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  2. William Russ Pugh

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/P/Pugh.htm
    25 Jun 2012: William Russ Pugh. 'People of importance in their day', in Melbourne: Dr Pugh is third from right (W. L. Crowther Library, SLT). William Russ Pugh (1806–97), medical practitioner, credited with administering the first surgical anaesthetic in the

  3. Coal

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Coal.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Coal. Mary Morton Allport, 'Coal Mines Richmond', c 1842 (ALMFA, SLT). Coal was first discovered in Tasmania by French explorers in 1793. After settlement in 1803, coal was mined on a small scale in many places over the eastern half of the state.

  4. Wine and Viticulture

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/W/Wine.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Wine and Viticulture. Bernacchi's vineyard on Maria Island, 1880s (AOT, PH30/1/1913). The first vines were planted in 1788 by Bligh from the Bounty at Adventure Bay, Bruny Island, and the explorer Bass noted the potential of the Derwent Valley in

  5. Associated Pulp & Paper Mills

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/A/APPM.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Associated Pulp & Paper Mills. Associated Pulp & Paper Mills, Burnie, 1950s (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). Associated Pulp & Paper Mills Limited was formed by entrepreneur, Gerald Mussen, with major shareholders the associated mining companies of

  6. Female Convicts

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Female%20convicts.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Female Convicts. The Female Factory at South Hobart (AOT, NS1013/1/571). Nearly 12,500 women were transported to Van Diemen's Land, mostly for petty theft. This was roughly the same number as were sent to New South Wales. Two-thirds arrived after

  7. Orchestras

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/O/Orchestras.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Orchestras. Although there were early musical ensembles, development was spasmodic. In the 1840s, a choral society and orchestra in Hobart performed European works and new compositions, and the Hobart Musical Union thrived from 1867 until the 1890s.

  8. Homeopathy

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/H/Homeopathy.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Homeopathy. Gould's Homoeopathic Pharmacy, Hobart, c 1890 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). Homeopathy is a therapeutic system of medicine that is based on the principle that like cures like – which means that a substance that can cause certain symptoms

  9. Philip Oakley Fysh

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/PO%20Fysh.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Philip Oakley Fysh. Philip Oakley Fysh (Parliament of Tasmania). Philip Oakley Fysh (1835–1919), politician, arrived in Tasmania in 1859 and established a wholesale business in Hobart. He entered the Legislative Council in 1866, battled the

  10. Bands

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Bands.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Bands. North Hobart Concert Band, 1917 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). Bands in Van Diemen's Land were initially military. The first civic band, the St Joseph's Total Abstinence Band, was formed in Launceston in 1845, some of its thirteen members coming

  11. Films

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Films.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Films. Actors from 'For the term of his natural life', 1927 (AOT, PH30/1/4148). Films or moving pictures gradually displaced live theatre as the predominant form of mass entertainment in the early twentieth century. Tasmania played a role in the

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