields.

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Alan Villiers - Voyager of the Winds
Added: May 30, 2025
 
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A biography of renowned seaman and author of books about the last of the square rigged sailing vessels and other maritime histories.

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Huddart Parker history
Added: May 29, 2025
 
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A history of Huddart Parker, a famous Australasian shipping company, 1876 - 1961.

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Tassie's Whale Boys
 
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The story of more than one hundred and twenty mostly Tasmanian men who signed up with Norwegian whaling ships in the 1920's for "the adventure of their lifetime" hunting the great mammals in Antarctic waters.

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The Adventures of Chas from Tas - used
 
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Stories from a renegade life at sea. Signed with an author inscription.

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The Bay - the European History of St Helens
 
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The European history of St Helens on Tasmania's East Coast, from its earliest days as a pioneering coastal town to the 21st century.

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The Blythe Star Tragedy
 
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On 12 October 1973 the Blythe Star left Hobart for King Island with a cargo of fertiliser and beer. Fourteen hours later it sank without warning. Its crew of ten made it into a life raft, destined to drift for eight days around southern Tasmania.

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The Diary of Philip Thomas Smith
 
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The diary of lawyer Philip Thomas Smith, on board the Royal Admiral en route for Van Diemen’s Land, 27 November 1831 to 8 April 1832.

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The Forgotten Islands - a personal adventure through the islands of Bass Strait
 
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Between mainland Australia and Tasmania lie the islands of Bass Strait - cold, dark, pounded by atrocious weather and hardly ever visited. But they have long fascinated adventurer, bird watcher and media personality Michael Veitch.

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The History of Newnham Hall
 
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A history of Newnham Hall to the north of Launceston, built around 1836 under the ownership of Lieutenant Matthew Curling Friend, and subsequently home to the Australian Maritime College. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

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The James Craig Story
 
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The James Craig Story - a booklet about the history, recovery from the bottom of Recherche Bay and restoration of the old iron barque sailing ship.

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The Last Lighthouse Keeper
 
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A memoir from John Cook, one of Tasmania's last kerosene lighthouse keepers. A story about madness and wilderness, shining a light onto the vicissitudes of love and nature.

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The Last of the Sail Whalers
 
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Whaling off Tasmania and Southern New Zealand as described by Captain William McKillop (1865-1938).

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