Marjorie Tipping's history of the convicts transported to Australia on the ship Calcutta in 1803 — one of the earliest convict transports, carrying 299 convicts who were originally destined for Botany Bay but landed instead at Sullivan's Cove, becoming among the first European settlers in Van Diemen's Land.
The history of the convicts transported to Australia on the ship Calcutta in 1803 — one of the earliest convict transports to the Australian colonies, carrying 299 convicts who were originally destined for Botany Bay but landed instead at Sullivan's Cove, becoming among the first European settlers in Van Diemen's Land.
A quirky, illustrated guide to the things that make Tasmania different and interesting.
A beautiful colour photographic book of the cool climate fungi of Tasmania in all their diversity.
Award winning historian, Alison Alexander, turns her attention to Hobart's tempestuous beginnings and the part played by two quite different personalities, Edward Lord and Maria Riseley.
A photographic record of the features of some of Tasmania's most historically significant private colonial estates — houses that have rarely been open to the public and whose stories are not well documented elsewhere. The authors gained access to properties across the island, documenting both the architecture and the families who have owned and lived in them across generations — from the earliest colonial period through to the present day.

