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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
  12. TEMCO

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/T/TEMCO.htm
    25 Jun 2012: TEMCO. The Tasmanian Electro Metallurgical Company (TEMCO) is Australia's only manganese alloy smelter and supplies two types of this critical steel additive to more than fifty companies around the globe. BHP Pty Ltd built the TEMCO plant in the
  13. J Walch and Sons Pty Ltd

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/W/Walch.htm
    25 Jun 2012: J Walch and Sons. Walch's Corner, Hobart about 1865 (W. L. Crowther library, SLT). In 1836 Samuel Tegg opened a branch of his father's London bookshop in Hobart, at Wellington Bridge, the corner of Liverpool and Elizabeth Streets. In 1846 the Walch
  14. Radio

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/R/Radio.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Radio. John Bennett, ABC radio announcer, at work in 1939 (AOT, PH30/1/5455). Radio arrived in Tasmania in 1912, when one of Australia's first two radio stations was opened in Hobart, to aid shipping. Public radio arrived in 1923, with a licensing
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    Handbooks & Revision Questions - Australian Maritime College

    https://amc.edu.au/industry/omc/handbooks-and-revision-questions
    4 May 2023: Handbooks & Revision Questions. Handbooks & Revision Questions. To order a printed copy of the Marine Radio Operators and Marine VHF Radio Operators handbooks, please:. (Please note: This link will take you through to the University of Tasmania
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    Identification of honey components

    https://www.utas.edu.au/research/degrees/available-projects/projects/agriculture/identification-of-honey-components
    5 Jun 2024: Identification of honey components. Identification of the volatile components of some Tasmanian honeys. Identification of honey components. Degree type. PhD. Closing date. 1 October 2024. Campus. Launceston. Citizenship requirement. Domestic /
  17. An Archival Impulse. Summary. Start Date. May 28, 2011. End Date. June 24, 2011. Venue. Plimsoll Gallery, Hunter St. RSVP / Contact Information. Exhibition dates: 28 May – 24 June. Opening: 5.30pm, Friday 27 May. Artists: Brook Andrew, Gerrard
  18. Green Politics

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/G/Green%20Politics.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Green Politics. WC Piguenit, 'Mount King William', 1886 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). Green Politics began in Tasmania when the world's first Green party, the United Tasmania Group (UTG), was formed at a meeting in the Hobart Town Hall on 23 March 1972,
  19. Furneaux Group

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Furneaux%20Group.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Furneaux Group. Curzona Allport, 'Flinders Island', undated (ALMFA, SLT). The Furneaux Group contains more than fifty islands, and is situated in eastern Bass Strait through latitude 40 to Tasmania's north-east. Isolation, a turbulent history and a
  20. Cereal growing

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Cereal%20Growing.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Cereal growing. Harvesting wheat at Cambridge, 1908 (AOT, PH30/1/4321). Wheat, barley and oats have been produced in Tasmania since the early days of European settlement. After starvation conditions in 1805–07, some was exported by 1812, and in
  21. Fruit Industry

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Fruit%20industry.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Fruit Industry. Apple case label (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). Tasmania is an island distinguished by environmental conditions suitable for the production of northern hemisphere fruits of many varieties. While this natural advantage was recognised as
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