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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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The Guide to Tasmanian Wildlife - 2nd ed |Angus McNab|SC out of print|

An expanded second edition of a Tasmanian classic, this is a comprehensive field guide to Tasmanian wildlife.


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The Library at the End of the World - hardcover
A detailed look at the art and artists held in the Royal Society of Tasmania's rare books collection.

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The Minerva Journal of John Washington Price - A voyage from Cork, Ireland to Sydney, New South Wales, 1798-1800

John Washington Price was just 21, and recently graduated from Dublin's College of Surgeons, when he sailed as ship's surgeon aboard the transport Minerva from Cork to Sydney in 1799, carrying 200 convicts. Many were United Irishmen transported for their role in the 1798 Rebellion, including the rebel leader General Joseph Holt.


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The Mountain - Mount Wellington Pictorial
A photographic study of Hobart's kunanyi / Mount Wellington.

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The Nature of the Midlands
A book about the natural environment of the Tasmanian midlands, compiled by Midlands Bushweb.

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The Permaculture Book of Ferment and Human Nutrition

A comprehensive manual to fermenting foods to preserve them and enhance flavour.


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The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd - signed

At its peak, Gunns Ltd had a market value of $1 billion, was listed on the ASX 200, was the largest employer in Tasmania and its largest private landowner.


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The River Runs Free - exploring and defending Tasmania's wilderness by Geoff Law

Geoff Law first rafted the Franklin River on a whim, inexperienced, in a leaky raft, with a travelling companion he barely knew. That trip drew him into the campaign to stop the river being dammed — a struggle that brought down a federal government.


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The Student's Flora of Tasmania - the definitive reference work on Tasmania's flowering plants, Parts 1, 2, 3 & 4A | Winifred Curtis | 1956–1979 [USED – HC – 4-Volume Set]

Winifred Curtis (1905–2005), known as the matriarch of Tasmanian botany, began work on this reference at the Tasmanian Government's request in 1943. She produced what became the standard identification reference for Tasmania's flowering plants and conifers for nearly forty years. This set brings together Parts 1 (1956), 2 (1963), 3 (1967) and 4A, on orchids (1979).


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The Tasmanian Herbal Apothecary

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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