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Graft - hardcover
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Graft - Motherhood, Family and a Year on the Land - Maggie MacKellar's memoir of farming merino sheep on Tasmania's East Coast.
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Villains and Valour See details
Villains and Valour
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A history of the Holmyard family of Tasmania.
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Fonthill - used book See details
Fonthill - used book
 
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The fascinating story of the Tasmanian colonial property Fonthill in the Midlands, and the three families - Tabarts, Burburys, Harveys - that have dominated its stewardship over almost 175 years.
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Footprint of Consequence - memories of a young Englishwoman at Cape Grimm See details
Footprint of Consequence - memories of a young Englishwoman at Cape Grimm
 
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In 1966 Brigit Fleming Smith, a young Englishwoman, married an Australian from Victoria who had recently bought enough shares in the old Chartered Land Company of VDL to give him overall control in farming Woolnorth at Cape Grim in Tasmania's north-west.
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Forgotten Corners - Essays in Search of an Island's Soul See details
Forgotten Corners - Essays in Search of an Island's Soul
 
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For the author, Pete Hay, home matters, in this case Tasmania. He might be descended from a Point Puer convict boy and be the son of a legend of Australia's 2/40th 'Tasmanian' Battalion, but he does not claim belonging to Tasmania as a birthright: "You don't inherit a place" he tells us, "you commit to it."
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Frank Hurley - A Photographer's Life See details
Frank Hurley - A Photographer's Life
 
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A biography of the renowned Australian photographer Frank Hurley, with an inscription from the author to two of the contributors.
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From Green Knowe to Green Hill and Beyond See details
From Green Knowe to Green Hill and Beyond
 
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A strand of the Reid story, a local Tasmanian family history and memoir.
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From Rabbit Traps to Rembrandts - a memoir by Nevin Hurst See details
From Rabbit Traps to Rembrandts - a memoir by Nevin Hurst
 
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Told in his own plain and unpretentious style, Nevin Hurst's memoir of a long and occasionally turbulent life is an account of a journey from humble beginnings in rural Tasmania to leadership in the world of Australian art. Signed.
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From the Proteus to Prosperity See details
From the Proteus to Prosperity
 
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In the steps of John Walduck (1809-1886); a convict family history.
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From the Sheep Pen See details
From the Sheep Pen
 
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Short sheep tales and long lamb tails from Tasmanian farmer Ivan Heazlewood.
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Gatty - Prince of Navigators See details
Gatty - Prince of Navigators
 
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A biography of world-famous Tasmanian (and Campbell Town native) Harold Gatty, known as the Prince of Navigators for flying around the world in just eight days in 1931 with American pilot Wiley Post in the Winnie Mae, a Lockheed Vega aircraft.
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Glimpses of Graeme See details
Glimpses of Graeme
 
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Reflections on the work of renowned Australian dancer Graeme Murphy, who spent much of his childhood living in Tasmania.
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