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
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
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
Trampled Wilderness - History of South-west Tasmania Volume 1 by Kathleen and Ralph Gowlland
$29.95 AUD
Category: Tasmanian
Volume One introduces us to the absorbing history of the opening up of Tasmania's South West in the early part of the 1800's. Early explorers came both by sea and trekking overland to this remote area. They were intrepid and determined adventurers who would discover the unique beauty and treasure of thi ...Show more
Montgomery of Tasmania: Henry and Maud Montgomery in Australasia by Robert Withycombe
$29.99 AUD
$49.99 (40% off)
Category: History
In comparison with the fame of their son, Bernard, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Henry and Maud Montgomery, leaders in their own right, are largely forgotten. Henry, fourth Anglican Bishop of Tasmania, 1889-1901, proved a dynamic force in the national church, still relevant today. Always energetic, he ...Show more