Genealogy Australia

The metallic hiss, scents of burning wood and dusty coal, billowy steam, the bitter-sweet smell of men as they toil was part of the scene which coloured the bush tramways and private railways of old Tasmania from 1850 to 1960.

Jack Branagan recounts the history of a period when men of bygone years battled almost overwhelming odds to carve a living out of an unforgiving land. In those days the steam locomotives made it possible to wrest a living harvesting the abundance of minerals and timber for the new Tasmanian colony.

This book with appeal to students and historians providing a wealth of information in an easily readable format.

Contents:
List of Illustrations
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter 1. Tamar Valley; Launceston: Northern Tasmania
Chapter 2. The North-East; Piper Valley; Bridport; Scottsdale; Derby; Gladstone
Chapter 3. East Coast; St Helens; St Marys; Swansea; Orford; Tasman Peninsula; Maria Island; Schouten Island
Chapter 4. Hobart; Huon; South of Geeveston; Bruny Island; Further South
Chapter 5. Derwent Valley. Maydena; Bothwell; New Norfolk; Tasman Island
Chapter 6. West Coast; Queenstown; Seehan; Rosebery
Chapter 7. Tullah; 'Wee Georgie Wood'; Hercules Haulage; Magnet; Emu Bay Railway
Chapter 8. Western Tiers; Deloraine; Kentish; Latrobe; Devonport
Chapter 9. Don to Table Cape; Sheffield; Cam River; Ulverstone; Penguin; Nietta
Chapter 10. Circular Head; Rocky Cape; Mawbanna; Smithton; Montagu; Trowutta; Arthur River; Marrawah tram; Balfour
Chapter 11. Railways that never existed; Hobby trains; Museums; Models; Steam and rail societies; Sundries
Index