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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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  • First Visitors to Bass Strait – J. S. Cumpston

    First Visitors to Bass Strait – J. S. Cumpston

    A Roebuck (After Dampier) Society publication of 1973.

    Small quarto, 103 pages, end paper maps, illustrated nicely. A very good copy.

    Cumpston’s well researched account of the opening up of the Bass Strait.

    Two parts – The Furneaux Group which starts quite naturally with Captain Furneaux in the Adventure on his own away from Cook for a while. Part two about King Island with Robert Campbell and John Palmer before Flinders and his thorough approach. And then the French and the fright they put into Governor King and the various hoisting of flags that followed.

    Bass Strait from all directions

    $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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  • The Life of George Bass – Surgeon and Sailor of the Enlightenment – Miriam Estensen

    The Life of George Bass – Surgeon and Sailor of the Enlightenment – Miriam Estensen

    Published by Allen & Unwin in 2005. Octavo, 259 pages, nicely illustrated and in fine condition.

    A thorough account by the meticulous researcher Miriam Estensen .. the endnotes and references take up the last 35 pages.

    Bass the surgeon, and a good one seemingly, more at home on the waves as an explorer adventurer. Later after much accomplished his adventures turned to money making and off he set for South America only to disappear. And throughout all this his beloved Bess … who he left following his primary passion. Estensen explores all of this and provides insight regarding his whereabouts at the end.

    George Bass a truly adventures medic.

    $25.00

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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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  • Beaconsfield Gold [Tasmania] – Janet Kerrison

    Beaconsfield Gold [Tasmania] – Janet Kerrison

    Published a few time by the local community Rotarians. This edition 1981. Card covers, unpaginated but 45 pages, illustrated nicely from historic images.

    Set before the re-opening of the mine and the later terrible accident which culminated in maybe the greatest Australian mine survival story.

    Starting with the gold rush in 1877 to the delightfully named Brandy Creek … by the 1890’s a substantial mine was in operation, with its enormous 180 foot chimney stack. The mining technology in place by the turn of the century was second to none.

    As with many mines, reserves became depleted and the mine was wound down during WWI. Locals rumours abounded for years that there was a high grade parallel lode. So true that after this publication the mine was re-opened as mentioned above … and then again.

    Mailing costs will be reduced on this item

    Beaconsfield Gold – the back history and it’s significant

    $30.00

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