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Companion to Tasmanian History – Alison Alexander.

A substantial book published by the Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies at the University of Tasmania in 2005. Presumably a small print run or limited dispersion as every hard to find.

A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Thick quarto, 568 pages, illustrated and with end paper maps. A very heavy book that may require a postage supplement.

Alison Alexander was the editor of this book the contents of which were written by a number of distinguished Tasmanian historians.

The first 397 pages, after preliminaries is devoted to an A-Z of Tasmanian History the format making if a useful and wholesome reference guide. The reminder is made up of Thematic Articles by numerous specialists … Aboriginality; Britishness; Class; Convicts; Exile; Place; Shelter; Identity etc. It all ends with a good list of aboriginal place names and some less interesting elements to do with the legal system.

All up a very useful all round Tasmanian History reference, up to date but rarely found.

Weighty Tasmanian History by Our Top Historians.

$80.00

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The Cruise of the Freak – Mission to the Islands – the Missionary Voyages in Bass Strait of Canon Marcus Brownrigg 1872-1885 – Edited and introduced by Stephen Murray-Smith

Published by Foot and Playsted in 1987. Unusual style dust wrappered Soft cover, xxxv, ii, 244 pages, some illustrations, a fine copy.

The editor provides a lengthy and worthwhile introduction, including a list and biography/ context of the principal personalities.

This is a reprint of a rare and sought after 19thC voyage account. The original title being … The Cruise of the Freak – A narrative of a Visit to the Islands in Bass and Banks Straits with some Account of the Islands – this contains thirteen voyages in all

Not an unlucky number for Brownrigg.

$40.00

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The Tasmanians (The Story of a Doomed Race) – Robert Travers

First edition published in 1968 by Cassell Australia in very good condition. Octavo.243 pages, illustrated.

Travers’ honest account put down in some detail.

Starts with the people themselves, their supposed origins, their way of living, their taboos, their fragility. .

the arrival of the European explorers – Dutch, French and the English/ and then the convicts and settlers.

The drift of settler society .. bush rangers, sealers and the “wild men” of Hobart Town.

And, the War the Line and Robinson and the Banishment

$40.00

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The Native Tribes of Tasmania – J.E. Calder

Impossible to get as an original Hobart 1875 edition and this facsimile by Fullers, Hobart produced in 1972 is not in sight on any web engine, online bookshop.

Octavo, 115 pages plus appendix, a true facsimile of the original. Owners bookplate on front paste down.

Full Title explains … Some Account of the War, Extirpation, Habits etc of the Native Tribes of Tasmania. So much about the terrible going on. Limited page numbers belies the extent of the content given the small print copied from the period.

Native Tribes the word from 1875 on the War.

$80.00

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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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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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