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How a biography brought me to family history

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1142-how-a-biography-brought-me-to-family-history

11 Jun 2021: Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that this article may contain the names and images of people who are now deceased. Back in the early 2000s, the Australian Dictionary of Biography decided to prepare a supplement
Tracing the lives of early Chinese families in colonial Australia

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1124-tracing-the-lives-of-early-chinese-families-in-colonial-australia

31 Mar 2021: I’m a historian, but I’m not my family’s historian. That honour falls to my mum, who for the past twenty years or so has been delving into the lives of my ancestors. Mum started doing the family history after I began studying Australian
Aboriginal designs bring connection to Country at Inveresk

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/aboriginal-designs-bring-connection-to-country-at-inveresk

21 Jul 2021: The first building to open at Inveresk as part of the University’s redevelopment will be brought to life with the work of North-West Tasmanian Aboriginal artist Caleb Nichols-Mansell. Designs featuring grass-toned local wetlands, the blue-grey hues
From greenkeeper to green pastures

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1129-from-greenkeeper-to-green-pastures

22 Apr 2021: Taelyn Male’s agronomy career began on the bowling green. Growing up in Northern Tasmania, Taelyn began bowling at a young age and has played competitively across Australia ever since. While keeping up his bowls training, he started an
Assisting Tasmanian farmers drives Hannah to great heights

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1127-assisting-tasmanian-farmers-drives-hannah-to-great-heights

20 Apr 2021: When pursuing a career in agriculture, helping Tasmanian farmers at the grass roots of production was always Hannah Cummins’ top priority. Now graduated from the University of Tasmania and working as agronomist – or ‘crop scientist’ – with
Understanding colonial maps

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1123-understanding-colonial-maps

31 Mar 2021: On Boxing Day 1832 surveyors across southern Van Diemen’s Land were huddled in their tents, sheltering from the rain. Poor Charles Wedge set out to work but was ‘obliged to return’, while Raphael Clint made no pretence, recording in his log,
Most Tasmanians over 50 didn't experience serious lockdown effects

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1144-most-tasmanians-over-50-didnt-experience-serious-lockdown-effects

23 Jun 2021: Most Tasmanians aged over 50 experienced no serious effects on dementia risk factors, such as depression, anxiety and alcohol consumption, during the COVID-19 lockdown a Tasmanian study has found. In the first study of its kind, researchers from the
University grows the Psychology workforce for Tasmania

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/university-grows-the-psychology-workforce-for-tasmania

24 Sep 2021: In a move to help grow the next generation of mental health care professionals in Tasmania, the University’s Psychology Clinic has expanded. Originally centrally located on the University’s Sandy Bay Campus, the clinic has moved to
$8 million to be poured into drought resilience in agriculture

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/$8-million-to-be-poured-into-drought-resilience-in-agriculture

14 Apr 2021: A ‘drought hub’ will be established in Tasmania to improve regional drought resilience, with the support of $8 million in funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund successfully secured by the Tasmanian Institute of
Project milestone key to TIA’s dairy transformation

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/project-milestone-key-to-tias-dairy-transformation

10 Dec 2021: A key milestone in the upgrades to the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture’s (TIA) Research Farms was officially launched on Wednesday, December 8. The University of Tasmania’s Vice Chancellor Professor Rufus Black and Minister for Primary