University of Tasmania, Australia

The Companion to Tasmanian History

The Companion to Tasmanian History is a comprehensive online volume providing information about every important aspect of Tasmania’s history, covering all periods and all places.

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The Russians in Hobart 1823

In May 1823 two ships of the Russian Baltic fleet, the frigate Kreiser and the sloop Ladoga, entered the Derwent for a three-week visit. Ostensibly, and largely in fact, their purpose was scientific discovery. They were also, although they did not tell their hosts this, instructed to be watchful of Russian imperial and trading interests in the Pacific...

$27.50

Practical Visionaries: Three Generations of the Inglis Clark Family in Tasmania and Beyond

In 1832 Alexander Clark, a young Scottish engineer, and his wife Ann Inglis, migrated to Tasmania where they and their descendants influenced many aspects of Tasmania's development over the next 130 years. The most famous of all was, without doubt, their youngest son Andrew Inglis Clark, author of the Hare-Clark voting system, one of the "Founding Fathers" of Australian federation and prime architect of the Constitution.

$30.00

A Living Force: Andrew Inglis Clark and the Ideal of Commonwealth

This important book presents papers by leading Australian historians and lawyers on the ideas of Andrew Inglis Clark, and includes a selection of Clark's own papers. It seeks to envisage Clark in the context of his times. It ponders what is living and what is dead in his legacy.

$28.50