The Blazed Track is a book of local Tasmanian and family history telling of times in and around Lee's Paddocks and Mole Creek, and with the Lee family, the Walters and Mill Gang.
When a school group of teenage girls goes missing in the remote wilderness of Tasmania's Great Western Tiers, the people of Limestone Creek are immediately on alert.
On 12 October 1973 the Blythe Star left Hobart for King Island with a cargo of fertiliser and beer. Fourteen hours later it sank without warning. Its crew of ten made it into a life raft, destined to drift for eight days around southern Tasmania.
The Launceston and Western Railway Company was formed in 1867 to build Tasmania's first railway line, connecting Launceston to Deloraine to carry agricultural produce from the rich farmland around Perth and Longford to port for export. The 45-mile broad-gauge line opened in 1871 — but the company was almost immediately in financial trouble, and the government stepped in to take over its operations in 1873, though the formal purchase of its assets wasn't completed until 1904.
Ian Skennerton's comprehensive reference on the Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield rifles and carbines — the standard infantry weapons of the British and Commonwealth forces from 1888 through to the late 20th century, covering the full century from their introduction in 1880 to 1980.
Ian Skennerton's comprehensive reference on British and Commonwealth sniping from the First World War through to the Falklands conflict — covering the development of sniping doctrine, tactics, training, equipment and rifles across nearly seven decades of British military service.
![The British Service Lee – Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield Rifles and Carbines 1880–1980 | Ian Skennerton | 1981 [USED – HCDJ – Good]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/British%20Service%20Lee-HnhJPx.png "The British Service Lee – Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield Rifles and Carbines 1880–1980 | Ian Skennerton | 1981 [USED – HCDJ – Good]")
![The British Sniper – British & Commonwealth Sniping and Equipment 1915–1983 | Ian Skennerton | First Edition 1984 [USED – HCDJ – Very Good]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/British%20Sniper-cV3EnP.png "The British Sniper – British & Commonwealth Sniping and Equipment 1915–1983 | Ian Skennerton | First Edition 1984 [USED – HCDJ – Very Good]")
