Tasmanian Times
Tas That Was
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1.2K‘The Other Face of the Island’ (1970)
Tasmanian Times (TT) is a community-based news and current affairs service covering the island state of Tasmania. It exists to provide a...
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Tas That Was – Mount Field National Park
Mount Field is one of Tasmania’s earliest national parks.
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Tas That Was – New Norfolk
New Norfolk is home to the Bush Inn, which some claim is Australia’s oldest pub. It has served drinks since 1815!
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Tas That Was – The Commandant’s House at Port Arthur
The Commandant’s House looks grand on the outside, but inside it’s ‘all over the place’.
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Tas That Was – Railton
The Railton limeworks is the longest continuously operating site of its kind in Australia.
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Tas That Was – Koonya
Koonya was originally called Cascades because of the waterfalls nearby.
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Tas That Was – Royal Hotel, Linda
History clings to the concrete shell of the Royal Hotel in Linda.
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Tas That Was – Everyday Life, Extraordinary Times
The digitisation team at Libraries Tasmania have revived a reel of Super 8 footage by Joyce Purtscher, offering a rare glimpse into...
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‘Tasmania the Wonderland’ (1935)
Blurb from the NFSA YouTube post: Tasmania is calling! This travelogue, thought to be part of a longer film produced for cinemas...
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Constantine Asquith – Convict Fraudster and Mustachioed Master Mariner
Not all convicts sent to Tasmania were from British territories. The British National Archives report that there were 1,321 convicts from ‘other...
