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.
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.
An art book of Tasmanian tigers in strange times and places - allegorical dreams of a lost species captured in paintings by Lindsay Arnold.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
The Tasmanian Tiger 1980 is the report of an investigation on thylacine status by Steven Smith published as Wildlife Division Technical Report 81/1. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
This scarce, vintage publication compiles an invaluable archival photographic record of the now extinct Tasmanian Tiger, or thylacine. Compiled by the world's foremost authority on the species, Dr Eric Guiler, the booklet features rare historical black-and-white photographs, sketches, and field data tracking the animal's history, sightings, and final years in captivity.
Join 12-old Violet, her dog Tassie and her new friend Thyla - the ghost of the last Tasmanian Tiger - on a wild ride to learn all about the legendary, elusive and extinct thylacine.