Tasmanian Times
All posts tagged "Westbury"
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1.4KArticleWestbury Prison Not the Right Egg for the Basket
WRAP say the proposed Northern Prison is not the kind of infrastructure project needed right now.
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William Lyttleton Quamby, Tasmanian Aboriginal Resistance Fighter – Part 2
John Hawkins concludes his 2 part series on Tasmanian resistance fighter William Quamby, focussing on conversion of Aboriginal fire-farmed land into pastoral...
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William Lyttleton Quamby, Tasmanian Aboriginal Resistance Fighter – Part 1
Introduction – In this two-part essay I will endeavour to place the life of the Tasmanian Aboriginal resistance fighter William Lyttleton Quamby into...
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Meander Valley Proposed Prison Survey
Residents of the Meander Valley have been expecting for some time the Prison Survey to arrive in their mailboxes; they are expected...
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3.8KHistoryJohn 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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Irish Exiles in Van Diemen’s Land: a few notes by Heather Donaldson
With St Patrick’s Day coming up fast – 17 March, the national day of Ireland – Tasmanian Times is proud to present...
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Westbury and the Irish
The current and controversial debate about the location of a new prison in northern Tasmania near the village of Westbury has links...
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Prison Push Poll
Anti-prison campaigners have complained about a push polling operation being run in relation to the Northern Regional Prison proposed for Westbury. Calls...
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Minister Archer in Their Sights
Minister for Corrections, the Hon Elise Archer MP, returned to Westbury to attend a public meeting to discuss the State Government decision...
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Meander Valley Council Lockdown
See the January Meander Valley Council Agenda here.
