Vanishing Towns – Tasmania's Ghost Towns and Lost Settlements – Hardcover Edition | Michael Holmes | 2014 [USED – HCDJ – Very Good]

Michael Holmes's guide to the ghost towns and lost settlements of Tasmania — the places that once lived, occasionally thrived, and then disappeared, leaving varying degrees of evidence that they ever existed. The book covers settlements from across the island that grew up around mining rushes, timber mills, farming ventures and other colonial-era industries, then declined or vanished entirely as those industries moved on or failed.

Towns covered include Adamsfield, Argenton, Ruby Flat and Lyndhurst among many others — ranging from places with substantial ruins to those where little physical trace remains.

At 224 pages with colour and black and white illustrations throughout and a full index, this is a thorough and well-documented record of Tasmania's lost places. Useful for family historians researching ancestors connected to these settlements, for those interested in Tasmanian industrial and social history, and for anyone drawn to the history behind abandoned places.

The softcover edition of this title may also be available — see our separate listing if you prefer that format. 

CONDITION

Used, generally very good condition.

BOOK DETAILS

Hardcover.

224 pages, indexed.

Colour and black & white illustrations.

Published 2014. 

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