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The Story of The Port of Launceston See details
The Story of The Port of Launceston
Added: Aug 19, 2026

A history of the Port of Launceston Authority and the development of shipping on the Tamar in northern Tasmania, by Sir Raymond Alfred Ferrall CBE (1906–2000) — a prominent Launceston businessman and Warden of the Port of Launceston Authority, for which he was made CBE in 1969.

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Tassie's Whale Boys See details
Tassie's Whale Boys
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 - Renegades at Sea - signed See details
The Adventures of Chas from Tas - Renegades at Sea - signed

Charles "Chas from Tas" Blundell's memoir of five decades at sea, from his Tasmanian schooldays to ocean races on teams from six countries, written with Juliet Prentice. Signed by the author. Softcover, 2015, 227 pages.

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The Bass Strait Ferry - City of Melbourne See details
The Bass Strait Ferry - City of Melbourne
A Tasmanian maritime history booklet about the pioneer Australian screw steamship making the Bass Strait crossing between Tasmania and the mainland.
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The Bastard's A Genius - Bob Clifford See details
The Bastard's A Genius - Bob Clifford
The story of how Incat's Robert Clifford went from being a poor student to a global shipping entrepreneur reads more like adventure fiction than cold hard fact.
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The Bay - the European History of St Helens See details
The Bay - the European History of St Helens
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 See details
The Blythe Star Tragedy
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 Brothers Taylor See details
The Brothers Taylor
Tasmanian maritime and family history of the Taylor brothers - eight brothers from one generation holding master mariner certificates.
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The Capture of The Frederick Macquarie Harbour Van Diemen's Land 1834 See details
The Capture of The Frederick Macquarie Harbour Van Diemen's Land 1834

On 14 January 1834, the last ship built at the closing Macquarie Harbour penal station on Sarah Island — the brig Frederick — was seized by ten convicts led by James Porter, a former sailor with previous experience in Chile. Using only dead reckoning, with no charts or chronometer, they sailed the untested vessel roughly 13,000 km across the Pacific to Chile, before scuttling her off the coast and reaching Valdivia, where they lived under assumed identities as shipwrecked sailors for two years.

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The Cock of the River Cartela See details
The Cock of the River Cartela
A history of the Tasmanian river steamer MV Cartela, built in Hobart in 1912.
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The Convict Ships 1787-1868 See details
The Convict Ships 1787-1868

Charles Bateson reconstructs the voyages of the ships transporting convicts to Australia and also the administrative system under which the ships were selected, manned, provisioned and despatched with their miserable human freight to face a 13,000 mile voyage over tempestuous and largely uncharted seas.

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