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Tasmania, Local History

124072
ALEXANDER, ALISON.

Governors' Ladies. The Wives and Mistresses of Van Diemen's Land Governors.
Limited First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. x, 188, endpapers, numerous b/w illustrations throughout, bibliography, index, bound in original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, name on front endpaper, very good copy.
Tasmania; Tasmanian Historical Research Association; 1987.
Limited to 1000 copies. Click here to Order
AUD$60

124169
ANDERSON, HUGH.

Out of the Shadow. The Career of John Pascoe Fawkner.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. (x), 237, illustrated endpapers, portrait frontispiece, 4 pages b/w plates, 2 maps, bibliography, index of persons, bound in original illustrated boards, title lettered in black on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Melbourne; F. W. Cheshire; 1962. Click here to Order
AUD$30

124159
BENT, ANDREW; Compiler.

The Tasmanian Almanack for the year of Our Lord 1826: Being the Second After Leap Year. Calculated for the meridian of Hobart Town: To which are added Lists of the Civil and Military Establishments, and Public Institutions, in the Dependency: with other Information not published in any of the previous Almanacks.
Limited facsimile Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp. [x], 80; bound in half morocco with marbled boards, raised bands, title lettered in gilt on spine, original silk page marker, fine copy.
Hobart; Melanie Punlications; 1980.
Tasmanian Facsimile Editions No. 4. Limited to 200 numbered copies this being number 185. Click here to Order
AUD$120

124193
BIRT, HENRY NORBERT.

Benedictine Pioneers In Australia, Two Volumes.
Facsimile Edition; Demy 8vo; Vol. I. pp. xiv, 504; portrait frontispiece, 4 portrait illustrations, Vol. II. pp. (viii), 516; portrait frontispiece, 3 portrait illustrations, index; both volumes have original maroon cloth title lettered in gilt on spine; index; both volumes; very good copies.
Polding Press; (1970). (Facsimile Edition of London, Herbert & Daniel, 1911 edition).
Portraits include Dr. Davis, Most reverend John Bede Polding, Doctor Polding, Father McEnroe and Abbott Gregory. Subjects include Convict treatment and life including Norfolk Island and a clergy list for 1857, in Australia. Click here to Order
AUD$40

124096
BONWICK, JAMES.

The Last Of The Tasmanians; Or, The Black War of Van Diemen's Land.
Facsimile Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. viii, 400; colour frontispiece, 2 other f/p. colour [plates, 15 b/w. f/p. plates, a folding map of Tasmania, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, two newspaper clippings tipped in on front endpaper together with a number of associated newspaper clippings loosely inserted, name on front endpaper, otherwise a very good copy.
Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1969. Click here to Order
AUD$75

124043
BOYCE, DEAN.

Clarke of the Kindur. Convict, bushranger, explorer.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 100; 4 full page plates, 3 full page maps, index, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket very good copy.
Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; 1970. Click here to Order
AUD$26

123977
CAMPBELL, ALASTAIR H.

John Batman and the Aborigines.
Super Royal 8vo; pp. viii, 270; b/w maps and plates, abbreviations, conversion table, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, spine faded, minor browning to page margins, name on front endpaper, good copy.
Malmsbury; Kibble Books; n.d. Click here to Order
AUD$50

124176
COLLINS, DAVID; CURREY, JOHN; Editor.

Account of the Settlement at Sullivan Cove. Edited from Despatches of Lieutenant Governor David Collins to Governor Philip Gidley King by John Currey.
Demy 8vo; pp. 109. (1); coloured portrait frontispiece, 4 full-page coloured plates, two sketch maps, 1 line drawing of Hobart Town c-1805, statistical tables, notes, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, fine copy.
Malvern, Vic.; The Banks Society/The Colony Press; 2010. Click here to Order
AUD$50

123926
COX, KENNETH.

Father Was A Convict: The Story of Four Australian Generations 1811 to 1983.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. [viii], 231; family tree, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
K. Cox; 1984.
Absorbing tale of a migrant. Through the eyes of his descendants, it focuses on a Tasmania anxious to forget its convict origins, the young Melbourne which astounded the world with its miraculous growth, and the early history of country Victoria. Click here to Order
AUD$40

124109
GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

Under The Southern Cross - Glimpses Of Australia.
First Edition; Oblong F'cap 4to; pp. (160) unpaginated; frontispiece coloured map, 26 full page b/w. photographs on each of the six states, bound in original illustrated papered boards with cloth spine, boards worn, binding a little weak, good copy.
Melbourne; Department of External Affairs; 1908.
Most likely issued in August 1908 for the visit of the American Great White Fleet. Click here to Order
AUD$75

124160
MELVILLE, H; Editor.

The Van Diemens Land Annual for the Year 1834.
Limited Facsimile Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp. (x), (48), 261, (32); 14 pages b/w plates; one hand coloured flag illustration; calender; advertisements, bound in quarter morocco with marbled boards, raised bands, title in gilt on spine, fine copy.
Hobart; Melanie Publications; 1982.
Facsimile Edition limited to 200 numbered copies, this being number 116. Click here to Order
AUD$160

124004
PLOMLEY, N J B.

The Tasmanian Aborigines. A short account of them and some aspects of their life.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. viii, 72; numerous sketch illustrations, 2 sketch maps, selected reading list, bound in original stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, wrapper a little marked, very good copy.
Published by the author in association with the Adult Education Division, Tasmania, Launceston, 1977. Click here to Order
AUD$26

123906
TAYLOR, REBE.

Unearthed: The Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. [x], 385, (5); text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, 2 pages of maps, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, signed by author on title page, fine copy.
Kent Town, SA; Wakefield Press; 2022. Click here to Order
AUD$26

124138
ULLATHORNE, W.

The Catholic Mission In Australasia. By W. Ullathorne, D.D., Vic. Gen. Of The Right Rev. The Vicar Apostolic Of New Holland And Van Diemens Land.
Facsimile Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp. 57; note, appendix, bound in original red cloth, title in gilt on spine, fine copy.
Adelaide: Libraries Board Of South Australia: 1963.
Originally printed in 1937. Click here to Order
AUD$60