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Biographies and memoirs of the people who shaped Tasmania – settlers, pioneers, convicts, politicians, farmers, mariners and ordinary Tasmanians whose life stories were written down. Many of these are self-published or small-run family histories that are genuinely hard to find elsewhere, alongside more widely published biographies of well-known Tasmanian figures.

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Footprint of Consequence - memories of a young Englishwoman at Cape Grimm
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
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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From Green Knowe to Green Hill and Beyond
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
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 – In the Steps of John Walduck (1809–1886): A Convict Family History | Susan G. Scott (Ed.) | 2018 [USED – HCDJ – Very Good]

The seven-generation family history of the Walduck family of Tasmania, tracing their origins from convict John Walduck who arrived in Van Diemen's Land aboard the Proteus on 3 August 1831, having sailed from Portsmouth on 14 April. Walduck was born in 1809 and lived until 1886 — long enough to see his descendants established as free settlers across the colony.


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From the Sheep Pen
Short sheep tales and long lamb tails from Tasmanian farmer Ivan Heazlewood.

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Gatty – Prince of Navigators | Bruce Brown | 1997 [SC] – Harold Gatty, Campbell Town's Famous Aviator

A biography of Harold Gatty, one of the most significant navigators of the 20th century. Gatty was born in Campbell Town,Tasmania on 5 January 1903, though his family moved to Zeehan when he was an infant and he had no memory of the town himself. Despite this, Campbell Town has always claimed him with pride.


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Glimpses of Graeme
Reflections on the work of renowned Australian dancer Graeme Murphy, who spent much of his childhood living in Tasmania.

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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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Grace Tame
The ninth life of a diamond miner - a memoir.

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