Walter B. Pridmore's short history of Richmond and the Coal River Valley, including the Richmond Gaol, churches, stately homes and wineries. Softcover, 2003, 76 pages, illustrated with colour paintings.
Ringarooma, in Tasmania's North-East, began as "Krushka Town," a private township founded in 1882 by the Krushka brothers, whose enterprise grew out of the region's tin mining boom of the 1870s. The town was renamed Ringarooma in 1888. Glenn Carins traces the history and pioneering families of the district, including Alberton, Krushka Town, Pinega, Talawa/Maurice and Trenah.
A humorous look at Tasmanian places names... Tasmania is blessed with a plethora of biblical place names, together with many outrageous, unsavoury, quirky and crazy names.
A combination of true and tall tales from Tasmania's rich pool of history and legend, illustrated throughout by Colin Abel — covering colourful and sometimes dark figures and episodes from the state's past, alongside lighter curiosities of Tasmanian life and history.
