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Ringarooma: one hundred years 1888-1988.

By: BENNETT, Olive (and others).

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Ringarooma (Tas), Authors?: [1988]

Seller ID: 15133

4to. 116pp, illustrated; index. Soft covers. A very good clean copy.
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Huon Valley : a photographic essay.

By: BENNETT, Richard.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Geeveston (Tas.), Author: 1988

Seller ID: 5336

4to. 96pp, map. Case-bound in synthetic cloth with dustwrapper. A fine clean copy ***Colour photography.
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The Story of Port Dalrymple : life and work in Northern Tasmania.

By: BETHELL, L.S.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Hobart, Education Dept.: [1957].

Seller ID: 5266

First edition. x, 194pp, 9 maps/plans, illustrated in black and white, index. Original pictorial wrappers (slight fading of spine, otherwise very bright). A very good clean copy.
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The Valley of the Derwent.

By: BETHELL, L.S.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Hobart, Education Dept.: nd

Seller ID: 4418

140pp, includes index. Brown cloth, lettered on the upper board (lacks the dustwrapper). Owner's name on front paste-down. A very good clean copy.
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The Story of Port Dalrymple : life and work in Northern Tasmania.

By: BETHELL, L.S.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Hobart, Blubber Head Press: 1980

Seller ID: 5267

x, 194pp, [10]pp index, 9 maps/plans, illustrated. Soft covers, extremities a little rubbed. A good clean copy. ***Facsimile reprint of 1957 edition.
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Bothwell Revisited, a history : foundation, Federation and the millennium.

By: Bothwell: ELLIS, Shauna (ed).

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Tasmania, Bothwell Historical Society: 2001

Seller ID: 13606

4to. 280pp, well illustrated. Soft covers. A fine clean copy. ISBN 095792500X
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From Montagu Swamp to Togari : a job well done.

By: BROWN, Pat.

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Smithton (Tas), Author: 1997

Seller ID: 10529

4to. 188pp, illustrated. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. ISBN 0958731403 ***The Montagu Swamp, in far NW Tasmania, was drained in the first half of the 20th century and developed for the Soldier Settlement scheme from 1950. It is now a productive dairy farming district.
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The Legends of Hunter Island.

By: BUCKBY, Pauline.

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Hunter Is. (Tas.), Shift 85 Pty Ltd.: nd

Seller ID: 4728

200pp, illustrated. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. ***The Hunter Island Group lies off Woolnorth Point at the NW tip of Tasmania. This is primarily the story of the early settlers and their descendants, but also includes the pre-history of the islands, and especially the Aboriginal archaeological site at Cave Bay. And Giuseppe Garibaldi of course.
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Campbell Town, Tasmania : history and centenary of municipal government.

By: Campbell Town:

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Tasmania, Campbell Town Council: 1966

Seller ID: 15733

Compiled by the Historical Committee of the National Trust of Australia (Tasmania). Published in an edition of 1000 numbered copies signed by the Warden - this is #792. 4to. 356pp, illustrations, endpaper maps, index. Pictorial cloth with dustwrapper. A very good clean copy.
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Wilmot : those were the days.

By: FISHER, Leonard C.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Devonport (Tas), Printed by Richmond Printers: 1990

Seller ID: 36267

First edition. Published for the Wilmot Reunion. 178pp, illustrated. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. ***Signed by the author. Owner's name. ISBN 0646027654
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Glenorchy 1864-1964 : review of a century of progress, preceded by a brief summary of the pioneer half-century leading up to the proclamation of the Municipality of Glenorchy.

By: GLENORCHY Council.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Tasmania, [Glenorchy Council: 1964]

Seller ID: 4651

Oblong 8vo. 87pp, illus. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. *** Cover title 'A Century in Glenorchy 1864-1964'.
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SANDY BAY.

By: GOC, Nicola.

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Hobart, Gentrx Publications: 1997

Seller ID: 36112

4to. 344pp, well illustrated in colour and b&w, place ribbon. Cloth-textured papered boards with dustwrapper. A fine clean copy ISBN 0646331221 ***The half-title adds: 'a social history'. The print-run of 1000 copies sold out within a few months of publication.
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Recollections of North Bruny Island.

By: GRAY, F. Oliver.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Hobart, Richard Lord: 1978

Seller ID: 20376

Second edition. 750 copies. 58pp, illus. Soft covers. Ex-library: covered in contact plastic, pocket removed inside front cover; library stamp & label on title-page, but the text unmarked. A good copy. ***First published privately in an edition of 35 copies.
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Recollections of North Bruny Island.

