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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 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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Contested Places : Tasmania's northern districts from ancient times to 1900.

By: BREEN, Shayne.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Hobart, Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies: 2001

Seller ID: 12859

226pp, illustrated. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. ***A regional history of the Deloraine, Westbury, Evandale and Longford districts - from the author's PhD thesis. 'A significant and original contribution to understanding the nature of agricultural society in the Northern Districts', combining 'an intensive study of a cultural landscape' and 'the integration of social and environmental history'.
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An Iron Will : mining in Beaconsfield 1804 to 1877.

By: BURCH, Nigel.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Author?: 2012

Seller ID: 36259

4to. 250pp, illutstrated in colour and b&w, maps, bibliography, index. Soft covers. ISBN 0987371304 *** 'Before the gold rush of 1877, the Beaconsfield district was the centre of Australia's iron industry. It was here that the largest iron smelter in the southern hemisphere was built on the west bank of the Tamar River - forty years before BHP Newcastle. This book documents the events and introduces the people who explored the region from the first settlement in 1804' (rear cover). Contains information on the Tasmanian Charcoal Iron Company, 1872-73, British and Tasmanian Charcoal Iron Company...
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Duck Reach and Launceston's electric light : the story of Australia's first publicly owned hydro-electric power scheme.

By: BURGESS, Julian.

Price: $38.00

Publisher: Launceston, Christopher (Gus) Green: 2016

Seller ID: 34602

4to. 184pp, well illustrated in b&w. Soft covers. Fine (new).
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The Fabric of Launceston : a collaborative community history.

By: DUNNING, Tom; Barbara Valentine & Paul Richards (eds)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Launceston, LGH Historical Committee: 2016

Seller ID: 34789

First printing of 300 copies. Small 4to. 306pp, a few illustrations. Soft covers. A fine clean copy. ISBN 0994538669 ***Over 50 authors have contributed short essays on the aboriginal, convict, colonial, social, transport, business, religious, institutional, cultural, sporting etc etc history of Tasmania's 'northern capital'.
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A History of Port Sorell 1844-1994.

By: Gardam, Faye et al (eds).

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Tasmania, Port Sorell Sesquicentenary Committee: 1994

Seller ID: 36449

68pp, illus, 2 maps. Stapled in stiff pictorial wrappers, as issued. A very good clean copy.
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The Norfolk Plains : a history of Longford, Cressy, Perth and Bishopsbourne, Tasmania.

By: HAYGARTH, Nic.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: [Longford, Tas], Northern Midlands Council: 2013

Seller ID: 36427

Oblong 4to. x, 245pp, well illustrated in colour and black & white. Pictorial papered boards. A fine clean copy. ISBN 0646590146
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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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The Gateway to Tasmania : a survey of the past achievements and the future prospects of Launceston and Northern Tasmania.

By: Launceston:

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Launceston, W.R. Rolph & Sons, Proprietors of "The Examiner": 1949

Seller ID: 22438

Oblong 4to. 32pp, well illustrated, full page map. Stapled in wrappers; the upper with a cut-away window to reveal the photograph of the city (from Trevallyn) on the first page. Very good to fine. ***A promotional survey of Launceston and the North's primary and secondary industries, communications, sport & tourism & leisure activities; published by the operators of the city's newspaper and commercial radio station.
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Centenary... 1849--1949 Launceston Chamber of Commerce.

By: Launceston:

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Launceston, Launceston Chamber of Commerce: 1949

Seller ID: 31218

Printed by W.R. Rolph & Sons, Proprietors of "The Examiner". Oblong 4to. 20pp, well illustrated, full page map. Stapled in wrappers. Very good to fine. ***Includes a survey of Launceston and the North's primary and secondary industries, communications, sport & tourism & leisure activities.
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The Journals of Charlotte Cleveland.

By: MORRIS, Gill.

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Friends of the Library, Launceston: 2006

Seller ID: 21491

(Local History Series, No. 1.) 88pp, illus. Soft covers. Fine (new). ISBN 0977546209 ***Charlotte Cleveland (1819-84) arrived in Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, with her husband William and four small children in August 1852. William had previously been in the colony 1838-42, trading cargo between Launceston, Adelaide and Sydney in his vessel 'Munford', and had bought property near Launceston before his return to England. The family lived in Launceston until 1864 when they moved to Melbourne, but returned in 1877. This book features her journal of the 1852 voyage, with additional informat...
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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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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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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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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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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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The Story of Holy Trinity Church, Cressy. Written for the Centenary Celebrations 1858-1958.

By: Von Stieglitz, K.R.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: The Church?: [1958]

Seller ID: 4535

[24]pp. Stapled in pictorial wrappers, as issued. A very good clean copy.
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Keyword:local history northern tasmania tasmania