Tasmanian Times
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1.7KPoetry & Short StoriesPoet’s Corner – To A River In Tasmania
This poem was first published by The Register on Saturday, 11th December 1909. To A River In Tasmania By Marjorie Hay Walker...
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Tasmanian Film Societies Thriving
There are seventeen film societies throughout Tasmania. This may surprise you. Living in the age of Netflix, YouTube and streaming video in...
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William Champ, Tasmania’s First Premier
William Champ was born on 15th April 1808 in Essex in England. After receiving an education at the Royal Military College in...
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John Watt Beattie, Tas Landscape Photography Pioneer
John Watt Beattie was a pioneering Tasmanian photographer. He captured images of many places around the island more than a century before...
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The Proud and the Punished: Female Convict History Dramatised
The Cascades Female Factory Historic Site launched a new dramatised tour on Thursday 9th January. Called The Proud and The Punished, it...
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Callum’s Port Arthur Video Diary
I stayed overnight at Port Arthur between 27th and 28th December last year. Above is my video diary from those two days....
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1.6KArticleA Moving Picture – Tas That Was
A Moving Picture – Transport A half-century ago this is how we got around! Maybe for some of you it feels like...
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Poet’s Corner – Lindisfern Bay
Lindisfern Bay This poem was first published by Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser on Friday, 17th June 1825. The...
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2.4KArticleBaptised in Blood
There are stories strewn throughout history that very few people have heard of before. One of these is the story of Port...
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From Nurse to Hospital Volunteer
According to Volunteering Tasmania’s State of Volunteering Report 2014, four in five people in Tasmania volunteer. Neryl Holloway is one of them....
