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Islands of the Island State - Rees Campbell explores 40 of Tasmania's 6,500 offshore islands, their history & wild food | 2026 [NEW – SC]
Added: Sep 8, 2026

Rees Campbell, author of the bestselling Eat MORE Wild Tasmanian, turns her attention to Tasmania's off-shore islands. There are some 6,500 islands, islets, rocks and reefs around the state, and this book visits 40 of them — from the largest, Flinders Island, to the remote and uninhabited Pedra Branca and Mewstone in the Southern Ocean, to some of the smallest and closest, like the Harbour Islets in the state's far North West.


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The Tasmanian Herbal Apothecary
Added: Jul 20, 2026

C M Nicholson's guide to Tasmanian herbal remedies, including salve-making basics and bush first aid. Self-published, softcover, 2026, 239 pages.


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A Life with the Birds of Tasmania – Els Wakefield (2026) [New Release Heavy Hardback Edition]
Added: Jun 6, 2026

A comprehensive modern compendium and personal memoir documenting the extraordinarily diverse birdlife of Lutruwita / Tasmania. Compiled by Els Wakefield, one of the state's most experienced lifelong birders, this heavy large-format volume acts as both a detailed reference work and a visual celebration of the island's avian fauna.


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Books on Tasmania's natural world – wildlife, native flora, wilderness areas and national parks. Popular with bushwalkers and naturalists.

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Tasmanian Weed Handbook - identification of main broad-leaf weeds of crops & pastures in Tasmania | Hyde-Wyatt & Morris | 1975 [USED – SC]

A guide to identifying the main broad-leaf weeds found in Tasmanian crops and pastures. Co-author Dennis Morris later worked with botanist Winifred Curtis on The Student's Flora of Tasmania, also in our stock.


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Tasmanian Wild Life - Michael Sharland |Vintage SC|

A popular account of the furred land mammals, snakes and introduced mammals of Tasmania, including the thylacine, by Michael Sharland — Tasmanian journalist, photographer and ornithologist who wrote the Mercury's nature column under the pen name "Peregrine" for 60 years, from around 1921 to 1971.


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Tassie Nature Activity Book

For ages 4+, a book of games and activities based around Tasmanian animals and nature experiences.


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Tazzie the Turbo Chook Finds Her Feet | Sonia Strong | 2016 [NEW – HC – Ages 4–7]

The story of Tazzie — a Tasmanian native hen who can't quite get her running right, even though running is what native hens do best. The Tasmanian native hen (Tribonyx mortierii) is a flightless bird found only in Tasmania — endemic to the island and one of its most distinctive wildlife characters.


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The Abels Supplement - Tasmania's Mountains over 1100m high

155 Tasmanian peaks make up the Abels — Tasmanian mountains with a minimum height of 1100m and a drop of at least 150m on all sides, as defined by Bill Wilkinson in his original Abels series. This compact reference supplement lists all 155 Abels, organised into 10 geographic areas across the state, with photographs and maps.


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The Abels Volume 2, Part B (Section 8) - Tasmania's Mountains Over 1100m, West and South-West Tasmania - Bill Wilkinson, Signed

Bill Wilkinson's comprehensive guide to Tasmania's mountains over 1100 metres, Volume 2 Part B (Section 8), covering the state's west and south-west. Signed by the editor.


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The Complete Tasmanian Tiger Snake Handbook

A complete guide to Tasmanian tiger snake behaviour, habitat, venom, hunting strategies, reproduction, survival adaptations, ecology, and conservation,


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The Endemic Flora of Tasmania – Complete 6-Volume Set | Winifred Curtis & Margaret Stones | 1967–1978 [USED – HCDJ]

The complete six-volume set of The Endemic Flora of Tasmania — one of the most significant works of botanical art and science produced in Australia during the 20th century. The plates were painted by Margaret Stones, botanical artist to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, who spent years in Tasmania documenting the island's endemic plant species in watercolour. The accompanying text and ecological notes were written by Winifred Curtis, the foremost Tasmanian botanist of her era.


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The Franklin & Lower Gordon Rivers, a Wilderness Pictorial |Bob Brown, Tasmanian Wilderness Society|

A photo-illustrated booklet first published to raise awareness of the Tasmanian wilderness regions under threat by construction of hydro-electric dams, and subsequently republished to celebrate the beauty of the Franklin and Gordon rivers running free and the Australians who fought for this.


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The Franklin Blockade
The story by The Blockaders of the direct action taken in the 1980s to prevent the damming of the Franklin River, one of Tasmania's great wilderness areas.

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