By: GRAY, F. Oliver.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Hobart, Richard Lord: 1978

Seller ID: 36040

Second edition (750 copies). 58pp, illustrated. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. ISBN 0959747311 ***First published privately in an edition of 35 copies.
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Further Recollections of North Bruny Island.

By: GRAY, F. Oliver.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Hobart, Author: nd [1985?]

Seller ID: 36039

102pp, illustrated. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. ISBN 0958972907
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A View to Cradle : a history of Tasmania's Forth River high country from white settlement to national park.

By: HAYGARTH, Nic.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Canberra, Author: 1998

Seller ID: 36271

Small 4to. 214pp, well illustrated. Soft covers. The first two leaves have pulled away from the staple which strengthens the binding, leaving a small hole in each at the gutter, but the pages still firmly in the binding. Otherwise a very good clean copy. ***Inscribed by the author. ISBN 0646342932
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Scott's New Country: reflections of Scottsdale from its origins to the present.

By: HOOKWAY, Eileen; Jeff Jennings & Phil Page (compiled and edited by).

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Scottsdale (Tas), Scott's New Country Committee: 1981

Seller ID: 36276

Celebrating the Centenary of the North Eastern Agricultural & Pastoral Society, 1881-1981. Revised edition. Large 8vo. 228pp, illustrations, coloured map, 3 folding plates (one with town plan). Soft covers. A very good clean copy. Owner's name. ***Signed by Jeff Jennings. ISBN 0959438408
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Scott's New Country: reflections of Scottsdale from its origins to the present.

By: HOOKWAY, Eileen; Jeff Jennings & Phil Page (compiled and edited by).

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Scottsdale (Tas), Scott's New Country Committee: 1981

Seller ID: 7916

Celebrating the Centenary of the North Eastern Agricultural & Pastoral Society, 1881-1981. Revised edition. Large 8vo. 228pp, illustrations, coloured map, 3 folding plates (one with town plan). Soft covers. A very good clean copy. Owner's small name stamp inside front cover. ISBN 0959438408
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A History of the Berrima District 1798-1973.

By: JERVIS, James : chapters XXIII & XXIV by A.V.J. Parry.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Sydney, Library of Australian History: 1978

Seller ID: 36145

Reprint of the revised edition of 1973. 214pp, illustrated. Cloth-textured papered boards with dustwrapper (spine slightly sunned). A very good clean copy. Owner's name. ISBN 090812015X
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The Roof of Tasmania : a history of the Central Plateau.

By: JETSON, Tim.

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Launceston, Pelion Press: 1989

Seller ID: 11246

Small 4to. 174pp, illustrated. Soft covers; the spine a trifle sunned. A very good clean copy. ISBN 0731672143 ***The only thorough work on this 'remote and little-known region of rugged beauty and unpredictable weather': the Aboriginal inhabitants; European exploration; bushrangers; the development of the pastoral, fishing and fur industries; and the generation of hydro-electricity.
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The Roof of Tasmania : a history of the Central Plateau.

By: JETSON, Tim.

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Launceston, Pelion Press: 1989

Seller ID: 35892

Small 4to. 174pp, illustrated. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. ISBN 0731672143 ***The only thorough work on this 'remote and little-known region of rugged beauty and unpredictable weather': the Aboriginal inhabitants; European exploration; bushrangers; the development of the pastoral, fishing and fur industries; and the generation of hydro-electricity.
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Beaconsfield Gold.

By: KERRISON, Janet.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Beaconsfield, Rotary Club: 1963

Seller ID: 4412

48pp, illustrated with b&w photographs, map, mine plan. Stapled in wrappers. Very good.
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A Pictorial History of Strahan : the story of Strahan and the Macquarie Harbour region of the West Coast of Tasmania.

By: KOK, Arjan.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Hobart, Hindsight: 1999

Seller ID: 8723

Photos and production by Greg Hinds. 4to. 58pp, well illustrated. Stapled in pictorial wrappers. A very good clean copy. *** 'A chronicle of the people and events that led to the settlement of Strahan, and the changes to the little port that was once the busiest in Tasmania.' Includes stories of Queenstown, the ABT railway, Kellys Basin and the Gordon River.
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St Pauls Plains, Avoca, 1834-1984 : a brief history of the Avoca district.

By: MASTERS, David (and others).

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Launceston, Mary Fisher Bookshop: 1984

Seller ID: 8943

Second edition [impression]. 118pp, illus. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. ISBN 0959143203 ***In Tasmania's Fingal Valley.
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Thanks to Providence : a history of Falmouth, Tasmania, and its people.

