A comprehensive account of the development of the metal mining industry in Tasmania from the beginnings of British settlement in Van Diemen's Land in 1804 to the outbreak of the First World War, with a focus on how the government helped shape the mining industry.
The story of Mick Burles — a battling Launceston horse trainer — and The Cleaner, the gelding he began working with at Launceston's Mowbray racecourse in February 2011. What followed was one of Australian racing's better underdog stories.
A Tasmanian historical novel... a soldier in April 1915 blanks out what the new day may bring for him by travelling back in his mind to his idyllic childhood in Middlewood, Tasmania.
Shortly after its inception, Tasmania's Midland Agricultural Association became permanently established at Campbell Town. Today it is most commonly known as the Campbell Town Show, and this is its history.
An entertaining novel from Tasmanian author Rachael Treasure... Connie Mulligan, daughter of a fourth-generation Tasmanian dairy farmer, feels like she doesn't belong – anywhere. She's got big dreams and big ideas, but she made a mess of her university degree and has been sent home in disgrace.