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  • Lachlan Macquarie – Governor of New South Wales – Journals of his Tours in New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land 1810-1822

    Lachlan Macquarie – Governor of New South Wales – Journals of his Tours in New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land 1810-1822

    A special and substantial book about the activities of this energetic and decisive Governor. Without his tour of Van Diemen’s Land the north of Tasmania would have ended in ruins.

    Published by the Library of Australian History in 1979. Large octavo, 280 pages. Tipped in colour portrait of the great man and 10 other tipped in colour plates. Three large folding maps and facsimile page. A sumptuous production in very good condition.

    Printed from the original manuscripts held in the Mitchell Library. Illustrations from the Mitchell collection and the Dixon Library.

    Macquarie a leader ahead of hid time – so much accomplished.

    $60.00

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  • Varieties of Vice-Regal Life – Edited by Richard Davis and Stefan Petrow.

    Varieties of Vice-Regal Life – Edited by Richard Davis and Stefan Petrow.

    Published by the Tasmanian Historical Research Association in 2004. Signed nicely by the editors. Largeish softcover of substance, 298 pages, nicely produced.

    Thomas Denison arrived in Hobart in 1847 to become Governor .. this is a comprehensive compilation of the correspondence he entered into and also that of his wife Lady Caroline Denison. The editors have added many helpful notes and interpretations which make the whole highly informative regrading that period of Tasmanian History.

    Personal, full and interesting accounts of the day through correspondence … an art form now lost.

    Tasmanian History wrapped up in letters ..

    $30.00

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  • G.T.W.B. Boyes – Diaries and Letters (Vol 1 1820-1832) – edited by Peter Chapman

    G.T.W.B. Boyes – Diaries and Letters (Vol 1 1820-1832) – edited by Peter Chapman

    A very solid and sought after book. Published by the Melbourne University Press in 1985. Stand alone volume we cannot find anywhere Chapman producing a Vol 2.

    A substantial work. Thick octavo, 687 pages, endpaper maps, illustrations from period artwork. Another super fine copy.

    George Boyes was a veteran of the Peninsula War – he became auditor of Van Diemens Land in 1826 – the depth of his letters is remarkable and we see those early years through his words with immense clarity – his talents as an artist were superb with much of his work reproduced here

    Boyes left a superb legacy

    $90.00

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  • Hyacinthe de Bougainville’s Account of Port Jackson 1825 – The Governor’s Noble Guest – Marc Serge Riviere

    Hyacinthe de Bougainville’s Account of Port Jackson 1825 – The Governor’s Noble Guest – Marc Serge Riviere

    Another beautiful production of the Miegunyah Press. Published in 1999, large octavo, 291 pages, nicely illustrated, super fine copy.

    Baron Hyacinthe the son of the explorer Bougainville commanded an expedition in 1825 to Macau, Manilla and New South Wales in the Thetis and Esperance. This is a translation of his private diaries. He met Governor Brisbane and many explorer and notables … Hume, Blaxland, Oxley, Macarthur, Marsden and Piper.

    It contains a bit of an expose as a result.

    Hyacinthe had influence and knew people

    $50.00

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  • Port Arthur – The Journal of Charles O’Hara Booth – Commandant of the Port Arthur Penal Settlement.

    Port Arthur – The Journal of Charles O’Hara Booth – Commandant of the Port Arthur Penal Settlement.

    A hard to find Tasmanian production. Published by the Tasmanian Historical Research Association in 1981.

    Slightly larger octavo, 298 pages, illustrated and a super fine copy

    Booth kept his almost daily diary for 23 years so there is so much about Port Arthur to make it the fundamental record of the goings on in the penal establishment.

    Real diary makes for interesting reading

    $60.00

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  • Marion Dufresne – An Officer of the Blue – South Sea Explorer 1724-1772 – Edward Duyker

    Marion Dufresne – An Officer of the Blue – South Sea Explorer 1724-1772 – Edward Duyker

    The French Explorer who was the first to encounter Tasmanian Aborigines and was a precursor to the voyages of La Perouse, d’Entrecasteaux, Baudin and Dumont d’Urville.

    This book is traces his life in incredible detail, as one would expect from author Duyker. Chronologies, references, bibliographies make this a first source.

    Dufresne from start to finish

    $70.00

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