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  2. Archer Family

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/A/Archer%20family.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Archer Family. Woolmers in 1919 (ALMFA, SLT). Four sons of Hertfordshire miller, William Archer (1754–1833), established themselves in Van Diemen's Land. Thomas Archer MLC (1790–1850), arrived in Sydney in 1812. Appointed to the Commissariat
  3. Matthew Brady

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Matthew%20Brady.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Matthew Brady. James McCabe, Matthew Brady and Patrick Bryant, 1826 (AOT, PH30/1/4144). Matthew Brady (1799–1826), bushranger, was born of Irish parents in England, and in 1820 was transported to Van Diemen's Land for stealing. In 1822 he was sent
  4. Charles Davis

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/D/Charles%20Davis.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Charles Davis. Charles Davis' Hobart shop, c 1887 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). Charles Davis (1824–1913), convict, transported for theft, on his release in 1847 began an ironmongery business in Hobart. An excellent businessman, he presided over
  5. Henry Hellyer

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/H/Henry%20Hellyer.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Henry Hellyer. The Mersey River: difficult terrain for a surveyor (AOT, PH30/1/2224). Henry Hellyer (1790–1832), explorer and surveyor, was one of the first officers of the Van Diemen's Land Company, the principal explorer of north-western Tasmania
  6. Henry Hopkins

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/H/Henry%20Hopkins.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Henry Hopkins. Henry Hopkins with his family at his residence, Summerhome, Moonah (AOT PH30/1/5461). Henry Hopkins (1787–1870), businessman and philanthropist, was a woolclasser before emigrating from England in 1822 with his wife Sarah and his
  7. Miller Family

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/M/Miller%20family.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Miller Family. Brisbane Street Chapel, taken in 1905 when it was the hall for the newer Congregational church left (AOT, PH30/1/3697). Frederick Miller (1808–62) was born in London and was ordained in the Congregational church. In response to
  8. Thomas Family

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/T/Thomas%20family.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Thomas Family. Jocelyn Henry Connor Thomas (1780–1862) and his brother Captain Bartholomew Boyle Thomas (1785–1831) were Anglo–Irish gentry who emigrated after a land-reclamation venture failed. Jocelyn arrived in 1824. He acquired Everton at
  9. George Washington Walker

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/W/Walker%20George.htm
    25 Jun 2012: George Washington Walker. George Washington Walker (AOT, PH30/1/4131). George Washington Walker (1800–59), missionary and businessman, was an English Quaker who in 1828 answered a call from James Backhouse to be his secretary-companion on a
  10. George Brooks

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/George%20Brooks.htm
    25 Jun 2012: George Brooks. George Vickery Brooks (1877–1956), Tasmanian Director of Education from 1920 until 1945. Despite economic difficulties, Brooks and his senior officers successfully introduced many ideas for which Tasmanian education became known.
  11. Town Planning

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/T/Town%20planning.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Town Planning. Town planning, the conscious intervention by government into the orderly growth of urban centres, aims to improve health, ensure efficient land use, protect the environment and facilitate economic development. Town planning began in
  12. Newton Barber

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Newton%20Barber.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Newton Barber. Horace Newton Barber (1914–71), botanist (PhD London, Doctor of Science Cambridge, FRS, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science), was foundation Professor of Botany at the University of Tasmania from 1947 to 1963. Tall (over 2
  13. Kenneth Binns

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Kenneth%20Binns.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Kenneth Binns. Kenneth Binns (left) as a member of the Tasmanian Industrial Mission to Britain, 1960 (AOT, PH30/1/3601). Kenneth Johnstone Binns (1912–1987), economist, was born in New South Wales, and studied at Melbourne University and Harvard.
  14. Victor Burley

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Victor%20Burley.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Victor Burley. Up-to-date new machinery at Cadbury in 1960 (AOT, PH30/1/9055). Victor George Burley (1914–2002), engineer, was one of Tasmania's most celebrated engineers, and will be remembered for his contributions to the development of science
  15. Stephen Cheek

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Stephen%20Cheek.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Stephen Cheek. Stephen Cheek (1853–82), rural evangelist. His Congregationalist parents arrived in Tasmania in 1855, eventually settling at Rosevale. Around 1876, Cheek became convinced of the need for adult baptism. He was baptised by the
  16. Charles Gould

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/G/Charles%20Gould.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Charles Gould. Mount Darwin, named by Charles Gould (AOT, PH30/1/4848). Charles Gould (1834–93), geologist. After working with the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Gould was appointed the first Geological Surveyor in Tasmania (1859–69). In an
  17. Louise Lovely

