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  2. William Duke

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/D/William%20Duke.htm
    25 Jun 2012: William Duke. William Duke, 'Flurry', 1848 (W. L. Crowther Library, SLT). William Charles Duke (1814–53), artist, was born in Ireland, and in 1840 migrated with his family to Sydney. Duke's trade was listed as carpenter, but he worked as a (highly

  3. Gwen Harwood

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/H/Gwen%20Harwood.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Gwen Harwood. Gwendoline Nessie Harwood, (1920–95), poet. With James McAuley and Margaret Scott, Gwen Harwood is one of the three best-known figures in twentieth-century Tasmanian poetry. She moved to Tasmania with her academic husband in 1945 and

  4. Edith Holmes

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/H/Edith%20Holmes.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Edith Holmes. Edith Lilla Holmes (1893–1973), painter, was born in Hamilton, Tasmania, and lived most of her life in Moonah. From 1918 she studied art at the Hobart Technical College under Lucien Dechaineux and Mildred Lovett, then in 1930–31 at

  5. Henry Hunter

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/H/Henry%20Hunter.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Henry Hunter. Stonehenge homestead near Oatlands, designed by Henry Hunter, 1975 (ALMFA, SLT). Henry Hunter (1832–92), architect, was born in Nottingham, migrated to South Australia in 1848, and moved to Tasmania in 1851. He commenced

  6. Vivian Smith

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/S/Smith%20vivian.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Vivian Smith. Vivian Brian Smith (b 1933), poet, academic, essayist, was born and grew up in Hobart. He graduated from the University of Tasmania and lectured in the English Department of the University of Sydney. A gifted teacher and editor, he

  7. Peter Taylor

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/T/Taylor%20peter.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Peter Taylor. Peter Lawrence Taylor (b 1927), artist, was born in Sydney and studied Art at East Sydney Technical College. He arrived in Tasmania in 1948, and was awarded the Tasmanian Sculpture Prize in 1950. He taught art at Huonville High School,

  8. Michael Howe

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/H/Michael%20Howe.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Michael Howe. Michael Howe (1787–1818), bushranger, born in Yorkshire, became a sailor then a highwayman and was transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1812. He soon absconded and joined a gang of bushrangers. In 1814 Governor Macquarie promised a

  9. John Montagu

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/M/John%20Montagu.htm
    25 Jun 2012: John Montagu. John Montagu (1797–1853), Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's Land from 1834 to 1842, was a competent and assiduous colonial administrator who took a particular interest in the improvement of convict discipline. With a vast experience

  10. Frederick Matthias Alexander

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/A/FM%20Alexander.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Frederick Matthias Alexander. Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869–1955) originated the Alexander technique, which seeks to maximise human health and potential through muscular re-education. A blacksmith's son, Alexander was born on Table Cape and

  11. Ernest Clark

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Ernest%20Clark.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Ernest Clark. Sir Ernest and Lady Clark inspecting a guard of honour at the Royal Hobart Hospital, 1940 (AOT, PH30/1/9892). Ernest Clark (1864–1951), governor, was born in England, and became a lawyer. His distinguished career in the civil service

  12. Henry Dobson

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/D/Henry%20Dobson.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Henry Dobson. The Dobson family in a carriage outside their home in South Hobart (AOT, PH30/1/9807). Henry Dobson (1841–1918), lawyer and politician, was born in Hobart. Following in his father's footsteps, he was called to the Tasmanian Bar in

  13. Public Administration

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/P/Public%20admin.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Public Administration. Public Administration in Tasmania began when civil officials were organised in Sydney and London for the three settlements established in 1803 and 1804. The largest settlement, at Hobart in February 1804, contained officers

  14. Bill Barwick

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Bill%20Barwick.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Bill Barwick. Ernest William (Bill) Barwick MBE (1905–97), athlete, was born in Cleveland, and in 1933 held every Tasmanian distance record from 800 yards to 15 miles. He specialised in the mile, and at the 1932 national championships in Melbourne,

  15. Alfred Biggs

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Alfred%20Biggs.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Alfred Biggs. Alfred Biggs (AOT, PH30/1/2892). Alfred Barratt Biggs (1825–1900), telephoner and astronomer, is credited with making the first long distance telephone call in Australia in 1877, between Campbell Town and Launceston. A teacher by

  16. Warren Carey

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Warren%20Carey.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Warren Carey. Samuel Warren Carey AO, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1911–2002), geologist. Graduating from the University of Sydney with a DSc in 1934, after distinguished careers as petroleum geologist in Papua New Guinea and

  17. Emily Dobson

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/D/Emily%20Dobson.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Emily Dobson. The Dobson family in their garden with tennis equipment, 1888 (AOT, PH30/1/9822). Emily Dobson (née Lemprière, 1842–1934), philanthropist. Married to Premier Henry Dobson, she was a formidable person and one of the first publicly

  18. Charles Eady

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/E/Charles%20Eady.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Charles Eady. Charles Eady (AOT, PH30/1/2215/2). Charles John Eady (1870–1945), cricketer, played in and for Tasmania between 1890 and 1908, batting aggressively and bowling quickly with equal effectiveness. In 1895 he became the first Australian

  19. David Foster

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/David%20Foster.htm
    25 Jun 2012: David Foster. David George Foster (b 1957), axeman, born in Hobart, is the first person in sporting history to have won over one thousand championships and is the most successful axeman in the history of the sport of woodchopping. His record

  20. Harold Gatty

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/G/Harold%20Gatty.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Harold Gatty. Harold Garry and Wiley Post after their record-breaking flight (Online Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 9 Nov 2006. Harold Charles Gatty (1903–57), air navigator, was born at Campbell Town and apprenticed as a ship's

  21. Lindy Goggin

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/G/Lindy%20Goggin.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Lindy Goggin. Lindsey Gaye (Lindy) Goggin (b 1949), golfer, was born in Launceston. From the age of twenty, Lindy played off scratch and became the lowest handicapped golfer in the world in 1976, playing from plus four. Her record marks her as the
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