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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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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 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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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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Hidden Worlds – A Photographic Journey into toogelow / Port Davey, South West Tasmania | Peter Marmion | 2024 [NEW – HCDJ]

Peter Marmion's large-format photographic record of toogelow — the Indigenous name for Port Davey, the remote inlet at the southern end of Tasmania's south-west wilderness, accessible only by boat, light aircraft or multi-day walking track. Port Davey and the surrounding Bathurst Harbour country sit at the heart of the South West Conservation Area — one of the most remote and least-visited landscapes in Australia, and one of the most ecologically significant.


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Insect Pests of Trees and Timber in Tasmania - identification & control guide for eucalypts, wattles, rainforest & pine | Elliott & de Little | 1985 [USED – SC]

Published by the Tasmanian Forestry Commission in 1985, this was the first update in over 40 years to the state's standard reference on forest insect pests, succeeding J.W. Evans's 1943 Insect Pests and their Control. Tasmania's forests, spanning altitudes of over 1,000m, form the basis of major paper-pulp, woodchip and sawn timber industries, with eucalypts the most important species alongside rainforest timbers and radiata pine plantations supplying the state's furniture and craft trades.


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Into the Woods – The Battle for Tasmania's Forests | Anna Krien | 2010 [USED – SC]

Anna Krien's first book — published by Black Inc in 2010 and winner of the 2011 Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Australian history. Krien, armed with a notebook, a sleeping bag and a rusty sedan, spent time embedded on both sides of the Tasmanian forest conflict — with the loggers, the protesters and the communities caught between them.


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Introduction to Permaculture

An introductory handbook to the methods of permaculture, by one of the founders of the movement, Tasmanian Bill Mollison.


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King - the Story of a River by Patsy Crawford

King - the Story of a River, by Patsy Crawford, follows the King River in Tasmania as it flows into Macquarie Harbour, and the damage caused by copper mining and its subsequent environmental remediation.

 


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Lake Pedder – Why a National Park Must Be Saved | Dick Johnson (Ed.) | 1972 [USED – SC – Out of Print]

A campaign booklet published in 1972 to support the fight to save Lake Pedder from flooding for the expansion of Tasmania's hydro-electric power scheme — edited by Dick Johnson and published while the campaign was still being contested.


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Little Explorers Guide to Tasmanian National Parks | Chloe Butterfield | 2025 [NEW – SC]

A guide to eleven of Tasmania's national parks written and illustrated for children, covering Narawntapu, Mount William, Freycinet, Maria Island, Tasman, Mount Field, Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers, Walls of Jerusalem, Southwest, Cradle Mountain and South Bruny.


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Macquarie Island – The Story of the Ships and Men that Visited | J.S. Cumpston | 1968 [USED – HCDJ – Out of Print]

J.S. Cumpston's history of the ships that visited Macquarie Island and the men who sailed them — from the earliest sealers and whalers through the Mawson expeditions and the early ANARE scientific resupply voyages. Macquarie Island, situated roughly halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica in the Southern Ocean, has been administered by Tasmania since 1900 and is now a World Heritage site.


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