The waters around Australia have proved treacherous to mariners and since the wreck of the English ship Trial in 1622, thousands of vessels have been lost up to the present day.
This book tells the story of the many shipwrecks on the shores of King Island, off the north west coast of Tasmania, along with the lighthouses that eventually made shipping less dangerous, and the comparatively safe havens of King Island's harbours at Currie, Naracoopa and Grassy.
Starting with the first shipwreck in the waters around the Furneaux Islands — the Sydney Cove in 1797 — this book tells the stories of ships wrecked around the Furneaux Group, the islands at the eastern end of Bass Strait including Flinders Island, Cape Barren Island and Clarke Island.
Johnson Dean's memoir of early canoeing on Tasmania's wild rivers — the Franklin, Gordon, Pieman and King — in the years before the Franklin Dam campaign brought international attention to these waters.
Tasmanian author Anthony Hope has written short stories from World War Two based on the experiences of Gregor Salmon, Critchley Parker, Jerzy Otlowski, Robert Nobes, Ronald Hope, Paul Hope, Margaret Spencer and Elsie White.
John and Monica Chapman's guide to 31 short walks in the northern half of Tasmania — ranging from half an hour to 2.5 hours, most of them easy and suitable for families. Walks range geographically from Scamander on the East Coast north to Mt William, across to Launceston and the Bass Strait coast and hinterland, and west through Mole Creek, Cradle Mountain, Smithton and the Tarkine.
![Shipwrecks of the Furneaux Group – Around the Islands at the Eastern End of Bass Strait | Graeme Broxam & Michael Nash | 2023 [NEW – SC]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/shipwrecks-of-the-furneaux-group-4wJqTt.png "Shipwrecks of the Furneaux Group – Around the Islands at the Eastern End of Bass Strait | Graeme Broxam & Michael Nash | 2023 [NEW – SC]")
![Shooting the Franklin – Early Canoeing on Tasmania's Wild Rivers | Johnson Dean | 2002 [USED – SC – Out of Print]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/shooting-the-franklin-VDBluf.png "Shooting the Franklin – Early Canoeing on Tasmania's Wild Rivers | Johnson Dean | 2002 [USED – SC – Out of Print]")
![Short Walks Northern Tasmania | John & Monica Chapman | 2019 [NEW – SC]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/short-walks-northern-tasmania-mfTbM4.png "Short Walks Northern Tasmania | John & Monica Chapman | 2019 [NEW – SC]")
