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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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Island Affair – Life on Three Hummock Island, Bass Strait | Eleanor Alliston | 1989 [USED – SC – Out of Print]
Added: Sep 8, 2026

Eleanor Alliston's memoir of the years her family spent living on Three Hummock Island — a remote Bass Strait island off Tasmania's north-west coast — in the aftermath of the Second World War.


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Water Colour - worn copy
Featuring wild and warming tales from a life spent in the natural world, WATER COLOUR is master fly fisher and storyteller Greg French's follow-up to his book Frog Call.

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Bushfire Heartbreak
Bushfire Heartbreak depicts the horror and threat to life of bushfires.

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Edith May 1895-1974
Mary Crowther Cree, owner of a cottage on Molly's Point and niece of Sir William Crowther, tells the family story of her grandmother Edith May Muller Crowther, or Molly.

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Notable Tasmanians
Written in 1980, Notable Tasmanians profiles men who had influenced the development of Tasmania in the preceding 50 years, including: Sir Henry Jones, Harry Fisher, K.J.Binns, W.H.Simmonds, Z.Broinowski, Holyman, Jack Williams, A.G.Ogilvie, Hugh Quigley, Ludbrooks, Sir Denham Henty, Roelf Vos, Engel Sypkes, Edmund Rouse, Angus Bethune, Jack Edwards, Neil Blatt and Joe Lyons.

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Penelope Bungles to Broome
Tim Bowden recalls his exploration of the Kimberleys on a road trip, with a focus on Australian Aboriginal rock art.

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Penelope Goes West
Tim Bowden tells of his road trip from Sydney to Margaret River and back.

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Around the Country Circuits

Reminiscences of the Baptist Church family throughout Tassie's top half.


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Down the Dirt Roads - used
Rachael Treasure’s autobiographical Down the Dirt Roads, is a thoughtful celebration and reflection of life on the land.

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Dr Clifford Craig – A Man for All Seasons | Dr John Morris | 1972 [USED – SC – Good]

Dr John Morris's short biography of Clifford Craig — the Launceston doctor, hospital administrator, historian, author, and collector of Tasmanian prints, art, books and antiques who became one of the most significant figures in 20th century Tasmanian cultural life.


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Gustav Weindorfer of Cradle Mountain
A vintage biography of Austrian Australian natural scientist Gustav Weindorfer and his work in the Cradle Mountain area of Tasmania's central region.

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