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  2. John Skinner Prout

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/P/Prout.htm
    25 Jun 2012: John Skinner Prout. JS Prout, 'Cape Raoul', 1844, (ALMFA, SLT). John Skinner Prout (1805 – 76), artist and lithographer, emigrated in 1840 from England to Sydney, where he continued to produce lithographic views, teach, lecture and paint

  3. Congregationalism

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Congregationalism.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Congregationalism. Thad Leavitt, 'Congregational Church, Princes Square', 1887 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). The oldest English non-conforming sect arose from the followers of Robert Browne (1550–1633), who held that a meeting of a number of

  4. Francis Russell Nixon

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/N/Nixon.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Francis Russell Nixon. RC Carpenter's photograph of Bishop Nixon, 1840s (ALMFA, SLT). Francis Russell Nixon (1803–79), first Anglican bishop of Tasmania, was born in Kent, the son of an Anglican clergyman. A graduate from Oxford, he served at

  5. John Helder Wedge

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/W/Wedge.htm
    25 Jun 2012: John Helder Wedge. Tough country for surveying: the Gordon River area (AOT, PH30/1/4388). John Helder Wedge (1793–1872), surveyor and explorer, was born in Cambridge, England. He obtained an appointment as assistant surveyor before migrating to

  6. William Lewis Neale

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/N/Neale.htm
    25 Jun 2012: William Lewis Neale. Under Neale's rule: Children of the Jericho Primary School, 1908 (AOT, PH30/1/9679). William Lewis Neale (1853–1913), educationist, an Inspector of Schools in South Australia, was asked in 1904 to report on Tasmania's primary

  7. Jessie Rooke

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/R/Rooke.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Jessie Rooke. Burnie in about 1900, when Jessie Rooke lived there (AOT, PH30/1/76). Jessie Spinks Rooke (1845–1906), temperance advocate, was one of the first Tasmanian women to gain prominence for philanthropic activities outside the state.

  8. John Ernest Philp

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/P/Philp.htm
    25 Jun 2012: John Ernest Philp. John Ernest Philp (1869–1937), bushman, sailor, writer and shipping agent, was born at Franklin into a Scottish family with strong links to the sea, Ernest Philp's life was shared between a love of the bush and a passion for the

  9. Grote Reber

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/R/Reber.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Grote Reber. Grote Reber (1911–2002), 'founding father' of radio astronomy. An American rebel, frequently at odds with the scientific world, he was a magnificent inventor and engineer. After Chicago's astronomy department refused to work further

  10. Pests

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/P/Pests.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Pests. Pests in their hundreds have been brought to Tasmania either consciously or accidentally, or arrived of their own volition. New settlers wanted to improve the landscape by introducing European species, or to recreate England in the antipodes.

  11. Water

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/W/Water.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Water. Old mill on New Town Creek, 1880s (ALMFA, SLT). Settlement and survival depend on the availability of water – for drinking, growing crops and attracting potential food sources, as well as for washing, drainage and turning mills. In the
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