Great Properties of Tasmania

by Richard Allen, and Kimbal Baker

When celebrated English novelist Anthony Trollope toured Australia 150 years ago he described Tasmania as the 'beautiful island, the sweetest in climate, the loveliest in scenery, the richest in harbours and rivers.' It is easy to see why the early settlers, hailing mainly from the British Isles, felt so much at home there; it is the Australian state closest in geography and climate to the northern hemisphere lands that they knew. They settled and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0522876676
• ISBN13: 9780522876673
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Melbourne University
• Length: 272 Pages