Kris Gatenby's account of the unsolved 1921 murder of thirteen-year-old Chrissie Venn near North Motton, Tasmania - a case that has puzzled Tasmanians for over a century. Signed by the author.
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Our general non-fiction section covering Tasmanian history, culture, nature and more — a good starting point if you're not sure which specific category to browse.
This commissioned history of the Hobart City Council written by two Hobart-born historians describes the role of the people - aldermen, municipal officers and members of pressure groups - who have played a large part in Hobart's municipal life over 154 years.
This tram history book is divided into three sections (the Elizabeth Street, Macquarie Street and Liverpool Street trams of Hobart, Tasmania), and recalls the endeavour and enterprise of earlier years, and the importance of the tramway system in the evolution of the city of Hobart and the growth of its suburbs.
John Willson joined the Tasmania Police Force as part of its first-ever Police Cadet intake in 1971, aged just sixteen, and went on to serve as a Constable in postings across the state. This book collects a selection of his own true stories from that career.
Compiling a fascinating body of landscape photography, Into the Wild documents the development of wilderness photography in Tasmania from its earliest days, and charts shifting attitudes to the natural world.
The second book in a trilogy on iodine and public health in Tasmania, following Goitre Monitor: The History of Iodine Deficiency in Tasmania (2007) and preceding Seaweed: The Status of Iodine and Climate Change in Tasmania (2022), both also in our stock. Iodophor covers the iodine cycle, iodine uptake by plants and its effects on human and livestock health, the history of iodine deficiency in Tasmanian dairy herds since early settlement, and comparisons with the iodine status of the UK and New Zealand, alongside the changing marine environment and government efforts to manage iodine deficiency in Tasmania.
A handsome full-colour book pairing unique items from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, TMAG, with selections of original writing about Australia's largest southern island.
A single-volume showcase of Peter Dombrovskis's wilderness photography, with introduction and commentary by Bob Brown, published in 2017. Dombrovskis spent his life photographing Tasmania's wild places, and his photograph "Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend" became one of the defining images of the Franklin River campaign — used in the 1983 federal election and widely credited with helping turn public opinion against the Franklin Dam.
![Iodophor - Tamed Iodine - Status of Iodine in Tasmania, 2nd in Tasmanian iodine trilogy, signed | Paul AC Richards & colleagues | 2020 [USED – SC]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/iodophor-p32CwH.png "Iodophor - Tamed Iodine - Status of Iodine in Tasmania, 2nd in Tasmanian iodine trilogy, signed | Paul AC Richards & colleagues | 2020 [USED – SC]")
![Journeys into the Wild – The Photography of Peter Dombrovskis | Bob Brown | 2017 | Signed by Bob Brown [USED – HCDJ]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/journeys-into-the-wild-withDJ-2017-Hzgkuv.png "Journeys into the Wild – The Photography of Peter Dombrovskis | Bob Brown | 2017 | Signed by Bob Brown [USED – HCDJ]")
