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Riverine - Raymond Arnold, Ian Westacott and John Wolseley
Added: Sep 24, 2026

Riverine documents four autumns of collaborative work by artists Raymond Arnold, Ian Westacott and John Wolseley, camped along the Banyena/Richardson River at Bonnie Brae, a regeneratively managed farm in Victoria's Wimmera region; the book brings together more than 50 paintings, watercolours and etchings with essays by farm steward Prue McAllister and the three artists.


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

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Field Guide to Tasmanian Birds | Dave Watts | 2025 Updated Edition

Field Guide to Tasmanian Birds (Updated Edition)
By Dave Watts

Long considered the essential pocket companion for local birdwatchers and visitors alike, Dave Watts’ definitive field guide is finally back in stock after months of being unavailable. This 192-page softcover provides a comprehensive, easy-to-use directory covering all major bird species found across Tasmania's diverse wilderness.


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Field Guide to Tasmanian Fungi - 2nd edition - Out of Print

A revised and expanded edition of the very popular Field Guide to Tasmanian Fungi.


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Field Guide to the Seashores of South-Eastern Australia Including Tasmania | Porter, Matthews, Bellgrove & Wescott | 2023 [NEW – SC]

A field guide to the plants and animals found on the seashores of south-eastern Australia, covering the coastline from Port Lincoln in South Australia to the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, and Tasmania. Written by four marine biologists, the book covers around 240 species found on rocky, sandy and muddy shores — with colour photographs and notes on identification, habitat and ecology for each.


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Fishes of Tasmania | Last, Scott & Talbot | 1983 [HC – Out of Print – No. 61]

Compiled by P.R. Last, E.O.G. Scott and F.H. Talbot, this remains a major reference work on Tasmania's fish species, illustrated throughout with black and white drawings and photographs. 


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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 | 2014 [USED – SC]

A comprehensive chronological account of Tasmania's geological history, written by Keith Corbett, Patrick Quilty and Clive Calver and published in 2014. 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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