Dennis Hodgkinson's history of the Albert Hall in Launceston — the city's principal concert and civic hall, built in 1891 and documented here across its first ninety years, published to coincide with its 1980 re-launch after restoration works. The Albert Hall has recently been at the centre of Launceston public debate following its latest major renovation — a project that attracted significant attention for its cost and the questions it raised about the hall's utilisation and future.
A genius at publicity before the term existed, Jane Franklin was a celebrity in the mid-19th century -this is her remarkable life.
A diocesan history to mark the sesquicentenary of the Anglican Church in Tasmania in 1992, by Geoffrey Stephens. Structured around the tenures of each of Tasmania's bishops — Nixon, Bromby, Sandford, Montgomery, Mercer, Stephen, Hay, Cranswick, Davies, Cornish and Newell — with a chronological, illustrated list of churches built under each, an alphabetical list of clergy, and a full index.
The landmark 1991 first edition of Neil Chick's definitive genealogical and pastoral history of northern Tasmania’s prominent Archer family. A substantial, large-format hardcover containing extensive family lineage charts, maps, and archival illustrations.
Christopher Cowles, former Studio Head of Graphic Design at the Tasmanian School of Art, and David Walker, a professional photographer and librarian at the Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office, spent 15 years researching this study of the paper labels once pasted onto wooden apple crates for export, at a time when Tasmania was known internationally as "the Apple Isle."
This definitive biographical and art history volume provides a rich, comprehensive analysis of the life and legacy of John Glover, one of Australia’s most celebrated colonial landscape painters. Written by renowned curator John McPhee, the text chronicles Glover's 1829 emigration from Britain to Van Diemen's Land, exploring how his artistic style adapted to the unique light and form of the northern Tasmanian environment.

