Tasmanian Times
All posts tagged "Tas That Was"
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1.1KTas That WasTas 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...
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Reverend George Eastman – A Biography
Kind to convicts in life, Reverend George Eastman is said to linger in death at Port Arthur.
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Tas That Was – Lisdillon Saltworks
The Lisdillon Saltworks were among the earliest of their kind in Australia.
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Tas That Was – Elizabeth College
Hobart’s Elizabeth College started life in 1842 as a two-room school built by Holy Trinity Church. Over time, the site grew into...
