{"product_id":"1965-2vol-hobart-town-gazette-facsimile-edition-australian-history-book-set","title":"1965 2vol Hobart Town Gazette Facsimile Edition Australian History Book Set","description":"\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\n \u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n  \u003cb\u003e\n   1965 2vol Hobart Town Gazette Facsimile Edition Australian History Book Set\n  \u003c\/b\u003e\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\n \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" style=\"\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n     \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n        \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n         \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n          \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n           \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n            \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n             \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n              \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n               \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n                \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n                 \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n                  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n                   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n                    \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n                     \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n                      \u003cdiv\u003e\n                       \u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\n                        The Hobart Town Gazette and Southern Reporter\n                       \u003c\/font\u003e\n                      \u003c\/div\u003e\n                      \u003cdiv\u003e\n                       \u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\n                        Facsimile Edition\n                       \u003c\/font\u003e\n                      \u003c\/div\u003e\n                      \u003cdiv\u003e\n                       \u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\n                        Covers June 1, 1816 to December 27, 1817 and January 3, 1818 to December 25, 1819\n                       \u003c\/font\u003e\n                      \u003c\/div\u003e\n                      \u003cdiv\u003e\n                       \u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\n                        Published by The Public Library Of New South Wales \u0026amp; Platypus Publications: Hobart 1965\n                       \u003c\/span\u003e\n                      \u003c\/div\u003e\n                      \u003cdiv\u003e\n                       \u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\n                        \u003cstrong\u003e\n                         2 Books Cover Volumes 1 - 4\n                        \u003c\/strong\u003e\n                       \u003c\/font\u003e\n                      \u003c\/div\u003e\n                      \u003cdiv\u003e\n                       \u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                       \u003c\/font\u003e\n                      \u003c\/div\u003e\n                      \u003cdiv\u003e\n                       \u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\n                        \"The Hobart Town Gazette and Southern Reporter facsimile edition offers a remarkable window into the earliest years of colonial Tasmania, faithfully reproducing one of Australia's first newspapers. Originally published between 1816 and 1819, the Gazette served as the official voice of the fledgling settlement, recording government proclamations, shipping movements, legal notices, and the daily realities of life in Van Diemen's Land. This two-volume facsimile, issued in 1965-1967 by the Public Library of New South Wales in association with Platypus Publications, preserves these foundational documents in accessible and carefully reproduced form.\n                       \u003c\/font\u003e\n                      \u003c\/div\u003e\n                      \u003cdiv\u003e\n                       \u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                       \u003c\/font\u003e\n                      \u003c\/div\u003e\n                      \u003cdiv\u003e\n                       \u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\n                        Spanning Volumes I to IV, the set covers June 1, 1816 to December 25, 1819, capturing a formative period marked by expansion, regulation, and the challenges of establishing order in a remote penal colony. Within its pages are vivid insights into early administration, convict life, trade, and communication with the wider British Empire. The newspaper's blend of official notices and local reporting provides an unfiltered contemporary record, making it an invaluable primary source for historians, genealogists, and researchers interested in Australia's colonial beginnings.\n                       \u003c\/font\u003e\n                      \u003c\/div\u003e\n                      \u003cdiv\u003e\n                       \u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                       \u003c\/font\u003e\n                      \u003c\/div\u003e\n                      \u003cdiv\u003e\n                       \u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\n                        As a facsimile edition, this set combines scholarly importance with practical usability, allowing readers to engage directly with early nineteenth-century print culture without the fragility of original issues. The association with the Public Library of New South Wales further underscores its archival significance. An increasingly desirable set, it would particularly appeal to collectors of Australian colonial history, early newspapers, and institutional facsimile publications, as well as those researching the foundations of Tasmanian society.\"\n                       \u003c\/font\u003e\n                      \u003c\/div\u003e\n                      \u003cdiv\u003e\n                       \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-size: large;\"\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                       \u003c\/span\u003e\n                      \u003c\/div\u003e\n                      \u003cdiv\u003e\n                       \u003cfont color=\"#111111\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n                        Dustjackets with light wear as shown. Both books are clean with no inscriptions.  Excellent copies in very good condition overall. 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