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The Complete Tasmanian Tiger Snake Handbook
Added: Jul 28, 2026

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


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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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The Vanishing Wild – Australian Wildlife and the Fight Against Extinction | Justine Hausheer | 2026 [NEW – SC]
Added: Jul 15, 2026

Australia has lost more biodiversity than any other developed nation in the last 200 years. Justine Hausheer's 2026 book documents what is being lost and what is being done to prevent further extinctions.


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Books both current and out-of-print relating to Tasmanian nature that can be bought from in The Book Cellar / Just Tassie Books in Campbell Town, Tasmania.

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For the Forests – A History of the Tasmanian Forest Campaigns | Helen Gee (Ed.) | 2001 [USED – HCDJ – Out of Print]

Helen Gee's history of the campaigns to protect Tasmania's native forests — from the early conservation battles of the 1960s and 1970s through to the sustained conflict over old-growth logging and wilderness that defined Tasmanian environmental politics through the 1980s and 1990s. The Tasmanian forest campaigns were among the most sustained and bitterly contested environmental struggles in Australian history.


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Fossicking Areas in Tasmania | Mineral Resources Tasmania | 9th Edition 2023 [NEW – SC]

The official guide to designated fossicking areas in Tasmania — areas set aside under the Mineral Resources Development Act specifically for public use by fossickers, gem and mineral collectors and recreational prospectors. Published by Mineral Resources Tasmania in February 2023, the booklet identifies the designated fossicking areas across the state with notes on what minerals and gemstones are likely to be found at each location, access information and relevant conditions for use.


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Fossicking in Tasmania – 2-Booklet Pack: Fossicking Areas + Occurrences of Gemstone Minerals | Mineral Resources Tasmania | 2023 [NEW]

Both of Mineral Resources Tasmania's current fossicking and gem mineral reference booklets together in one purchase — a saving over buying them separately:

- Fossicking Areas in Tasmania (43 pages, Feb 2023) — the official guide to designated fossicking areas across the state, with access information and notes on what to look for at each location.

- Occurrences of Gemstone Minerals in Tasmania (44 pages, Oct2023, 9th ed) — an A to Z guide to the gemstone minerals found in Tasmania, with colour photographs throughout.


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From Petal Point to Cockle Creek

A beach explorer's guide to the East Coast of Tasmania.


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FungiFlip – A Pictorial Guide to Tasmanian Fungi | Gates, Ratkowsky & Wiltshire | 2018 [NEW]

A fold-out laminated field guide to the fungi of Tasmania — colour illustrated, weatherproof and compact enough to take on any walk.


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Geological Evolution of Tasmania | Keith Corbett, Patrick Quilty & Clive Calver | 2015 [NEW – Large Softcover]

A comprehensive chronological account of Tasmania's geological history, written by Keith Corbett, Patrick Quilty and Clive Calver and published in 2015. The book places Tasmania's major tectonic, magmatic and mineralisation events in their order of occurrence — tracing the island's geological story from its earliest Precambrian rocks through to recent geological time.


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Geological Survey Bulletin No. 16: The Jukes-Darwin Mining Field (1914) Loftus Hills [READING COPY]

An original 1914 Tasmanian Department of Mines technical report on the rugged Jukes-Darwin copper and gold mineral fields south of Queenstown, Tasmania. Please note: This is a heavily flawed reading/research copy only.


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Geology and Landscape of Tasmania

Geology and Landscape of Tasmania


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Giving Ground - Media and environmental conflict in Tasmania by Libby Lester

Libby Lester's study of how news media coverage has shaped environmental conflict and public debate in Tasmania. Softcover, 2007, 189 pages, indexed, used.


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Guide to Flowers and Plants of Tasmania - used
A layman's guide to the flowers and plants of Tasmania, illustrated throughout with colour photos.

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