Tasmanian Times
All posts tagged "Tas That Was"
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136Tas That WasTas 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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Crime, Punishment & Childhood
A new exhibition at Port Arthur explores the history of Point Puer, the first purpose-built juvenile prison in the British Empire.
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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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Tas That Was – Constitution Dock
Constitution Dock was built from locally sourced materials in the late 1840s.
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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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Tas That Was – Hobart (1970)
The above photograph of Hobart was taken in 1970. Tas That Was is a column that includes: anecdotes of life in Tasmania...
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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.
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Tas That Was – Lindisfarne (c.1890s)
This photograph of Lindisfarne was taken at some point during the 1890s. Tas That Was is a column that includes: anecdotes of...
