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Tasmanian Historical Studies - Vol. 13, 2008

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Introduction: Caroline Evans

Geoffrey Blainey
'Tasmania, Tasmania1' the Birth of a Book

Susan Lawrence
A Maritime Empire: Archaeological Evidence for Van Diemen's Land Whaling in the Southen Oceans

Richard Tuffin
'Where the vicissitudes of day and night are not known': Convict Coal Mining in Van Diemen's Land, 1822-1848

Marian Walker
'The Switzerland of the South'? Thomas Cook and the Institutionalisation of Tourism in Late Nineteenth Century Tasmania

Joan Holloway
Curiosity, Collections, and William Legrand: Aspects of a Tasmanian Career, 1855 to 1902

Toni Sherwood
'With a Constitution and Prospects Blighted': Annie Baxter's Imperial Career, 1834-1838

Additional Article

Charlie Fox
Exploring 'Amentia' in the Tasmanian Convict System, 1824-1890

Book Reviews

Kristyn Harman
Ian McFarlane, Beyond Awakening: the Aboriginal Tribes of North West Tasmania, a History

Grace Karskens
Hamish Maxwell-Stewart, Closing Hell's Gates: the Death of a Convict Station

Paul Pickering
James Boyce, Van Diemen's Land

Michael Roe
John Currey (ed.), Reminiscences of Early Hobart Town 1804-1810

Alison Alexander
Marilyn Quirk, Echoes on the Mountain: Remarkable Migrant Stories from the Hydro Villages of the Tasmanian Central Highlands

Stefan Petrow
Craig AJ Stockings, The Torch and the Sword: A History of the Army Cadet Movement in Australia

Stefan Petrow
Deborah Gare and David Ritter (eds.), Making Australian History: Perspectives on the Past Since 1788

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