All posts tagged "Launceston"

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  Arts

  Poet’s Corner – ‘Sunset, Cataract Hill’

  This poem was first published by The Dandenong Journal on Thursday 29 May 1930. Sunset, Cataract Hill From the lofty heights, where...

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  Sport

  Launceston to Host Rescheduled Special Olympics Junior National Games in 2021

  Given the circumstances and based on the latest information provided by Federal and State Governments, Special Olympics Australia has resolved that the...

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  They Said It

  They Said It: More of This Week’s News

  bridging JobKeeper – the Tasmanian Small Business Council has called on the Tasmanian Government to urgently provide bridging finance to small and...

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  History

  John 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...

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  Real Estate

  Camerons Building to be Auctioned

  Launceston’s iconic Camerons Building has been put on the market amid increasing investor activity within Tasmania’s commercial property market. The renowned CBD...

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  Sport

  AFL Taskforce Backs New Tas Club

  The Tasmanian government’s AFL Taskforce report is now finally public, after the government chose to sit on it for two months. Unsurprisingly,...

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  Article

  Development: Another Perspective

  Much has been written on Planning Schemes recently and mainly from a pro-development perspective. There is, as always, another point of view...

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  Festivals

  Festivale: Outside the Fence, Looking in

  The large signs advertising Festivale have taken their place along the main roads leading into Launceston, replacing those for events like MONA...

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  Festivals

  Happy New Beer! Beerfest Returns To Launnie

  The BeerFest craft beer festival will ring in in the New Year at Launceston’s Royal Park. Over two hundred of Tasmania’s unique craft brews,...

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  Sport

  Transplant Games Comes To Launceston

  Launceston has been chosen to host the 2020 Australian Transplant Games. It will be the seventeenth version of the event. The Games will run from...