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  2. Matthew Forster

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Matthew%20Forster.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Matthew Forster. Matthew Forster (1796–1846), Chief Police Magistrate of Van Diemen's Land from 1833 to 1846, was described by Governor George Arthur as 'one of the most competent officers in the service of the government'. Primarily responsible
  3. Adult Education

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/A/Adult%20education.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Adult Education. Domain House in Hobart, formerly the University of Tasmania, housed Adult Education headquarters for many years (AOT, PH30/1/5450). Early opportunities for adults in Tasmania to extend their education were provided by Mechanics'
  4. George Meredith

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/M/George%20Meredith.htm
    25 Jun 2012: George Meredith. George Meredith (1778–1856), active settler and landowner, emigrated to Tasmania in 1821. He received land grants on the east coast, where he built a home and imported livestock, and was involved inand shipbuilding. Keenly
  5. Melissa Carlton

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Melissa%20Carlton.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Melissa Carlton. Melissa Paula Carlton OAM (b 1978), paralympian, was born in South Africa and educated in Hobart. Born without a right leg, she obtained her first artificial leg at the age of one. A champion swimmer, she has won nine Olympic medals
  6. Raymond Ferrall

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Raymond%20Ferrall.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Raymond Ferrall. Raymond Alfred Ferrall (1906–2000), businessman and community leader, was a 'swampy' from Invermay. After education at Launceston Grammar, he became a journalist, then a commercial traveller with his father's grocery business,
  7. Central Plateau

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Central%20Plateau.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Central Plateau. Central Plateau scene: H Lloyd, 'Encampment at Hunters near Lake St. Clair', 1872 (ALMFA, SLT). The Central Plateau has been a place of opportunity but also of peril in the human history of Tasmania, a place where access to
  8. Cradle Mountain

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Cradle%20Mountain.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Cradle Mountain. Postcard of Cradle Mountain and Dove Lake (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). Earlier called Ribbed Rock, this iconic peak was renamed the more evocative Cradle Mountain by Van Diemen's Land Company surveyor Joseph Fossey. The name was due
  9. Federation Peak

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Federation%20Peak.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Federation Peak. G Collingridge and WC Piguenit, 'Arthur Range', 1888, (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). Although not the highest mountain in Tasmania, Federation Peak (1224m) is a difficult climb that for decades resisted every challenger. Despite many
  10. Wilderness Society

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/W/Wilderness%20socy.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Wilderness Society. Mount Rugby and Starvation Cove at Port Davey, taken by JW Beattie in about 1900 (AOT, PH30/1/3133). The Wilderness Society (Australia) began in Tasmania after the flooding of Lake Pedder in 1972. The Wilderness Society, with
  11. Stock Exchanges

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/S/Stock%20exchanges.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Stock Exchanges. JW Roxburgh, member of the Launceston Stock Exchange, 1890 (AOT, PH30/1/1197). Stock Exchanges were established in Launceston in 1881 and Hobart in 1882, to provide capital to local business ventures, in particular in the mining
  12. Launceston Club

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/L/Launceston%20Club.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Launceston Club. In 1882 a meeting at the Launceston Mechanics' Institute decided 'to form a Club for the association of gentlemen resident in Tasmania, to be called The Launceston Club, consisting of 64 original members and such other members as
  13. University of the Third Age

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/U/University%203Age.htm
    25 Jun 2012: University of the Third Age. Logo of University of the Third Age, Hobart. The University of the Third Age (U3A) movement began in France in 1973 and soon spread worldwide. In 1989 Professor Colin Wendell-Smith was asked to convene a group which
  14. Midland Highway

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/M/Midland%20Highway.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Midland Highway. The Midland Highway running through Bagdad, about 1900 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). The Midland Highway, until the 1930s 'the Main Road', from 2002 'the Heritage Highway', is Tasmania's major thoroughfare, connecting the two main
  15. Pioneer Memorial Highway

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/P/Pioneer%20highway.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Pioneer Memorial Highway. The Pioneer Memorial Highway consists of discontinuous groupings of exotic, deciduous, coniferous and indigenous trees extending from Hobart to Launceston, along the Midland Highway route of the 1930s. The Highway was a
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    South Australia - Australian Maritime College

    https://amc.edu.au/industry/omc/invigilator-search/south-australia
    29 Aug 2018: South Australia. South Australia. MSCE (SATCOM) Authorised Invigilators. John Antoney. AMFA. PORT ADELAIDE SA 5015. David Carney. AMFA. 0431 430 335. WHYALLA NORRIE SA 5608. David Carwana. Trax FM Radio & Electronics. david. carwana@gmail. com. PORT
  17. Newnham Apartments - Campus Services Resources

    https://www.utas.edu.au/infrastructure-services-development/building-works/projects/newnham-apartments
    11 Feb 2021: Newnham Apartments. A total of 180 studio apartments were constructed on the Newnham campus as part of the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS). The apartments were completed in February 2014. For more information on the NRAS scheme and
  18. A Call for Expressions of Interest

    https://www.utas.edu.au/rural-health/news-all/news-items/a-call-for-expressions-of-interest
    9 Sep 2021 A Call for Expressions of Interest. Centre for Rural Health – Health Practitioner Research Development Program. A Call for Expressions of Interest. Each year the University of Tasmania Centre for Rural Health (CRH) offers a small number of
  19. Bahá'í Faith

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Baha%27i%20Faith.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Bahá'í Faith. The Bahá'í Faith was brought to Tasmania in 1923 by Hyde Dunn who, with his wife Clara Dunn, visited again in 1924 and attracted a small group of adherents. The first was Gretta Lamprill who later took the Bahá'í Faith to Tahiti.
  20. River Don Trading Company

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/R/River%20Don%20TC.htm
    25 Jun 2012: River Don Trading Company. River Don Trading Company store, about 1890 (AOT, PH30/1/1848). The River Don Trading Company was formed in 1880, when Mr and Mrs John Henry and two associates took over the sawmill, shipping and trading business commenced
  21. AMEB Online Orchestra

    https://www.utas.edu.au/australian-music-examinations-board/ameb-news-and-events/ameb/events/ameb-online-orchestra
    1 May 2024 AMEB Online Orchestra. As part of our 2018 Centenary Celebrations, we invited you to participate in the AMEB Online Orchestra. The final video performance - which opens with the voice of our very own Saila Perera of Lucaston and includes a number of
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