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Publications
Please email Garry Richardson for purchase details.
Single
orders or wholesale catered for. Postage & packaging costs are
kept
to a minimum. Let me know which items you would like, and I will work
out the postage costs. You can combine items from any of these web
pages in one order.
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Bushwalking
Tasmania
1975-2007
CD - PDF format, 145 pages, 2008
South
Coast Track, Cradle Mountain, Frenchman's Cap, Federation Paek, Mt.
Field, Mt. Ossa, Douglas Apsley, Walls of Jerusalem, Franklin River,
Wineglass Bay, New Pelion Hut via Lees Padock, Freycinet, Cape Pillar,
Maria Island, Hazards Traverse, Overland Track, Lake Rhona &
Waterfall Valley.
Includes location map, trip descriptions, & 370 colour photos.
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The Bay of Fires
St. Helens and
the Hinterland
by Garry Richardson
12 pgs, A4 format.
A brief history and activities to enjoy on the Bay of Fires and the St.
Helens region in North East Tasmania.
Numerous
colour photographs. Excellent for the tourist or local who wants an
overview of the area, an idea of what to expect in the region,
or
for the memories.
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Bullock
Drivers in
Tasmania's far North East
by Douglas Rae, Colin (Sandy) Richards & Garry Richardson
39 pages, 2007
A
history of the bullock teams of the forests of N.E.
Tasmania, bullock drivers stories and backgrounds. Features
bullockies - Ernie, Joe, Jack John & Jim Clifford, George,
Colin,
Rupert & Sam Richards, Fred & Harry Clark, George
& Ted
Austin, Henry Beechey, the Kirwin bros., Peter Hodge & Fred
Robertson.
$25 |
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A Gentleman
W.E. Ewart Tucker M.B.E.
by Garry Richardson
54 pages, 2007
Born
in 1898, Ewart shares memories of his working life in the North East
of Tasmania. As well as his family background, it includes the
chapters, North Holme, Ansons Bay Timber Co., The Arga
Shipping
Co., Tin mining, Farming & other interests, & Civic
duty.
$25 |
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Wurrawa to
Sloop Rock Tramway
complied by Garry Richardson
7 pages, July 2006
About
the Ansons Bay Timber Co. and the building of a tramline to Sloop Rock,
and the building of the jetty there. The position was too exposed, and
only one shipment was made.
Location - North East Tasmania
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Mine, Men and Misfortune
19 pages, 1987, reprinted 1997, 2006.
The
life of the area of
Lottah, the Anchor mine, and the surrounding district.
Covering
the geographic relationship of the tin mines, then the general
background of earlier tin discoveries of the North Eastern Tasmanian
Blue Tier range, before leading into the history of the Anchor mine and
the reasons for its failure.
$25
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Walking
St. Helens Point
7 pages, Aug 2006.
A walking guide, including map,
walking trails, times, information and points of interest, and history.
$5
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Walking
Humbug Point
11 pages, Dec 2006.
A walking guide, including map,
walking trails, times, information and points of interest, and history.
$5
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| Ron
Galbreath - Ten Pound Pom
84 pages, 2008
The life story of Ron Galbreath, born in London in 1921. His early
years, WW2, and emigration to Australia in 1949. Resident in Victoria,
Tasmania, Canberra and South Australia, working as a scientific officer
in optics, including at Mt. Stromlo observatory and the Defence
Laboratories in Footscray and Salisbury.
Ron had various interests, including model plane flying in England in
the late 1930's & 1940's, which included being selected on the
British team in 1939. In Australia he was a bushwalker, caver and rock
hound. With six children he is now a great grandfather, with family in
South Australia and Tasmania.
$25 |
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