By: McMANUS, Tim.

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Falmouth, Author: 1993

Seller ID: 36283

4to. [xi], xiii, 390, [34]pp, illustrated, pictorial endpapers. Case-bound in cloth with dustwrapper. A fine clean copy. ***Signed by the author, on title-page. ISBN 0646083457
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Thanks to Providence: a history of Falmouth, Tasmania, and its people.

By: McMANUS, Tim.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Falmouth, Author: 1993

Seller ID: 24040

4to. [xi], xiii, 390, [34]pp, illustrated, pictorial endpapers. Cloth-textured papered boards with dustwrapper. A very good clean copy. ***Signed by the author, on title-page. ISBN 0646083457
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The West Tamar People : the story of the early settlement and its well-established families.

By: NYMAN, Lois.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Launceston, Regal Press: nd

Seller ID: 14795

196pp, illustrated. Soft covers. A very good clean copy.
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The East Coasters.

By: NYMAN, Lois.

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Launceston, Regal Publications: 1990

Seller ID: 4587

236pp, illustrated. Case-bound in brown cloth, lettered in gilt, with dustwrapper. A fine clean copy. ISBN 0949457361 *** 'The early pioneering history of the east coast of Tasmania'
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Recollections at Robigana.

By: PHILLIPS, Joan.

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Robigana (Tas), Author: 1982

Seller ID: 20553

xxii, 89pp, illus. Original cloth-textured papered boards with dustwrapper. Fine. ***The West Tamar, in Tasmania's north.
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Beyond the Ramparts : a bicentennial history of Circular Head, Tasmania.

By: PINK, Kerry & Annette Ebdon.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Smithton, Circular Head History Group: 1988

Seller ID: 22831

268pp, illustrated, index. Soft covers. Owner's small label at lower corner of inside front cover. A very good clean copy. ISBN 0731632885
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A Vision Accomplished. Port of Burnie 1970-1995.

By: PINK, Kerry.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Burnie (Tasmania), Burnie Port Authority: 1995

Seller ID: 28810

xii, 146pp, well illustrated in colour and b&w. Original cloth-textured papered boards with dustwrapper. Fine. ISBN 0724641831 ***Continues on from Peter Mercer's Gateway to Progress: centenary history of the Marine Board of Burnie (1969).
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The West Coast Story. A History of Western Tasmania and its mining fields.

By: PINK, Kerry.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Zeehan, West Coast Pioneers Memorial Museum: 1982

Seller ID: 18301

First edition. 4to. 155pp, well illustrated. Soft covers. Top corner of front cover and first 10pp bumped, otherwise a good+ clean copy.
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And Wealth for Toil : a history of north-west and western Tasmania 1825-1900.

By: PINK, Kerry.

Price: $135.00

Publisher: Burnie, Harris & Co.: 1990

Seller ID: 24855

First edition. 4to. 388pp, well illustrated, general & biographical indexes. Maroon cloth, lettered in gilt, with dustwrapper. A very good to fine clean copy. ISBN 0731699270
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And Wealth for Toil : a history of north-west and western Tasmania 1825-1900.

By: PINK, Kerry.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Burnie, Harris & Co.: 1990

Seller ID: 5482

First edition. 4to. 388pp, well illustrated in colour and b&w, general & biographical indexes. Cloth-textured papered boards with dustwrapper (spine quite faded). A good to very good clean copy. ISBN 0731699270
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From the Epping Banks to the Esk.

By: PREVOST, Joan.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Launceston, Author?: 1988

Seller ID: 4964

1000 copies. 176pp, b&w photographs. Cloth with dustwrapper (two short closed tears to upper edge, now in protective sleeve). A very good clean copy. ***Along the South Esk River, from 'The Corners' to Powranna.
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The Historic Buildings of Windsor and Richmond.

By: PROUDFOOT, Helen.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Sydney, Kangaroo Press: 1987

Seller ID: 33712

4to. 64pp, map, illustrations. Soft covers (a trifle marked), otherwise a very good clean copy. ISBN 0864171277
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With the Pioneers.

By: RAMSAY, Charles.

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Devonport (Tas), Latrobe Group, National Trust of Aust. (Tasmania): 1979

Seller ID: 36096

Second edition, revised. 306pp, illustrated. Cloth with dustwrapper. A fine clean copy. ***Port Sorell and its hinterland: the Devonport--Latrobe district.
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With the Pioneers.

