Tasmanian Times
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Two new sculptures in Hobart mark a major effort to restore Tasmania’s first international opera star to public memory.
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Tas That Was – Tasman Bridge (1970)
This photograph of the Tasman Bridge was snapped in 1970.
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Tas That Was – Queens Battery
Hobart’s rise as an important shipping port in the early 1800s made the British colonial authorities fear that it could become a...
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Tas That Was – ‘May Queen’
The ‘May Queen’ is the oldest sailing ketch in Australia that’s still afloat.
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Tas That Was – Brooker Highway (1968)
The Brooker Highway was built in stages between 1954 and 1992.
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Tas That Was – ‘Lady Nelson’
When you walk along Hobart’s waterfront, you’ll come across the HMS ‘Lady Nelson’, which featured in Tasmania’s early colonial history.
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Tas That Was – Salamanca Arts Centre
From the 1820s to the 1840s, the buildings that now house the Salamanca Arts Centre were erected as warehouses during the development...
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Tas That Was – The Hobart Bond Store
The Hobart Bond Store today.
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Tas That Was – Lake Margaret
Lake Margaret in 1914.
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Tasmania is the “best place on Earth” – Fiona McIntosh
Author Fiona McIntosh believes Tasmania is “quite simply the best place on Earth”.
