A Tasmanian novel of the sea and sailing that tells the story of an island through the eyes of an unforgettable woman, Pearl Macqueen, the Oyster Girl.
The Painted Portrait Photograph in Tasmania looks at the interaction between portrait painting and photography in Tasmania during the last half of the 19th century.
A book about newspapers and the power of the press to sway opinion. The main narrative voice is that of W.C., a hapless war correspondent, posted to Tasmania to cover the conflict between the Pakana people of Lutruwita and the British, from 1814 to 1856.
The letters written from Van Diemen's Land 1823-1825 showing William Parramore's life in Van Diemen's Land after arriving with his family in 1823 (later to become Private Secretary to Lieut. Governor Arthur).
The Peaks of Lyell was Geoffrey Blainey's first book, based on his University of Melbourne MA thesis and originally published in 1954. It tells the history of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, and through it, of Queenstown and Tasmania's West Coast.
The Peaks of Lyell was Geoffrey Blainey's first book, based on his University of Melbourne MA thesis and originally published in 1954. It tells the history of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, and through it, of Queenstown and Tasmania's West Coast.
This outline of the history of the Macquarie Harbour penal settlement covers its founding on Sarah Island in 1822 as a place of banishment for the colony's most difficult convicts, its eleven-year reputation as one of the harshest penal settlements in the Australian colonies, and notable escapes including those of Matthew Brady and Alexander Pearce.
The Poimenas - companions of the Tasmanian mountains known collectively as the Abels. This is a collection of day walks to amenable hills and knolls throughout Tasmania, graded from those suitable for families with young children, through to experienced walkers.
