Tasmanian Aborigines: A History Since 1803 by Lyndall Ryan
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
'Lyndall Ryan's new account of the extraordinary and dramatic story of the Tasmanian Aborigines is told with passion and eloquence. It is a book that will inform and move anyone with an interest in Australian history.' - Professor Henry Reynolds, University of Tasmania..'A powerful and insightful histor ...Show more
Black War - Fear, Sex and Resistance in Tasmania by Nicholas Clements; Henry Reynolds (Foreword by)
$34.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: Scholarly/Undergraduate
Between 1825 and 1831 close to 200 Britons and 1000 Aborigines died violently in Tasmania’s Black War. It was by far the most intense frontier conflict in Australia’s history, yet many Australians know little about it. The Black War takes a unique approach to this historic event, looking chiefly at the ...Show more
A History of Port Davey, South West Tasmania (Fleeting Hopes #1) by Tony Fenton
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Fleeting Hopes will surely become the standard work of reference on the history of South West Tasmania” – Christobel Mattingley author of King of the Wilderness: The Life of Denny King Weaving ground-breaking research with the enchanting stories of explorers, whalers, track-cutters, and sailors washed ...Show more
Wild Heart of Tasmania: A Living History of Lake Malbena and the Western Lakes by Greg French
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
Wild Heart of Tasmania is a lively collection of stories centred around a highland wilderness. It portrays bushwalking and backcountry fishing as a way of life, and historic bush huts as social fabric. In the early 2000s, Greg French was approached by a talented young fly fisher to write a foreword to ...Show more
The Ship That Never Was by Adam Courtenay
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
The greatest escape story of Australian colonial history by the son of Australia's best-loved storyteller. In 1823, cockney sailor and chancer James Porter was convicted of stealing a stack of beaver furs and transported halfway around the world to Van Diemen's Land. After several escape attempts from ...Show more