Tasmanian Times
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2.1K‘Wooley, you are selfish … you just want to keep the place to yourself …’
Charles Wooley My friend, Simon Currant, the tourism developer, has a string of wonderful projects to his name. His latest is the...
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What comes after sorry?
‘For the indignity and degradation … inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry … this Parliament resolves...
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Lost wolves in sheep’s clothing …
“It is an absolute principle of democracy that governments should not and must not say one thing before an election and do...
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Family learns fate of WWI Belgian boy smuggled out of country and adopted by Tasmanian soldier
A Tasmanian family has finally discovered the fate of a Belgian boy Australian soldiers smuggled out of the horror of WWI-ravaged Belgium,...
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Black War: The incompetent in pursuit of the intangible …
Launch Speech, John Tully, Robbed of Every Blessing I would like to introduce this book to you by sharing some ideas that...
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The State Government’s under-funding of health …
Tasmanian government health funding would have to increase by at least $500 million to bring this state’s services up to the standard...
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A Blast from the Past in the Tarkine Karst
*Pic: Sumac Rivulet sinkhole region clearfelled and burnt in the 1980s … Take a look at the 1:25.000 Sumac Map of the...
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Spot the Similarities
Recently, I read a biography of Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton online. I think it was written in relation to her book, Through My Eyes,...
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Why does it cost more to ship to Melbourne … than from Melbourne to UK?
*Pic: ABC, of Resources Minister Paul Harriss and Premier Will Hodgman … By Air, Land & Sea … As a dealer in...
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From Paraguay to Gallipoli
This is one of the most unusual soldier stories from Gallipoli, yet nonetheless poignant, and, in its ending, tragic. For it is...
