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The Rails Go Westward - Patsy Adam-Smith Australian railway history |HCDJ 1969|
Added: Aug 5, 2026

A short history of Australia's railways by Patsy Adam-Smith, written partly with younger readers in mind. First edition, 1969.


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Echoes of the Past - The Story of Shipping Disasters on King Island - 3rd edition
Added: Aug 5, 2026

A small booklet, undated but appearing to date from the 1930s, documenting the many shipping disasters that have occurred on King Island in Bass Strait — among the worst of which is the Cataraqui, which claimed over 400 lives in 1845, Australia's worst civil maritime disaster.


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The Main Road - Historical journey from Launceston to Hobart
Added: Aug 4, 2026

A small book documenting the historical journey along the Midland Highway between Launceston and Hobart — including the experience of Anthony Trollope, who travelled the route by coach through Campbell Town during his visit to Tasmania in January 1872, part of his thirteen-month tour of Australia and New Zealand.


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A selection of Tasmanian books that are no longer in print.

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Proud to be Tasmanian - Robin Gray and the Liberal Led Recovery
Robin Gray was the leader of Tasmania's first-ever majority Liberal Government and had a profound impact on the state's progress during the 1980's. Here he tells the story of his government, its controversies and its achievements from the inside.


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Pubs and Publicans of Tasmania's Old West
A comprehensive listing of the pubs of Tasmania's remote West Coast from the 19th century mining boom to more recent times.

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Pubs in Hobart from 1807 – A Gazetteer | David J. Bryce | 1997 [USED – SC – Out of Print]

David J. Bryce's gazetteer of hotels, taverns and public houses in Hobart from 1807 through to the late 20th century — a comprehensive single reference on the subject. At 183 pages plus appendices, the book lists Hobart's licensed premises in gazetteer format — organised to allow researchers to track specific premises, their licensees, locations and histories across nearly two centuries of Hobart's social and commercial life.


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PWD Paid Wet and Dry - 101 memories of Tasmania's Public Works System - signed

101 memories of Tasmania's Public Works Department (PWD) — the state government body responsible for building and maintaining Tasmania's roads, bridges and public infrastructure through much of the 20th century - also referred to as Paid Wet or Dry.


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Quaker Life in Tasmania
A booklet to accompany an exhibition capturing the first hundred years of Quaker life in Tasmania.

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Quintus Servinton
Australia's first novel - Henry Savery's tale founded upon incidents of real occurrence.

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Railway Profile – Tasmanian Government Railways 1950–1970 | Frank Cross & John Sargent (Eds.) | [USED – SC – Out of Print]

A photographic profile of the Tasmanian Government Railways (TGR) covering the years 1950 to 1970 — the steam era and early diesel transition period of Tasmanian rail, compiled and edited by Frank Cross and John Sargent.


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Railway Tickets of Tasmania | H.K. Atkinson | 1991 [USED – SC – Very Good]

H.K. Atkinson's history of railway tickets in Tasmania — documenting the full range of tickets, parcel stamps, luggage labels and train staff tickets used by the Tasmanian Government Railways (TGR) and associated operators across the history of Tasmanian rail.


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Railways of Tasmania's Wild West | Nick Anchen | [USED – HC – Signed by Author]

Nick Anchen's photographic history of the railways of Tasmania's west coast — the extraordinary network of lines that served the mining towns of Queenstown, Rosebery, Zeehan and Strahan, and the remarkable engineering required to build and operate them through some of the most rugged and remote country in Australia.


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Railways, Mines, Pubs and People and other historical research
Bits and pieces of interesting Tasmanian history, with a focus on industrial and transport heritage.

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