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Field Guide to Tasmanian Birds | Dave Watts | 2025 Updated Edition
Added: Oct 7, 2018

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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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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Thylacines Out of Season
Added: Mar 30, 2026
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.

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The Abels Supplement - Tasmania's Mountains over 1100m high

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.


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The Endemic Flora of Tasmania – Complete 6-Volume Set | Winifred Curtis & Margaret Stones | 1967–1978 [USED – HCDJ]

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.


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The Franklin Blockade
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.

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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 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 Tasmanian Tiger - 1980
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.

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The Tasmanian Tiger in Pictures (Dr Eric Guiler) - Vintage 1991 Thylacine Photographic Record (Used)

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. 


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The Thylacine and the Time Machine

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.


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