The project to compile the volume began 2002 with an editorial committee comprising Michael Roe, Henry Reynolds, Stefan Petrow and Alison Alexander from the University of Tasmania, as well as Michael Sprod of Astrolabe Books, and Barbara Valentine from Launceston.
The alphabetical section contains some 1073 articles ranging through biographical sketches, places and issues that cover the whole length of Tasmanian history
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Aboriginality | Jim Everett |
| Britishness | Peter Boyce |
| Class | Shayne Breen |
| Convicts | Hamish Maxwell-Stewart |
| Economy | Bruce Felmingham |
| Episodes of Thought | Michael Roe |
| Exile | Richard Davis |
| Gender | Alison Alexander |
| Healing | Eric Ratcliff |
| Identity | Henry Reynolds |
| Monuments, Museums and Memory | Marilyn Lake |
| Place | Tim Jetson |
| Religion | Richard Ely |
| Shelter | Barry McNeill and Eric Ratcliff |
| The State | Stefan Petrow |
| Urbanisation | Graeme Davison |
| Van Dieman's Land | Ros Haynes |