Tasmanian Historical Studies Vol 13, 2008

• 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