Tasmanian High Country Huts: From the Central Plateau to Cradle Mountain by Simon Cubit
$49.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: Adult
A beautiful book that evokes the character, spirit and ruggedness of the Tasmanian high country and the special qualities of the people who made a living from it. It tells the stories of more than twenty-five huts from the Central Plateau to Cradle Mountain constructed by stockmen, fur trade hunters, mi ...Show more
Tasmanian Tiger - Precious Little Remains by Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (Produced by)
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
A publication to accompany an exhibition of the same name that is yo be held at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, starting May 2014.
Wanted Martin Cash: Bushranger of Van Diemen's Land by James Lester Burke
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
This is the story of Irish convict/bushranger, Martin Cash as told in his own words. He related his tale to a hard-drinking mob at the Lord Rodney Hotel on Hobart Town's waterfront. Undoubtedly the old lags interjected with their own recollections and contempt for their British masters. It is easy to im ...Show more
More Historical Stories of Tasmania's West Coast by MORLEY L J
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
Tasmania's West Coast is renowned for its beautiful scenery and remoteness. During the mining boom of the late 1800s, many West Coast towns appeared, sprouting numerous businesses and the need for transport links to the South and North of Tasmania. This book is the second in the series of short storie ...Show more
Great Convict Stories - Dramatic and Moving Tales from Australia's Brutal Early Years by Graham Seal
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
Graham Seal brings to life the brutal Australian convict transportation system with stories of notorious criminals, colourful characters, and harsh punishments. There were also happy endings for the men and women for whom transportation was an opportunity to start afresh in a new land.
Enterprise Risk and Ruin: The Stage-Coach and the Development of Van Diemen's Land and Tasmania by Steven Walker
$24.99 AUD
$40.00 (37% off)
Category: History
Steven Walker is a retired F111 pilot who restored a coaching inn at Oatlands, studied for a PhD and wrote the most entertaining and informative history of Tasmania more or less all at once. The stage-coach was major 19thC infrastructure and its development is the story of communication, growth and entr ...Show more
Exploring the South land: Tasmania Emerges from Terra Australis Incognita by Libby McMahon; John McMahon
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Exploring the South Land is a celebration of the mapmaker’s art – commencing with the 1606 voyage of Captain Willem Janszoon, the first European to chart part of the unkown southern continent. This book document, by means of a sequence of historical maps, the emergence of knowledge over 400 years from ...Show more
366 Days of Tasmania Volume II by Thomas Gunn
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
A history of Tasmania told in events
Another Fork in the Road by Gordon Saunders; Joan Saunders
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
This book is about a migrant family who travelled to Tasmania from war torn England in 1949 - to the "Lucky Country" of Australia which held such promise. The story reveals their life of struggle and joys during their 50 years of journeying in a new and different land. It tells of family history, where ...Show more
Convicts in the Colonies by Lucy Williams
$55.99 AUD
Category: History
In the eighty years between 1787 and 1868 more than 160,000 men, women and children convicted of everything from picking pockets to murder were sentenced to be transported 'beyond the seas'. These convicts were destined to serve out their sentences in the empire's most remote colony: Australia. Through ...Show more