Col Bailey's fascination with the Tasmanian Tiger was born of his discussions with tiger trapper, Reg Trigg, who regaled him with stories of his encounters with the elusive and now believed extinct, marsupial, including his friendship with a thylacine he rescued from a trap.
A collection of engaging personal stories about connection, culture and sharing from the people who live, walk and work in Clarence Plains, Southern Tasmania.
With rhythmic intensity luwa tara luwa waypa tells the story of aboriginal Tasmanian boy niyakara's journey from boy to man as part of the palawa people of Tasmania.
J.S. Cumpston's history of the ships that visited Macquarie Island and the men who sailed them — from the earliest sealers and whalers through the Mawson expeditions and the early ANARE scientific resupply voyages. Macquarie Island, situated roughly halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica in the Southern Ocean, has been administered by Tasmania since 1900 and is now a World Heritage site.
David Scholes's account of fly fishing the Macquarie River — widely regarded as Tasmania's premier mayfly river, which flows through the Northern Midlands to join the South Esk near Longford.
Written during his long-term psychiatric incarceration, this 398-page softcover autobiography provides a deeply unsettling but detailed look into the life, brilliant scientific career, and mental descent of Dr Rory Jack Thompson. In 1983, while serving as a principal research scientist for the CSIRO in Hobart, Thompson was arrested for the notorious murder of his wife, later being found not guilty on the grounds of insanity.
![Macquarie Island – The Story of the Ships and Men that Visited | J.S. Cumpston | 1968 [USED – HCDJ – Out of Print]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/macquarie-island-cumpston-PQ7PAR.png "Macquarie Island – The Story of the Ships and Men that Visited | J.S. Cumpston | 1968 [USED – HCDJ – Out of Print]")
![Macquarie River Reflections | David Scholes | 2003 | Numbered 392/1000 [USED – HCDJ – Very Good]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/macquarie-river-reflections-74ldFl.png "Macquarie River Reflections | David Scholes | 2003 | Numbered 392/1000 [USED – HCDJ – Very Good]")
