Tasmanian Times
All posts tagged "Australia"
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3.9KBooksBook Review – ‘1788: The Brutal Truth of the First Fleet’ (2008)
Callum J. Jones reviews David Hill’s 2008 book, “1788”.
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Aussie Slang hasn’t Carked It
Yeah, nah: Aussie slang hasn’t carked it, but we do want to know more about it Writer C.R Read cautioned in 1853 “that...
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Book Review – ‘The Winter Road: A Story of Legacy, Land and a Killing at Croppa Creek’ (2021)
“The Winter Road” is a true story of greed, power, and a desire for legacy.
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The ‘Super-highways’ Used by First Australians
The ‘super-highways’ the First Australians used to cross the ancient land There are many hypotheses about where the Indigenous ancestors first settled...
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Australian Decimal Currency
Watch the famous TV advertisement about the introduction of decimal currency!
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The Federation of Australia
Learn all about Australia's federation movement!
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Book Review: Wild Nature (2020)
“Modern life is leaping on at such a pace we no longer seem to have time to see the simple things of...
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Joseph Lyons: A Biography
From humble beginnings in Stanley, Joseph Lyons went on become the first and only Tasmanian to be Prime Minister of Australia.
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Darwin, Capital City of Tasmania
'Tasmania' might have featured tropical coastline according to an 1830s plan to create an Australia of 10 states.
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Dame Enid Lyons: A Biography
The first woman elected to Australia's House of Representatives, Dame Enid Lyons, was a remarkable Tasmanian of humble beginnings.