By: RAMSAY, Charles.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Devonport (Tas), Latrobe Group, National Trust of Aust. (Tasmania): 1980

Seller ID: 32569

Second edition, revised. 306pp, illustrated. Red cloth with dustwrapper (spine faded, extremities a little rubbed, now in protective sleeve).A very good clean copy in a good wrapper. ***Port Sorell and its hinterland: the Devonport--Latrobe district.
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On the Tide 2 : more stories of the Tamar.

By: Richardson, Peter (ed).

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Tasmania, Launceston Library: 2003

Seller ID: 27486

Published with support of the Friends of the Launceston Library. Oblong 4to. 216pp, illustrated, folding map at rear. A fine clean copy. ISBN 095793792X ***A collection of 98 short pieces on the history of the Tamar River (from the city of Launceston to Bass Strait), first published in the local press, and each accompanied by an illustration.
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On the Tide : stories of the Tamar.

By: Richardson, Peter (ed).

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Tasmania, Launceston Library: 2001

Seller ID: 20755

Published with support of the Friends of the Launceston Library. Second impression. Oblong 4to. 180pp, illustrated. Soft covers. Owner's small name label on preliminary blank leaf. A very good clean copy. ISBN 0957937903 ***The first of a series of three: a collection of 85 short pieces on the history of the Tamar River (from the city of Launceston to Bass Strait), first published in the local press, and each accompanied by an illustration.
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The Early Settlement of Sandy Bay.

By: ROWNTREE, Amy

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Hobart, [No publisher]: 1959

Seller ID: 15509

Illustrated by Fearn Rowntree. 'Limited edition' [of 1500, so we believe] numbered copies, this one number 173, so inscribed in ink at foot of title-page, next to the signatures of both Rowntree sisters. 60pp, b&w sketch illustrations. Original blue cloth with dustwrapper (a little chipped along the top edge, short closed clean tear, now in protective sleeve). Thge foot edges of the boards are a little nibbled by silverfish, otherwise a very good clean copy. ***The limitation is not stated, but we believe it to have been 1500 copies. The number of this copy is hand-written near the limitation...
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Battery Point : today and yesterday.

By: ROWNTREE, Amy.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Hobart, Adult Education Board of Tas/Melbourne University Press: 1968

Seller ID: 5005

With Appendices on Anglesea Barracks by Brigadier E.M. Dollery and W.H. Hudspeth. Reprint. 138pp, vi (index), black and white illustrations and photographs, including maps. Soft covers. A very good to fine clean copy. ***Still the only published history of Hobart's historic Battery Point.
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Battery Point Sketch Book.

By: ROWNTREE, Fearn.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Hobart, Author?: 1953?

Seller ID: 25620

Oblong 8vo. [48]pp, illustrations, map. Stapled in stiff wrappers, as issued; slight wear down the spine. A good clean copy.
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Sandy Bay Connections. Proceedings of a conference on the history of Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania; held at Wrest Point Hotel Casino on 10 May 1997.

By: Sandy Bay:

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Sandy Bay Historical Society: 1997

Seller ID: 5018

4to. 74pp, illustrated. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. ***Papers on Norfolk Islanders in Sandy Bay, the Rifle Range site and the University of Tasmania, the General Store, the Beach House Hotel, Frederick Medhurst, the Lipscombes.
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Pitt Water Chronicles. Volume 2.

By: Sorell:

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Tasmania, Historical Society of Sorell: May,2017

Seller ID: 35294

4to. 88pp, illustrated in colour and b&w. Soft covers. Fine (new). ISBN 099433981X
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A Pictorial History of Wyong Shire : in five volumes.

By: STINSON, Edward.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: NSW, Wyong Shire Council: 1979-1984

Seller ID: 34181

Five volumes. Oblong 4to. Each volume approx 150pp of b&w photographic illustrations, with detailed captions. Soft covers; those of the first three violumes neatly covered in contact plastic.
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North Down : being an account of Sam Thomas and his neighbours and their part in the development of Port Sorell, Latrobe and Devonport.

By: THOMAS, Harold.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Northdown (Tas), Author: 1972

Seller ID: 28307

Signed by the author at the end of the Introduction (page 8). Small 4to. 142pp, b&w photographs, maps. Cloth-textured papered boards with dustwrapper (spine slightly sunned). A very good clean copy. ISBN 0909479062
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They Can Carry Me Out : memories of Port Melbourne.

By: Vintage Port: Worth Preserving Project.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Melbourne, Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society: 2001

Seller ID: 31444

Edited by Pat Grainger. Second edition. 4to. 96pp, black & white photographs and illustrations, folding back cover flap with indexed map. Soft covers (very lightly rubbed). A very good clean copy. ISBN 0646078585
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