Welcome

To Julian Burgess’ LOCAL HISTORY website where you will find lots of my articles and details of all my books . I’ll be adding lots of material as I learn how the WordPress website system works!

I am a retired journalist based in Launceston, Tasmania, and a former Associate Editor of the Examiner newspaper in Launceston. I am the author of 12 non-fiction books and have written hundreds of articles on Tasmanian history and contributed to many local historical publications.

These are some of My Books:

DOING TIME, Stories of Convict Clock and Watchmakers in Van Diemen’s Land (2023), $30.

MARVELS OF THE CATARACT, Duck Reach And Launceston’s Electric Light (2022), $40.

HOLYMAN’S OF BASS STRAIT: Shipping and Aviation Pioneers of Australia (2021), Sold Out.

HOME OF PEACE, The Eskleigh Story (2018), $25.​

THE TAMAR YACHT CLUB: A History of Sailing in Launceston Tasmania from 1837 (2017), $45.

A WOMAN OF CHARITY: The Winifred Daphne Booth Story (2017), $25.

DUCK REACH AND LAUNCESTON’S ELECTRIC LIGHT (2016), Out Of Print.

WILLIAM GOW’S ANZAC DIARY: Serving with the 3rd Field Ambulance at Gallipoli (2014), $25.

THE OUTCOME of ENTERPRISE: Launceston’s Waverley Woollen Mills (2009), $25.

CRUEL WIND: Business Post Naiad and the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Disaster, with Robert Matthews (2009), $30.

THE AUSTRALIAN THREE PEAKS RACE – The First 20 Years, with Paul Scambler), Sold Out.