Tasmanian Times
All posts tagged "Ireland"
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2.4KArticleGrey2K Backs Local Calls for Greyhound Racing End
Transcript of media conference with Christine Dorchak and Carey Theil, founders of GREY2K USA Worldwide, Greens Leader Rosalie Woodruff, Kristy Alger of Animal...
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The Hope Jon West Rejects
Rodney Croome wrote the following article for Tasmania Times in 2013. It is a response to the late Prof Jonathan West’s essay...
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Crunching Crowd Numbers – Proposed Hobart Stadium Won’t be a ‘Game Changer’
Recently I was looking at Aviva Stadium in Dublin and it struck me that there were some similarities with the proposed new...
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What Caused the Potato Shortage? Wet Weather & Hard-to-control Diseases
If you’ve been into a fish and chip shop in the last 12 months, you may well have seen a notice tacked...
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‘A Taste of Ireland’ to Tour Tasmania
Australian Irish dancing duo Ceili Moore and Brent Pace have made a name for themselves on the world stage of Irish dancing...
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Turf War: What’s Really Behind Recent Attacks on Trans Tasmanians
Since 2020 Tasmania has suffered more organised opposition to the rights of trans and gender diverse people than other Australian states. Why...
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Letter from Ireland
Gordon has a useful lesson in following directions in Ireland.
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James Bicheno: A Biography
James Bicheno (1785-1851) was one of the Colonial Secretaries of Van Diemen's Land.
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Review: Out of Ireland (1999)
Out of Ireland was written by Christopher Koch and published in 1999. At 737 pages, it may seem like a daunting read....
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2.9KHistoryJohn Mitchel’s 1853 escape from Van Diemen’s Land
Heather Donaldson’s notes about John Mitchel and the other Young Irelanders provide great contextual information to this story. Click here to read...
