Transport

Philip Kuruvita takes his camera behind the garage doors of Launceston's motoring enthusiasts — photographing the restored vintage vehicles they keep, along with the owners and the stories behind their collections.

This Tasmanian transport history book recounts a period from around 1850 to 1960 when men battled almost overwhelming odds to carve a living out of an unforgiving land.

A history of road building in Tasmania up to 1880, written by Lyn Newitt and published in 1988. The book documents how Tasmania's road network was built using convict labour during the colonial period — the construction gangs, the road stations and probation parties, the engineering challenges of the terrain, and the development of the major routes that still largely define how Tasmanians travel the island today.

Packed with black and white historic photos from the 1800s to the 1960s, this book captures the history of tourism across Tasmania with a focus on motoring, but also including other modes of transport.