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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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Flotsam & Jetsam - Henry Button autobiographical fragments |SC| See details
Flotsam & Jetsam - Henry Button autobiographical fragments |SC|
Added: Aug 10, 2026

Henry Button (1829–1914) was one of 19th-century Launceston's most prominent figures — rising from cub reporter to sole proprietor of the Launceston Examiner by 1887, and serving as Launceston alderman and mayor. He married Emma Glover, granddaughter of the celebrated colonial artist John Glover.

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The Latte Years See details
The Latte Years
A true story of "losses, gains and life beyond the after photo."
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The Legacy of John Headlam of Egleston, Macquarie River, Tasmania See details
The Legacy of John Headlam of Egleston, Macquarie River, Tasmania

Carol Bacon's history of the Headlam family of Egleston, Macquarie River, near Campbell Town, including five generations of descendants and John Headlam's previously unpublished letterbook. Hardcover, 2021, 443 pages, indexed, new.

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The Life of Matthew Flinders See details
The Life of Matthew Flinders
Biography of explorer Matthew Flinders.
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The Life Story of Alan Edward Mitchelson of Colynn, Westbury – Stories of a Tough Old Farmer | Helene Gunn | 2017 | Signed by Both Author and Subject [USED – HC – Very Good] See details
The Life Story of Alan Edward Mitchelson of Colynn, Westbury – Stories of a Tough Old Farmer | Helene Gunn | 2017 | Signed by Both Author and Subject [USED – HC – Very Good]

Helene Gunn's biography of her grandfather Alan Edward Mitchelson — a farmer of Colynn, near Westbury in northern Tasmania — written from family knowledge and recollection and published in 2017.

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The Long Way Home - signed See details
The Long Way Home - signed
Tasmanian Ray Denney's autobiography & WWII memoir.
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The Lucky Bastards See details
The Lucky Bastards
A whimsical insight into our history and the way we lived in Australia in the 1940s and '50s.
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The O'Connors of Connorville – Pioneers of Tasmania's Fine Wool Industry | Alison Alexander | 2017 [NEW – SC] See details
The O'Connors of Connorville – Pioneers of Tasmania's Fine Wool Industry | Alison Alexander | 2017 [NEW – SC]

Alison Alexander's history of the O'Connor family of Connorville — one of the great pastoral families of the Tasmanian Midlands, and pioneers of the fine wool industry that brought Tasmania international recognition. Roderic O'Connor arrived in Van Diemen's Land from Ireland in 1824 and with his young sons built a pastoral empire centred on Connorville near Cressy.

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The O'Connors of Connorville – Pioneers of Tasmania's Fine Wool Industry | Alison Alexander | 2017 [USED – HC – Good] See details
The O'Connors of Connorville – Pioneers of Tasmania's Fine Wool Industry | Alison Alexander | 2017 [USED – HC – Good]

Alison Alexander's history of the O'Connor family of Connorville — one of the great pastoral families of the Tasmanian Midlands, and pioneers of the fine wool industry that brought Tasmania international recognition. Roderic O'Connor arrived in Van Diemen's Land from Ireland in 1824 and with his young sons built a pastoral empire centred on Connorville near Cressy.

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The Old Haggis See details
The Old Haggis
In a series of sketches and short essays, Dame Enid Lyons of Home Hill, Devonport touches on most aspects of daily living with the delightful touch of days gone by.
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The Parramore Letters See details
The Parramore Letters
The letters written from Van Diemen's Land 1823-1825 showing William Parramore's life in Van Diemen's Land after arriving with his family in 1823 (later to become Private Secretary to Lieut. Governor Arthur).
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