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  • Land Settlement in Early Tasmania – Sharon Morgan

    Land Settlement in Early Tasmania – Sharon Morgan

    Published by Cambridge University Press in 1992. Large octavo, 212 pages, illustrated and a fine copy.

    The author has used original letters and diaries as well as Government records and other historical documents to build a reliable picture of the use of land in Tasmania during the early period of Colonialisation. In detail we get to understand the lot of early settlers, their conflicts, pastimes, successes and failures and their impact and attitude to the environment.

    Morgan explores the impact of Colonialisation on the landscape of Tasmania

    $50.00

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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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  • 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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  • The Discovery of Tasmania – H.G. Taylor – Published Cat & Fiddle Press, Hobart 1973.

    The Discovery of Tasmania – H.G. Taylor – Published Cat & Fiddle Press, Hobart 1973.

    A well researched work of 177 pages including the useful index. Illustrated with portraits of the Explorers.

    Covering the period from Tasman (1642) to Baudin (1804) and embracing Du Fresne, Furneaux, Cook, Bligh, Cox, D’Entrecasteaux, Hayes, Flinders and Bass.

    Much of the content referenced to official log and journals.

    A good introduction for the serious historian

    $40.00

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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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