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Billy: A Boy from Queenstown Tasmania – under-aged boys signing up in the Great War (2026) – Sandra Stubbings See details
Billy: A Boy from Queenstown Tasmania – under-aged boys signing up in the Great War (2026) – Sandra Stubbings
Added: Jun 9, 2026

A newly researched true account of Billy Gadd, a young lad from Tasmania's West Coast mining town of Queenstown who managed to enlist in the AIF during World War I while under the legal age.

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Errol Flynn – The True Story of Australia's Hollywood Icon | Patricia A. O'Brien | 2026 [NEW – SC] See details
Errol Flynn – The True Story of Australia's Hollywood Icon | Patricia A. O'Brien | 2026 [NEW – SC]
Added: May 17, 2026

A biography of Errol Flynn written by Patricia O'Brien and published in 2026. Flynn was born in Hobart in 1909 and grew up in Tasmania before heading to New Guinea and eventually to Hollywood, where he became one of the biggest stars of the 1930s and 1940s — known for swashbuckling roles in films like Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Sea Hawk, and for a personal life that generated as much attention as his films.

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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
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] See details
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 See details
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 See details
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 See details
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 See details
Going Down Another Lane
A memoir from the founder of the Franklin School of Wooden Boat Building.
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Grace Tame See details
Grace Tame
The ninth life of a diamond miner - a memoir.
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Graft - hardcover See details
Graft - hardcover
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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Graft - softcover See details
Graft - softcover
In Graft, Maggie MacKellar describes a year on a merino wool farm on the east coast of Tasmania, and all of life - and death - that surrounds her through the cycle of lambing seasons.
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Green Nomads - signed, used See details
Green Nomads - signed, used
Bob Brown's photographic tribute to the beauty and bounty of Australia and the thousands of Australians who work to protect our unique environment.
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