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King - the Story of a River, by Patsy Crawford, follows the King River in Tasmania as it flows into Macquarie Harbour, and the damage caused by copper mining and its subsequent environmental remediation.
Deny King spent 55 years living self-sufficiently at Melaleuca in Tasmania's remote South West wilderness – as a tin miner, naturalist, painter and ornithologist. He played a crucial role in saving the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot, had a fossil banksia species named in his honour, and was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for his contribution to conservation. This is his extraordinary story.
Residents of Hobart love walking through the tall trees of Knocklofty Reserve, visiting the Frog Ponds, spotting mopokes and wallabies, and admiring the wattle trees in bloom. But there’s a lot more to Knocklofty than its natural beauty.
A biography of Reverend Robert Knopwood - Van Diemen's Land's first colonial chaplain, magistrate, and diarist, whose journal remains a key record of early Hobart. By Geoffrey Stephens.
A biography of Major-General Arthur “Tubby” Allen, covering his Great War service, Second World War commands and focusing on the controversial Kokoda period.
