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This landmark historical novel by celebrated Tasmanian author Christopher Koch provides a powerful, deeply researched account of the 1840s penal colony of Van Diemen's Land. Following the experiences of an Irish political prisoner transported to the antipodes, the text brilliantly captures the landscape, colonial friction, and the harsh realities of the early Tasmanian convict system. It stands as a vital masterpiece of Australian literature and an essential addition for collectors of local fiction and regional historical narratives.
Contains comprehensive track notes for walking the Overland Track in Tasmania plus major sidetracks which include Cradle Mountain, Barn Bluff, Lake Will, Mt Oakleigh, Mt Ossa, Fergusson Falls, Hartnett Falls and Pine Valley.
![Palawa tunapri - Knowledge of Our Ancestors: Trish Hodge's record of Tasmanian Aboriginal plant uses for food, medicine & tools | 2025 [NEW – SC]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/palawa-tunapri-ICD3zu.png "Palawa tunapri - Knowledge of Our Ancestors: Trish Hodge's record of Tasmanian Aboriginal plant uses for food, medicine & tools | 2025 [NEW – SC]")
Trish Hodge, a Tasmanian Aboriginal woman and descendant of Mannalargenna, spent twenty years researching and documenting the traditional uses of more than 350 native Tasmanian plants — for food, medicine, tools and seasonal knowledge.
Paper Tiger is an exciting new history of the thylacine showing how images of the famed animal shaped perceptions of the Tasmanian Tiger.
![Parattah - Junction Town of the Southern Midlands, 150 Years of History | Steven Figg | 2025 [NEW – SC]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/parattah-ax5e4p.png "Parattah - Junction Town of the Southern Midlands, 150 Years of History | Steven Figg | 2025 [NEW – SC]")
Parattah, in Tasmania's Southern Midlands, grew up as a railway town on the Main Line between Hobart and Launceston, which opened through the area in 1876.
