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  2. Tim Bowden

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Tim%20Bowden.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Tim Bowden. Timothy Gibson Bowden AM (b 1937), journalist and author, was born and educated in Hobart, graduating from the University of Tasmania in Arts in 1960. He began his career in journalism with the Hobart Mercury, worked with the BBC's
  3. John Clark

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/John%20Clark.htm
    25 Jun 2012: John Clark. John Richard James Clark AM (b 1932), National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) director, began his theatre career at the Hutchins School and with Old Nick in the 1951 uni revue Nuts in May, to which he also contributed scripts. After
  4. Folk Music

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Folk%20Music.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Folk Music. Few systematic attempts were made to collect traditional Tasmanian folklore before the 1980s (a significant exception being the Royal Society's transcription of the Aboriginal calls of Fanny Cochrane Smith in 1903). Accordingly, only a
  5. Kit Hiller

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/H/Kit%20Hiller.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Kit Hiller. The Paris Hat, 2006. Christine Mary Hiller (b 1948), landscape and portrait painter, printmaker, lives and works at Lower Mount Hicks, Tasmania. Recognised nationally for her watercolour portraits, winning the Portia Geach prize in 1986
  6. IHOS Opera

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/I/IHOS%20opera.htm
    25 Jun 2012: IHOS Opera. IHOS Opera (Greek for 'sound') was founded in 1990 by composer and artistic director Constantine Koukias and production director Werner Ihlenfeld. Their experimental music theatre challenges both audience and artist through striking
  7. Alexander North

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/N/Alex%20North.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Alexander North. Launceston Post office in 1905 (AOT, PH30/1/7855). Alexander North (1858–1945), a most original Australian architect. Born in Huddersfield, North trained in art and architecture in London, working with James Cubit, architectural
  8. William John Turner Clarke

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/WJT%20Clarke.htm
    25 Jun 2012: William John Turner Clarke. The Clarke family outside Quorn Hall, about 1860 (AOT, PH30/1/2079). William John Turner Clarke (c 1801–74), pastoralist, emigrated to Hobart in 1829 for better health and economic opportunity – both of which he
  9. James Ross

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/R/Ross%20James.htm
    25 Jun 2012: James Ross. Illustration from one of James Ross' almanacs, 1830 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). James Ross (1786–1838), teacher and editor, a Scot who had conducted schools, emigrated to Van Diemen's Land in 1822. He received a land grant, but by 1825
  10. John Earle

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/E/John%20Earle.htm
    25 Jun 2012: John Earle. John Earle (AOT, PH30/1/9975). John Earle (1865–1932), politician, miner, bookshop owner, was born at Bridgewater, and became a trade unionist while working as a miner on the west coast. In 1903 he became president of the first
  11. David Boon

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/David%20Boon.htm
    25 Jun 2012: David Boon. David Boon piles on the runs at Lords, 1993 (BBC photograph). David Clarence Boon (b 1960), cricketer, was the first Tasmanian player to become an automatic choice in the Australian national team. Born in Launceston, he gained early
  12. Neil Davis

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/D/Neil%20Davis.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Neil Davis. Neil Brian Davis (1934–85), combat cameraman, was born at the remote hamlet of Nala in the southern midlands. He started his career as office boy in the Tasmanian Government Film Unit, and went on to become the most respected war
  13. James Gillies

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/G/JH%20Gillies.htm
    25 Jun 2012: James Gillies. The calcium carbide plant at Electrona in 1920 (AOT, PH30/1/2133). James Hyndes Gillies (1861–1942), metallurgist, inventor, entrepreneur and industrialist, invented an electrolytic process capable of producing metallic zinc from
  14. Royce Hart

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/H/Royce%20Hart.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Royce Hart. Royce Desmond Hart (b 1948), footballer, was born in Hobart. Recruited as a 17-year-old from the Clarence under 19s by Richmond (Victoria), he represented them in 187 games, kicking 363 goals. His 1967 debut was stunning: he was
  15. Ferdinand Kayser

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/K/HWF%20Kayser.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Ferdinand Kayser. Mt Bischoff mine, 1900 (AOT, NS241/1/36). Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand (Ferd) Kayser (1833–1919), Tasmania's first high-profile mining manager, was born at Clausthal, Hanover, Germany, where he graduated from the Royal Academy of
  16. Frank Long

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/L/Frank%20Long.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Frank Long. Frank Long (AOT, PH30/1/1873). Frank Long (1844?–1908), prospector and track-cutter, discovered the Zeehan-Dundas silver-lead field in 1882. Born in Launceston, the son of ex-convicts, he grew up at Campbell Town. Red-headed, freckled,
  17. West Coast

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/W/West%20coast.htm
    25 Jun 2012: West Coast. Kelly Basin mining settlement, c 1890 (W. L. Crowther Library, SLT). The West Coast has always been separate: an island within an island. Isolated by its geography and the nature of its community, its relationship with the remainder of
  18. Dog racing

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/D/Dog%20racing.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Dog racing. Dog racing started in the 1870s with greyhound coursing, where two greyhounds competed to catch a hare in the wild, initially at Quamby. In the 1920s, electric hares replaced live hares, but interest was slight as betting was illegal.
  19. War Heroes

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/W/War%20heroes.htm
    25 Jun 2012: War Heroes. War heroes have been outstanding on a number of military occasions. Two Tasmanians won the Victoria Cross in South Africa during the South African (Boer) War (1899–1902). Guy George Wylly and John Hutton Bisdee won their award on the
  20. 6 Progression and Exclusion - Governance Instruments Framework

    https://www.utas.edu.au/policy/delegations/academic-delegations-ordinance/6-progression-and-exclusion
    16 Apr 2024: 6 Progression and Exclusion. 6. 1 Progression requirements (coursework students). Delegation. Delegate. 6. 1. 1. Authority to approve progression requirements for each course. Academic Senate. 6. 1. 2. Authority to appoint academic staff members to form
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    29 Aug 2018: Home / Disclaimer. While the University of Tasmania (the University) and the Australian Maritime College (AMC) take reasonable steps to ensure that the information on its websites is correct, it provides no warranty or guarantee that information is
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