Launched on 23 July 2007 at Tasmania's Parliament House by the Tasmanian Premier, Paul Lennon MHA, the book covers ten important events in Tasmania's history. These are:
- Reconciliation in Tasmania;
- Settlement 1803;
- Federation 1901;
- The Development of Hydro-electricity in Tasmania;
- The 1967 Bushfires: Black Tuesday;
- Australia's First Casino;
- The Tasman Bridge Disaster 1975;
- The Port Arthur Massacre 1996;
- Premier Jim Bacon: 1998 - 2004; and
- The Beaconsfield Mine Collapse: The Great Escape.