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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]
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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The Heart of James McAuley
The life and work of the Australian poet James McAuley.

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The Huon Pine Story - Tasmanian Timber History - hardcover

An extensively researched, definitive history detailing the rugged harvest, river trade, and practical utilization of Huon pine—the iconic timber unique to the wild rivers and rainforests of western Tasmania. 

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The Indomitable Mr Cotham - Missioner, Convict Chaplain & Monk
The Benedictine monk, James Ambrose Cotham, served more than 15 years in Van Diemen's Land in a period the colony began its transition from penal colony to free statehood.

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The James of George Town
A colonial maritime, mercantile and family correspondence in northern Tasmania, 1813-1857.

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The Journals of Charlotte Cleveland
The diaries of an immigrant and artist to Van Diemen's Land from England, in the 1850s.

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The Last Hermit - tales of Jackey Stevens
A portrait of Jackey Stevens and his remarkable life in the wilds of Tasmania's west coast.

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The Last Lighthouse Keeper
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 Prospector
A history of Dan Brock, the last prospector for the Mount Lyell Company of Western Tasmania, and stories of many other Western Tasmanian legends.

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The Latte Years
A true story of "losses, gains and life beyond the after photo."

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The Life of Matthew Flinders
Biography of explorer Matthew Flinders.

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