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  2. Herbert William Gepp

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/G/HW%20Gepp.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Herbert William Gepp. The newly built Zinc Works in 1920 (AOT, PH30/1/7109). Herbert William Gepp (1877–1954), chemical and social engineer, born in Adelaide, began his career in industrial chemistry in 1893. From 1905 he worked for the 'Collins
  3. Risby Timber Company

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/R/Risby%27s.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Risby Timber Company. Risby's timber yard in Battery Point, 1900. Secheron is in the background (AOT, PH30/1/4949). The Risby Timber Company until its demise in the mid-1990s was one of Australia's oldest family-run firms. Boat builders Thomas and
  4. El Niño–Southern Oscillation

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/E/El%20Nino.htm
    25 Jun 2012: El Niño–Southern Oscillation. El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events have a profound impact across a wide global band and are now recognised as the main source of Australia's infamous droughts. Tasmania is the coolest and wettest of the
  5. Australian Football

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/A/Australian%20football.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Australian Football. Huon Football Association team c 1920, (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). Australian Football in the 'Sporting Island' has been the holiest of sporting religions for most of the last 150 years. 'Footy' has often been of primary
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    Fungicides and crop reproductive success

    https://www.utas.edu.au/research/degrees/available-projects/projects/agriculture/fungicides-and-crop-reproductive-success
    5 Jun 2024: Fungicides and crop reproductive success. Investigate effects of fungicides on pollen viability and pollinator activity of vegetable seeds crops. Fungicides and crop reproductive success. Degree type. PhD. Closing date. 1 October 2024. Campus.
  7. Mount Nelson Award Winner 2019

    https://www.utas.edu.au/built-digital-natural/news/ad/2019/mount-nelson-award-winner-2019
    2 Dec 2019 Mount Nelson Award Winner 2019. Master of Architecture student, Emily Hunt, has been selected as the winner of the 2019 Mount Nelson Award. Emily stood out from the crowd with her keen interest in both the academic and cultural aspects of
  8. Second World War

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/S/Second%20world%20war.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Second World War. Military parade in Macquarie St, Hobart, in 1940 (AOT, PH30/1/3754). The Second World War made Tasmania more keenly aware of its geographical isolation, but it was also more insulated from the war's impact than most other parts of
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    HE online and blended student engagement

    https://www.utas.edu.au/research/degrees/available-projects/projects/education/he-online-and-blended-student-engagement
    19 Jun 2024: HE online and blended student engagement. Supporting online and blended student engagement and experience in Higher Education. HE online and blended student engagement. Degree type. PhD. Closing date. 1 October 2024. Campus. Launceston. Citizenship
  10. Thomas Gregson

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/G/Thomas%20Gregson.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Thomas Gregson. Thomas Gregson (AOT, PH30/1/3744). Thomas George Gregson (1798–1874), politician, was born in Northumberland and migrated to Van Diemen's Land in 1821, establishing a farming property. As a leading protagonist for free settlers'
  11. Robert William Willson

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/W/Willson%20Bishop.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Robert William Willson. Sketch of St Joseph's Catholic Church in Hobart in 1844, the year Willson arrived (AOT, PH30/1/450). Robert William Willson (1794–1866), pioneer Catholic bishop and social worker, was ordained in England in 1824 and arrived
  12. The Friends' School

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Friends%20School.htm
    25 Jun 2012: The Friends' School. Clemes College 1890; it later amalgamated with The Friends School (AOT, PH30/1/1236). The Friends' School (1887–), established in Hobart by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), is one of the oldest co-educational
  13. Ragged School Movement

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/R/Ragged%20schools.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Ragged School Movement. The Ragged School in Cascade Road, later a Baptist church (W. L. Crowther Library, SLT). The Ragged School Movement began in Britain in the mid-nineteenth century, in response to the needs of growing numbers of urban poor.
  14. Scotch Oakburn College

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/S/Scotch%20Oakburn.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Scotch Oakburn College. Scotch Oakburn College in Launceston is a Uniting Church boarding and day school, Early Learning to Grade 12, formed in 1979 from the amalgamation of Oakburn College and Scotch College, and dedicated to providing a
  15. Treatment of Mental Illness

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/M/Mental%20Illness.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Treatment of Mental Illness. Henry Melville, 'Invalid Hospital, New Norfolk', 1833 (W. L. Crowther Library). Prior to 1827 the mentally ill were sent to New South Wales for management, but in that year they started to be incarcerated in a New Norfolk
  16. Edward Braddon

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Edward%20Braddon.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Edward Braddon. Edward Braddon (AOT, PH30/1/296A). Edward Nicholas Coventry Braddon (1829–1904), politician, was born in Cornwall, England. After leaving school he moved to India in 1847 and worked in a cousin's merchant firm, after which he
  17. Douglas (Social) Credit

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/D/Douglas%20Credit.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Douglas (Social) Credit. Edward Brooker, Douglas Credit enthusiast (AOT, PH30/1/3576). The Douglas (Social) Credit movement was inspired by the Scottish engineer, CH Douglas. He sought to maximise wealth by ensuring that there be as much credit
  18. Guilford Clyde Young

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/Y/Young%20guilford.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Guilford Clyde Young. St Mary's Cathedral, 1960 (AOT, PH30/1/9076). Guilford Clyde Young (1916–88), Catholic Archbishop of Hobart, was a uniquely gifted churchman. Born in Brisbane, he was ordained in 1939, obtained a doctorate in theology, and,
  19. Building Stone

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Building%20stone.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Building Stone. Hobart's General Post Office in about 1900 (ALMFA, SLT). Tasmanian sandstones have been quarried and used to build many private and public buildings. Commonly, a small quarry was developed close to the chosen house site, such as the
  20. Essential Oils

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/E/Essential%20oils.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Essential Oils. Essential Oils possess the characteristic odour of the plant from which they are extracted. In Tasmania they include peppermint, spearmint, boronia, parsley, fennel, dill, blackcurrant, hops, clary sage, mountain pepper and lavender.
  21. Honey Industry

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/H/Honey%20industry.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Honey Industry. A bee on a leatherwood flower (R Stephens, Mole Creek). Tasmania is exceptional as the sole world producer of leatherwood honey, a high-quality honey with a unique flavour and aroma. Leatherwood grows solely in the pristine
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