All publications are available from the Launceston Reference Library.
Phone (03) 6336 2642, Fax (03) 6336 2649, or e-mail
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New The long-awaited third and final volume in this popular series in now available, containing one hundred and one stories, superbly illustrated throughout, fully indexed and featuring a thematic guide to the series. $34.95 inc GST + postage
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The excitement, the horror, the humour and the quiet round of everyday events that make up the story of life on the Tamar are a vital part of our local history. These books tell some of the memorable tales that make up this story, and tell them in the voices of the people who have lived here over two centuries. |
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Originally published in 2001 and 2003, these volumes collect almost 200 stories contributed by local authors and draw on the library's rich collection of photographs. $34.95 each inc GST + postage
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VOYAGES IN A CARAVAN: the illustrated logs of Frank Styant Browne $34.95 inc GST + postage |
All collection guides are available from the Launceston Reference Library.
Phone (03) 6336 2642, Fax (03) 6336 2649, or e-mail
Click Launceston Local Studies Collection for more details about current and historical information resources.
A guide to the Launceston Library's extensive collection of Family History Resources including; Births, Deaths and Marriage Records, Social Welfare Indexes, Census Returns, Electoral Rolls, Cemetery Records, Shipping and Immigration Records, Land Grants, Directories, Military Records, Newspapers and others. Download for free Family History Resources as a Word document.
Updated 2007.
$3.10 inc GST + postage, 14pp
A comprehensive guide to the Launceston Library's extensive collection of Convict Records. Includes helpful information on how to use and interpret the records. Download for free Convict Records as a Word document.
Updated 2004.
$5.70 inc GST + postage, 21p
A guide to Church Registers held by the Launceston Library. Includes originals, copies, transcripts and indexes for many country parishes in Northern Tasmania. Download for free Church Registers as a Word document.
Updated 2007.
$3.00 inc GST + postage, 17pp.
A brief guide to the cemeteries of Launceston, including those of the various churches, Jewish burial grounds, general cemeteries and specialised cemeteries such as those used to bury smallpox victims. Where possible, the location, dates, and first and last burials are noted. Also includes a list of cemetery records held in the Launceston Library and cemetery websites. Download for free Cemeteries as a Word document.
Updated 2008.
$2.00 inc GST + postage, 12pp.
A guide to finding your ancestor's military records. Covers the Imperial period 1788-1870, the Colonial period 1871-1901, Boer War 1899-1902, WWI 1914-1918, WWII 1929-1945 and Vietnam. Download for free Military Personnel as a Word document.
Updated 2007.
A descriptive index to pictures of ships held in the Launceston Library. Includes name of ship, creator, descriptive notes and date of publication where known. Copies of all pictures may be ordered from the Library, or by emailing us at launceston.reference@education.tas.gov.au. Download for free Ships' Pictures as a Word document.
Updated 2007.
$11.00 inc GST + postage, 48pp.
The SS Amy in the North Esk, 1906
An aid to finding information about free immigration to Tasmania and about ships and shipping movements. Download for free Migration and Shipping Records as a Word document.
Updated 2008.
$4.00 inc GST + postage, 19pp.
A guide to the resources available to people tracing the history of houses and other buildings in Launceston and surrounding areas. Download for free Properties in Launceston and country properties as a Word document.
Updated 2007
$2.00 inc GST + postage, 14pp.
A pathfinder and guide to the use of legislative and non-legislative publications produced by the Tasmanian Parliament, with special emphasis on the holdings of the Launceston Library. Download for free Tasmanian Parliamentary Publications as a Word document.
$1.10 inc GST, 5pp.
A list of pictures published in The Tasmanian, a nineteenth century Launceston newspaper. It includes coverage of significant local events such as the development of the Cataract Gorge, The Tasmanian International Exhibition held at the Albert Hall in 1891-92 and the installation of electric street lights, the first in the southern hemisphere, in 1895. Download for free The Tasmanian: illustrations 1885-1895 as a Word document.
Updated 2007.
The support of the Friends of the Library, Launceston in the publication and copying of the guides is gratefully acknowledged.
