Nicholas Shakespeare — novelist and biographer of Bruce Chatwin — came to Tasmania on holiday, found a house on an east coast beach near Swansea, and decided on the spot that this was where he wanted to live. He didn't yet know that his ancestor was Anthony Fenn Kemp — the corrupt, colourful and influential figure now known by some as the Father of Tasmania — or that he would find relatives still living on the island.
A magnificent and deeply evocative out-of-print study of the intricate beauty, scale, and critical ecological importance of Australia's native trees. Published in Hobart in 2001, this monumental volume pairs the masterwork landscape imagery of legendary wilderness photographer Peter Dombrovskis with an authoritative natural history commentary by renowned ecologist Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick.
Rosebery was founded after prospector Tom McDonald discovered gold and zinc-lead ore on the slopes of Mount Black in 1893, in the shadow of Mount Murchison on Tasmania's west coast. Published to mark the settlement's centenary, this book by Geof Jay looks at aspects of Rosebery's first hundred years, 1893–1993.

