Biography
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.
Can My Pony Come Too? used
The story of one family's move from a seemingly idyllic home in Tipperary in Ireland to a challenging new life in Australia and eventually Tasmania.
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Can you see the mountain? A Legal Journey with a Few Diversions
A member of the pre-baby boomer generation, Peter Heerey AM QC tells of growing up after the Second World War, university life and National Service in Tasmania in the 1950s, and some highlights, and lowlights, from 23 years at the Victorian Bar.
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Catherine's Diary - used
A glimpse into the Victorian era, Catherine's Diary, is the jottings of a young Birmingham girl who relocates to northern Tasmania with her family in the late nineteenth century.
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Cazaly the Legend
Roy Cazaly is best remembered nationally for his spectacular high marking in Victorian football and the catchcry "Up there, Cazaly!" — later a WWII battle cry and hit song. But Tasmania claims him as one of its own: from 1928 he crossed Bass Strait to coach City in Launceston, then North Hobart and New Town over more than two decades, also representing Tasmania in interstate matches.
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Changing Countries - Margaret Scott
Renowned Tasmanian writer and poet Margaret Scott tells of her life moving from one island to another.
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Characters in Charles Street Launceston - damaged cover
A little booklet that captures some of the people and personalities who populated Charles Street in the city of Launceston in the previous 150 years. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition with a damaged cover.
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Charles Whitham
Charles Whitham - A man of passion – on foot and in eloquent prose – for the wilds of Western Tasmania.
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Ching Chong China Girl - used book
From fruitshop to foreign correspondent - a memoir of growing up different in a very eccentric but traditional Chinese-Tasmanian family.
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