| BIOGRAPHIES OF RICHARD & MARIANNE DAVIS |
Richard was born at Nasik, India on 22 February 1935, the son of a forest officer from Ireland, and
was educated mainly in Ireland (Belfast and Dublin). From the University of Dublin (Trinity College)
he received an honours degree in History (1956), an MLitt for research on Irish History (1958) and the
Higher Diploma in Education (1960). While lecturing in History at Otago University, Dunedin, 1964-
66, he worked for a PhD at that institution (awarded in 1968). In 1967 he transferred to the University
of Tasmania, from which he retired in 1996 as an Emeritus Professor. He was elected a Fellow of the
Australian Academy of Humanities in 1997.
Since retirement Davis has worked on a number of projects involving Irish, Tasmanian, New
Zealand and Victorian history. He and Marianne Davis have set up Sassafras Books to publish works
of general interest for Irish and Tasmanian history. Both have been enthusiastically involved in local
U3A groups (Hobart, Clarence and Kingborough) which have inspired some of the works listed
below.
Marianne was born at Feilding, New Zealand on 26 March 1935, the daughter of a farmer. She
graduated from Victoria University in 1957 with a BA, majoring in Psychology. After training at the
Wellington Teachers' College, she taught in New Zealand primary and secondary schools. Moving to
Tasmania in 1967, she taught in a Hobart secondary school and also English to migrants before
obtaining a Diploma in Librarianship from the Tasmanian College of Advanced Education in 1979. In
1995 she retired after ten years in the State Library of Tasmania.
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM SASSAFRAS BOOKS
Irish Traces on Tasmanian History, 1803-2004 (Hobart, Sassafras Books, 2005), pp. 4 + 208 + 19,
$20.00. [See Books.]
William Smith O’Brien: Ticket-of-Leave New Norfolk (Hobart, Sassafras Books, 1996), pp. i & 27,
$5.00. [See Books.]
State Aid and Tasmanian Politics, 1868-1920 (Hobart, University of Tasmania, 1969), pp. 135
(illustrated). 2nd edition, 1980, pp. 87 and 49, $5.00. [See Books.]
Eighty Years' Labor: The ALP in Tasmania (Hobart, Sassafras Books, 1983), pp. 8 & 163
(illustrated), $5.00. [See Books.]
A Guide to the State Aid Tangle in Tasmania (Hobart, Cat & Fiddle Press, 1975), pp. VIII & 118,
$5.00. [See Books.]
The Devilish Port Arthur Escape and the Bold Hanrahans (illustrated by Eileen Brooker), pp. 43.
[Fiction incorporating Irish convicts, Port Arthur and bushrangers, based on an incident in the
life of Governor Sir William Denison at Eaglehawk Neck], $5.00.
“‘Not so bad as a bad marriage’: Irish Transportation Policies in the 1840s” [1999 Eldershaw
Memorial Lecture], THRA P & P, Vol. 47, no. 1, March 2000, pp. 53, $10.
Trade terms available. Postage of items extra
ONGOING WORK
BOOKS
ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
FORTHCOMING
SOME REVIEWS
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 1 (1700-1921) Ancestors and Parents: Harold & Ethel
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2 (1921-39) Indian Forest Service and my early years
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 3 (1940-47) Wartime Ireland & last years of Raj
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 4 (1948-1960) Andrews, Campbell, TCD
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 5 (1960-69) New Zealand & early Tasmania
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 6 (1970-81) Canada, Ireland, Tasmania & South Africa
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 7 (1982-86) Belfast, Tasmania, Belfast
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 8 (1987-94) Two headships and an intermission
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 9 (1995-2005) Leaving and Retirement
was educated mainly in Ireland (Belfast and Dublin). From the University of Dublin (Trinity College)
he received an honours degree in History (1956), an MLitt for research on Irish History (1958) and the
Higher Diploma in Education (1960). While lecturing in History at Otago University, Dunedin, 1964-
66, he worked for a PhD at that institution (awarded in 1968). In 1967 he transferred to the University
of Tasmania, from which he retired in 1996 as an Emeritus Professor. He was elected a Fellow of the
Australian Academy of Humanities in 1997.
Since retirement Davis has worked on a number of projects involving Irish, Tasmanian, New
Zealand and Victorian history. He and Marianne Davis have set up Sassafras Books to publish works
of general interest for Irish and Tasmanian history. Both have been enthusiastically involved in local
U3A groups (Hobart, Clarence and Kingborough) which have inspired some of the works listed
below.
Marianne was born at Feilding, New Zealand on 26 March 1935, the daughter of a farmer. She
graduated from Victoria University in 1957 with a BA, majoring in Psychology. After training at the
Wellington Teachers' College, she taught in New Zealand primary and secondary schools. Moving to
Tasmania in 1967, she taught in a Hobart secondary school and also English to migrants before
obtaining a Diploma in Librarianship from the Tasmanian College of Advanced Education in 1979. In
1995 she retired after ten years in the State Library of Tasmania.
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM SASSAFRAS BOOKS
Irish Traces on Tasmanian History, 1803-2004 (Hobart, Sassafras Books, 2005), pp. 4 + 208 + 19,
$20.00. [See Books.]
William Smith O’Brien: Ticket-of-Leave New Norfolk (Hobart, Sassafras Books, 1996), pp. i & 27,
$5.00. [See Books.]
State Aid and Tasmanian Politics, 1868-1920 (Hobart, University of Tasmania, 1969), pp. 135
(illustrated). 2nd edition, 1980, pp. 87 and 49, $5.00. [See Books.]
Eighty Years' Labor: The ALP in Tasmania (Hobart, Sassafras Books, 1983), pp. 8 & 163
(illustrated), $5.00. [See Books.]
A Guide to the State Aid Tangle in Tasmania (Hobart, Cat & Fiddle Press, 1975), pp. VIII & 118,
$5.00. [See Books.]
The Devilish Port Arthur Escape and the Bold Hanrahans (illustrated by Eileen Brooker), pp. 43.
[Fiction incorporating Irish convicts, Port Arthur and bushrangers, based on an incident in the
life of Governor Sir William Denison at Eaglehawk Neck], $5.00.
“‘Not so bad as a bad marriage’: Irish Transportation Policies in the 1840s” [1999 Eldershaw
Memorial Lecture], THRA P & P, Vol. 47, no. 1, March 2000, pp. 53, $10.
Trade terms available. Postage of items extra
ONGOING WORK
BOOKS
ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
FORTHCOMING
SOME REVIEWS
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 1 (1700-1921) Ancestors and Parents: Harold & Ethel
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2 (1921-39) Indian Forest Service and my early years
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 3 (1940-47) Wartime Ireland & last years of Raj
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 4 (1948-1960) Andrews, Campbell, TCD
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 5 (1960-69) New Zealand & early Tasmania
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 6 (1970-81) Canada, Ireland, Tasmania & South Africa
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 7 (1982-86) Belfast, Tasmania, Belfast
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 8 (1987-94) Two headships and an intermission
AUTOBIOGRAPHY 9 (1995-2005) Leaving and Retirement
| Making Irish and Tasmanian History Exciting Books and Articles available |
| General Interest in History |
Many people are interested in History. Some want to find out
about their own genealogy, others like reading a good story,
while still more want to know how the present has
developed from the past. We hope to satisfy some of those
needs with works on Irish and Tasmanian History.
about their own genealogy, others like reading a good story,
while still more want to know how the present has
developed from the past. We hope to satisfy some of those
needs with works on Irish and Tasmanian History.
 | Books available and prices from Sassafras | |
| Offprints for cost of postage | |
| Books now out of print for reference and Library use | |
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