Tasmanian Times
All posts tagged "history"
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289Tas That WasJohn Coverdale – A Biography
John Coverdale, the last commandant of Port Arthur, held various other roles across his 50-year career.
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A Micro-Hike Through Deep Time
The Fossil Grove micro-hike is a short bushwalk in South Hobart, within Wellington Park. It is home to some of the area’s...
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Tas That Was – Wybalenna
Wybalenna is one of the most tragic Aboriginal sites in Australian history.
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Tas That Was – Treasury Complex
Hobart’s Treasury complex is arguably Tasmania’s most important surviving government precinct.
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Tas That Was – East Pillinger
East Pillinger was a short-lived industrial settlement born from the 19th-century mining frenzy in the Mount Lyell region.
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Tas That Was – The Visiting Magistrate’s House at Port Arthur
The Visiting Magistrate’s House is considered one of the most elegant historic homes at Port Arthur.
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Tas That Was – Magnet
During the early 19th century, while the Van Diemen’s Land Company was surveying Tasmania’s north-west wilderness, an explorer named Henry Hellyer noticed...
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Tas That Was – The Cadbury Chocolate Factory
Cadbury was founded in Birmingham, England, in 1824 by John Cadbury, an English Quaker and businessman who began selling handmade cocoa and...
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Four Nationalities Come Together in War
During WWI, a German was buried in French soil by an English chaplain and carried there by Australians.
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Allan Knight – A Biography
Allan Knight was a significant Tasmanian engineer who shaped a lot of the state’s built environment.
