Jubilee History of Tasmania. c1887. <p>Thaddeus Leavitt was a noted author worldwide, having produced books in both Australia and Canada.</p> <p>This two volume set on the "Jubilee History is Tasmania" is one of his noted works.<br><br> It?s full title is <i>The Jubilee History of Tasmania: Illustrated with which is incorporated the Early History of Victoria, Biographical Sketches and Australian Representative Men</i>. This work does indeed cover both Tasmania and Victoria, as well as incorporating some of the author's earlier volume the <i>Australian Representative Men</i>.</p> <p>Produced in 1887 as a Jubilee souvenir, these two volumes total almost 1000 pages, of historical information, photographs, sketches, and hundreds of biographies. </p> <p>Some of the many topics are: Aborigines, Businesses, Churches, Council, Dutch East India Company, Education, Exploration, Famine, Institutions, Land Grants, Newspaper, Hospitals, Schools, Supreme Court, and Wool. </p> <p>Fully-searchable on CD-ROM for the first time, this is a perfect addition to any Australian historian's collection.</p>
