The photograph above, taken in 1947, shows Tasmania’s highest mountain: Mount Ossa.

People initially believed Cradle Mountain was the tallest in Tasmania, but an aerial survey of Mount Ossa in the mid-twentieth century revealed that this was not actually the case.

Editor’s note: what is Australia’s highest mountain? If you think it’s Mt Kosciusko in NSW, you’re wrong!

Tas That Was is a column that includes:

  • anecdotes of life in Tasmania in the past;
  • historical photographs of locations in Tasmania; and/or
  • documentaries about locations in Tasmania.

If you have an anecdote or photograph you’d like to share with us, please send it to [email protected].

Callum J. Jones studied English, History, and Journalism at the University of Tasmania. He has written fiction and non-fiction for Tasmanian Times since 2018, and can be traced by the smell of fresh coffee.

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