Tongerlongeter: First Nations Leader and Tasmanian War Hero, new edition by Henry Reynolds, Nicholas Clements
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Australia has no war hero more impressive than Tongerlongeter. Leader of the Oyster Bay nation of south-east Tasmania in the 1820s and ’30s, Tongerlongeter and his allies led the most effective frontier resistance ever mounted on Australian soil. They killed or wounded some 354 — or 4 per cent — of the ...Show more
White Rag Burning - Irish Women Committing Arson to Be Transported by Dianne Snowden
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Between 1841 and 1853, nearly 250 women were transported from Ireland to Van Diemen's Land on the other side of the world for committing arson. During the Great Famine, the number of Irish women transported for arson increased dramatically. In comparison, only small numbers of other convicts were trans ...Show more
Van Diemen's Land by James Boyce
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
"With a foreword by Richard Flanagan Winner of the Tasmanian Book Prize 'A brilliant book and a must-read for anyone interested in how land shapes people' —Tim Flannery Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen's Land. There they found a land of bounty and a penal society, a k ...Show more
Convict Lives: - Female Convicts at the New Norfolk Asylum by Dianne Snowden (Editor); Jane Harrington (Editor)
$30.00 AUD
Category: History
Stories of women convicts who were incarcerated in the New Norfolk Lunatic Asylum
Tasmanian Mammals: Field Guide by Dave Watts
$34.99 AUD
Category: Tasmanian
This book brings together for the first time, an outstanding series of colour photographs of all the native Tasmanian land mammals and a clear concise text to provide the reader with all the essential information on identification, habits, habitat, distribution and status of each of the mammals.
Spiders of Tasmania by John Douglas
$35.00 AUD
Category: Tasmanian
Spider is a word that instils fear into the minds of many, yet when viewed close up, this diverse and often maligned creature becomes both fascinating and beautiful. This book illustrates many of the spiders found in Tasmania, including the common, the unusual, the new and those that are yet to be form ...Show more
Tasmania's Convicts by Alison Alexander
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
To the convicts arriving in Van Diemen's Land, it must have felt as though they'd been sent to the very ends of the earth. In Tasmania's Convicts Alison Alexander tells the history of the men and women transported to what became one of Britain's most notorious convict colonies. Following the lives of do ...Show more
The Van Diemen Anthology 2019 - The Best of the Van Diemen History Prize 2018-2019 by Kristyn Harman (Editor); Imogen Wegman (Editor); Nick Brodie (Editor); Chris Champion (Editor)
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
The idea for The Van Diemen History Prize came out of a conversation with Associate Professor Kristyn Harman, of the University of Tasmania. Her idea was then honed to fit the underlying philosophy of Tasmania 40°South - high-quality writing on a Tasmanian theme, aimed at a general audience. The competi ...Show more
Birds of Cataract Gorge & Surrounds by Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (Produced by)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Tasmanian
A comprehensive guide to the local bird fauna that can be found at Launceston's Cataract Gorge and its surrounds. Superbly photographed, the guide identifies almost 100 different species including 10 of the dozen birds endemic to Tasmania. The book includes a handy checklist for birdwatchers to fill. ...Show more