Aboriginal Convicts: Australian, Khoisan, and Maori Exiles by Kristyn Harman
$44.99 AUD
Category: History
We assume that all convicts were white few people know that indigenous people got caught up in the convict system. These men and women were taken prisoner during frontier wars in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, yet they were treated as criminals rather than prisoners of war, and exiled to penal ...Show more
Built to Last - The Story of the Shipwrights of Port Cygnet Tasmania and Their Boats 1863 - 1997 by Alex Grame-Evans
$29.95 AUD
Category: History
What a great heritage there is in wooden boat building in Tasmania. This book serves as a 'must read' for all lovers of boats, and particular those who appreciate Tasmania's fine traditions in the area of timber boat construction. The Wilsons of Port Cygnet have been, over the last 134 years, one of the ...Show more
Australia's Tasman Wars - Colonial Australia and Conflict in New Zealand, 1800-1850 by Craig Wilcox
$44.99 AUD
Category: History
The British settlement in eastern Australia in 1788 and the strong establishment of the British colony of New South Wales created a maritime frontier in the Tasman Sea and Southwest Pacific. Maritime frontier conflict occurred from Tonga to Tahiti, from the New Hebrides to New Caledonia, and was just as ...Show more
The Brownsville BlacksmithThe Story of William Beach by Yvonne Downes
$34.95 AUD
Category: History
"In August 1884 - eight years before Sheffield Shield competition began, 12 years before the founding of the modern Olympics and 17 years before Australian federation - a shy young man raised on the shores of Lake Illawarra became the sculling champion of the world. In the days before organised team spo ...Show more
On The Ossie by Nic Haygarth
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Tasmanian osmiridium and the fountain pen industry Millions of words flowed from the serpentine hills of western Tasmania. The Waratah and Adamsfield districts produced ‘point metal’ osmiridium, used to top the gold nibs of fountain pens. For a time in the early 1900s Tasmania had a world monopoly ...Show more