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  2. Thomas Burbury

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Thomas%20Burbury.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Thomas Burbury. The Burbury family property, 1858 (W. L. Crowther Library, SLT). Thomas Burbury (1809–70), convict and landowner, was born into the English gentry, but was transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1832 for taking part in Luddite riots,

  3. Menzies Centre

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/M/Menzies%20Centre.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Menzies Centre. The Menzies Centre was opened in 1988, established by grants from the Menzies Foundation in Melbourne, and the Tasmanian government. Its mission is to conduct research to explore environmental and genetic causes of disease using the

  4. AGENTS-GENERAL FOR TASMANIA

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/A/Agents-general.htm
    25 Jun 2012: AGENTS-GENERAL FOR TASMANIA. Alfred Dobson, Agent-General 1901 to 1908 (AOT, PH30/1/9965). Initially the colony of Van Diemen's Land was represented by a private agent who pursued the anti-transportation case in London for the settlers. After the

  5. Barnard Family

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Barnard%20family.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Barnard Family. Eric Barnard, Minister for Primary Industry, 1976 (AOT, PH30/1/1997). The Barnard family's political dynasty began with Herbert Claude Barnard (Claude) (1890–1957). Born at Mole Creek, he represented Bass for Labor in the House of

  6. Hodgman Family

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/H/Hodgman%20family.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Hodgman Family. Thomas Hodgman (Parliament of Tasmania). Tasmania's first political dynasty began with Thomas Hodgman (1853–1930), who was a member of the House of Assembly from 1900–12. His nephew, WC (Bill) Hodgman QC, OBE (1909–97), was a

  7. Loyalty League

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/L/Loyalty%20League.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Loyalty League. The Loyalty League began in Victoria in March 1918, after the second defeat of the divisive conscription referendum, fears that Irish and Catholic minorities posed a security threat, and heavy army losses on the Western Front. Amid

  8. Frenchmans Cap

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Frenchmans%20Cap.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Frenchmans Cap. Frenchmans Cap, 1960 (AOT, PH30/1/2110). Frenchmans Cap (1446 metres) is one of Tasmania's most distinctive peaks. This elegant, white quartzite dome, ice-sheared on its south-eastern side to reveal Tasmania's highest cliffs,

  9. Salvation Army

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/S/Salvation%20army.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Salvation Army. The Salvation Army had a seminal link with Tasmania. Launceston businessman and philanthropist Henry Reed, living in London, gave William Booth over £5000 to establish the Salvation Army on a firm footing in about 1870. In 1883 the

  10. Uniting Church

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/U/Uniting%20church.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Uniting Church. Wesley Church, Hobart, now a Uniting church (AOT, PH30/1/2981). The Uniting Church in Australia commenced in June 1977 with the amalgamation of the Methodist and the majority of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches in

  11. South Africans

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/S/South%20Africans.htm
    25 Jun 2012: South Africans. South Africans and Tasmanians had many exchanges from the time Van Diemen's Land was settled, as both places were British colonies and South Africa was on the route from Van Diemen's Land to Britain. Exchanges were mainly through

  12. Tasmanian Creativity

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/T/Tas%20creativity.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Tasmanian Creativity. W John Glover, 'Cataract on the South Esk River near Launceston, Van Diemen's Land', 1831 (ALMFA, SLT). From the earliest days following European settlement, people of Tasmanian origin or association have had a remarkable

  13. Brisbane Hotel

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Brisbane%20Hotel.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Brisbane Hotel. Brisbane Hotel, 1880s (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). The Brisbane Hotel, Launceston, was built by Joseph Barrett in 1824, and called the Elphin Arms. The building had many owners. It became a girls' school, then a hotel again, the Robin

  14. Cornwall Hotel

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Cornwall%20Hotel.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Cornwall Hotel. Cornwall Hotel, 1880s (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). The Cornwall Hotel was built in 1824 by John Pascoe Fawkner, one of his many businesses. With two storeys and thirteen rooms, it was Launceston's leading hotel. JE Cox took over in the

  15. Cramp Brothers

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Cramp%20Brothers.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Cramp Brothers. The type of coach produced by Cramps (AOT, PH30/1/1679). Cramp Brothers' coach-building firm was established in 1892 in Hobart by WT and RJ Cramp. Despite the Depression, the business grew rapidly. As cars became more common,

  16. Beswick Family

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Beswick%20family.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Beswick Family. Derby in 1905, when the Beswick family was flourishing there (AOT, PH30/1/2100). The Beswick family's first member in Tasmania was Thomas Beswick, who arrived in 1823, transported for stealing a watchcase from a London shop at age 17.

  17. Diprose family

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/D/Diprose%20family.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Diprose family. Bass View, L Diprose's home at Yolla (AOT, PH30/1/5374). Thomas (1781–1865) and Elizabeth (1782–1868), free immigrants from Kent, arrived in Hobart Town in 1823 with their eight children, aged between two and eighteen years.

  18. Freeman family

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Freeman%20family.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Freeman family. James Freeman, born 1801, at Eltham, Kent, was a coachman for Mr Howe and drove a '4-in-hand' carriage. In 1825 he was convicted of stealing a black mare worth £10, and was sentenced to be hanged. This was commuted to transportation

  19. Goninon Family

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/G/Goninon%20family.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Goninon Family. Early settlers at Beaconsfield standing in front of the courthouse, 1882 (AOT, PH30/1/4083). The Goninon family, Henry, Mary and their children, migrated from Cornwall around 1860, after mining developed in Australia. Henry first

  20. Progress Associations

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/P/Progress%20assns.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Progress Associations. Recreation grounds were often high on the list of progress associations' aims: football at Cambridge, 1910 (AOT, PH30/1/4287). Progress Associations have been active pressure groups in Tasmania since the 1880s and reflected

  21. Race Relations

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/R/Race%20relations.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Race Relations. Race Relations in Tasmania after British settlement were, overall, appalling, ending in the death of most of the original inhabitants and the expulsion of virtually all the remainder to the Furneaux Islands. From that period the vast
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