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Launceston: National Trust of Australia (Tasmania), 2000. Paperback quarto, very good condition, black & white text-photos (few colour), colour chart, bottom corner rear cover creased (front cover slightly), minor edgewear, autograph. 88 pp. Tim Jetson explores the fascinating history of The National Trust in Tasmania. This publication has been put together by a small group of members and the writer-editor to celebrate the first 40 years of the Trust in Tasmania. The many photos help to show the work that the Trust has done to make sure that the heritage of Tasmania will survive in the future. (Autographs of the Governor of Tasmania and his lady, who wrote the preface.).
The Roof of Tasmania : a history of the Central Plateau. by JETSON, Tim - 1989
by JETSON, Tim
The Roof of Tasmania : a history of the Central Plateau.
by JETSON, Tim
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- Paperback
Launceston: Pelion Press. 1989. Small 4to. 174pp, illustrated. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. Owner's name inside front cover. ISBN 0731672143 ***The only thorough work on this 'remote and little-known region of rugged beauty and unpredictable weather': the Aboriginal inhabitants; European exploration; bushrangers; the development of the pastoral, fishing and fur industries; and the generation of hydro-electricity. .
- Bookseller Astrolabe Booksellers (AU)
- Book Condition Used
- Binding Paperback
- ISBN 10 0731672143
- ISBN 13 9780731672141
- Publisher Pelion Press
- Place of Publication Launceston
- Date Published 1989
- Keywords aborigines, bushrangers, central highlands, exploration, fishing, hydro-electricity, local history, pastoral industry, tasmania, trout, Van Diemen's Land