A guide to 29 specific locations across Tasmania where you have a good chance of seeing native wildlife in the field — written by wildlife photographer Dave Watts and Cathie Plowman and published in 2008. Each location entry covers what you're likely to see there, the best time of day and year to visit, and practical notes on access
Neville Parnell's history of the RAAF's Bristol Beaufighter squadrons in the Second World War — No. 30, 31 and 92 Squadrons, 77 Wing, 93 Training Squadron and 5 OTU. The Beaufighter was a heavy fighter derived from the Beaufort torpedo bomber, flying with the RAAF from 1942 in the anti-shipping and ground attack role across the South West Pacific.
A detailed record of white shark interactions in Tasmanian waters from the establishment of the British colony in Van Diemen's Land through to the early 21st century — covering captures, sightings, encounters and attacks documented over nearly two centuries.
Between 1841 and 1853, nearly 250 women were transported from Ireland to Van Diemen's Land for committing arson, a number out of all proportion to males transported for the same offence. Renowned Tasmanian historian Dianne Snowden explains why so many women resorted to arson as a desperate survival mechanism during the Great Famine, explores their motives, and follows their lived experiences both as convicts in the factory system and subsequently when set free in the colony.

