Transported - Tales of Misfortune and Roguery by Brian Harrison-Lever (Illustrator)
$20.00 AUD
Category: Tasmanian
The overcrowding of British prisons in the early 1800s was a problem solved, the ruling classes believed, by the transportation of convicts to the colonies, where labour was in short supply. Men, women and children branded `felons¿ were shipped south, often for crimes that in today¿s world would hardly ...Show more
Ubd Gregorys Street Directory Tasmania 21St Ed by UBD Gregory's
$34.99 AUD
Category: Tasmanian
The new edition of the Tasmania Street Directory has been fully revised and updated and includes: Hobart & Launceston with suburb, street & facility indexes. Over 48 towns including Bicheno, Bruny Island, Deloraine, Devonport, Penguin, Port Arthur, Queenstown, St Marys, Scottsdale, Ulverston ...Show more
Van Diemen's Land by James Boyce
$49.99 AUD
Category: Tasmanian
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 kangaroo economy and a new way of life.In this multi-award-winning history of colonial Tasmania, James Boyce shows how the newcomers were changed by the natural world the ...Show more
Van Diemen's Land by James Boyce
$29.95 AUD
Category: Tasmanian
The vivid, ground-breaking history of early Tasmania.Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen's Land. In this definitive history, James Boyce shows how they were changed by the natural world they encountered. Behind the official attempt to create a Little England was another ...Show more
Van Diemen's Land : An Aboriginal History by Murray Johnson; Ian McFarlane
$39.99 AUD
Category: Tasmanian | Reading Level: Scholarly/Undergraduate
The history of Aborigines in Van Diemen's Land is long. The first Tasmanians lived in isolation for as many as 300 generations after the flooding of Bass Strait. Their struggle against almost insurmountable odds is one worthy of respect and admiration, not to mention serious attention. This broad-rangin ...Show more
Van Diemen’s Land Hell in Heaven by E T Emmett
$24.95 AUD
Category: Tasmanian
History, adventure, drama, romance and humour Evelyn Temple Emmett was the first Director of the Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau and a founder of the Hobart Walking Club. Today he is regarded as one of the foremost Tasmanians of his period, and is referred to as ‘The Father of Tasmanian Tourism’. ...Show more
Vanishing Towns: Tasmania's Ghost Towns and Settlements by Michael Holmes
$49.95 AUD
Category: Tasmanian
Concealed by the passage of time, encroaching forest or the dust of public records are an amazing number of Tasmanian towns and settlements that no longer exist. Vanishing Towns, the first comprehensive book of such places, provides a fascinating insight into vanished communities, often located in remot ...Show more
Vintage Tasmania: The Complete Book of Tasmanian Wine by Tony Charles Walker
$49.95 AUD
Category: Tasmanian
The Tasmanian wine industry- it's history, from 1823 to the present, what it is today, including a complete guide to the state's wine routes and a list of every Tasmanian vineyard
Waiting in the Wilderness / P Wood by Pam Wood
$29.95 AUD
Category: Tasmanian
In creating history in the Tasmanian Tarkine or takayna wilderness, ordinary people do extraordinary things.Born in London in 1834 when the Thames is the world's busiest stage, Henry Gardiner settles in the developing British Colony of Tasmania. He becomes the first whitefeller ferryman on the mystical ...Show more
Walks in Nature: Tasmania by Viola Design
$24.99 AUD
Category: Tasmanian | Series: Walks in Nature Ser.
There;s no better way to see Tasmania than by walking. Step out on almost any trail and you'll discover an island of tranquil and inviting beaches, wild mountains, hidden gorges and fairytale rainforests that shield silken waterfalls. Researched by local walker and writer Andrew Bain, each of the 32 c ...Show more