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/L/Louise%20Lovely.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Louise Lovely. Louise Nellie Lovely (née Carbasse, 1895–1980), film star and producer, was born in Sydney, illegitimate. In around 1911 she starred in nine film melodramas, and with her husband Wilton went to Hollywood in 1914 and became a star.
  18. John Marshall

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/M/John%20Marshall.htm
    25 Jun 2012: John Marshall. John Marshall (1796?–1876), cricketer. Born in England, Marshall brought considerable cricket expertise with him when he arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1832. He scored heavily in club cricket in the 1830s and 1840s and, despite his
  19. Tamar Estuary

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/T/Tamar%20estuary.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Tamar Estuary. AS Murray, 'Bay – Tamar River', 1900 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). The Tamar Estuary is one of the major estuary systems of the southern Australian marine faunal region. It is the estuary of the North Esk and South Esk Rivers which
  20. Fenton Family

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Fenton%20family.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Fenton Family. Loetitia Casey, 'Fenton Forest', 1850s? (ALMFA, SLT). Two Anglo–Irish families, cousins, settled in the Derwent Valley and Forth. Michael Fenton (1789–1874) arrived in 1829, developed Fenton Forest, Glenora, and was a member of
  21. Gibson Family

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/G/Gibson%20family.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Gibson Family. The Gibson family's prize ram, Prince Albert, 1887 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). The Gibson Family came Tasmania in 1804, when David Gibson arrived as a convict, but soon he was granted land near Perth and Evandale, and in 1811 he and
  22. Talbot Family

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/T/Talbot%20family.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Talbot Family. Malahide, Fingal in 1899 (AOT, PH30/1/3964). The Talbot family were lords of Malahide Castle in Ireland from 1184 to 1976. In 1821 William Talbot, a sixth son, was granted 3000 acres at Fingal, Tasmania, which he developed into a
  23. Taylor Family

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/T/Taylor%20family.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Taylor Family. Campbell Town in about 1900 (AOT, PH30/1/1138). The Taylor family – George (64), Mary (56) and six adult children – gave up their lease of land in Scotland and in 1822 emigrated to Van Diemen's Land. They received land grants on
  24. Royal Society of Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/R/Royal%20Society.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Royal Society of Tasmania. Medal to commemorate the centenary of the Royal Society of Tasmania ( ALMFA, SLT). The Royal Society of Tasmania was the first Royal Society established outside the United Kingdom. It was set up by Sir John Eardley-Wilmot
  25. Cripps Family

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Cripps%20family.htm
    25 Jun 2012: The Cripps Family. William and Eliza Cripps, 1881 (AOT, PH40/1/595). The Cripps Family name is synonymous with baking in southern Tasmania. Transported in 1844, William Cripps, a young baker from Sussex, served his probationary labour as a station
  26. Silk and Textiles

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/S/Silk%20Textiles.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Silk and Textiles. The Silk and Textiles factory (centre right, mass of white roof) in 1955, before the Brooker Highway was built. Prince of Wales Bay at bottom of photo (AOT, PH30/1/5192). Silk and Textiles was formed in Sydney in 1939 by the
  27. Census-taking

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Census%20taking.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Census-taking. The earliest counts of the population of Van Diemen's Land were compiled from muster rolls, the forerunners of censuses, which were to become more systematic and regular accounts of well-defined characteristics of the population.
  28. Fire brigades

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Fire%20brigades.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Fire brigades. The Hobart timber firm Crisp and Gunn ran its own fire brigade, c 1900 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). Fire brigades in Tasmania had humble beginnings in the need of the community to protect itself from the havoc wreaked by fire. When the
  29. Ghost Stories

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/G/Ghost%20stories.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Ghost Stories. Said to be haunted – Addington Lodge, New Norfolk (W. L. Crowther Library, SLT). 'Of all the Australian states Tasmania is said to be the most haunted'. A short legacy of European settlement in Tasmania has generated an abundance of
  30. State Library of Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/S/State%20library.htm
    25 Jun 2012: State Library of Tasmania. Laying the foundation stone of the new Public Library, 1904 (ALMFA, SLT). The 'Tasmanian Public Library' opened in 1849 in a house on the corner of Barrack and Davey Streets, Hobart, funded by a government grant for books
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    Research Scholarships - Australian Maritime College

    https://amc.edu.au/research/research-scholarships
    13 Jun 2019: Research Scholarships. Research Scholarships. AMC offers a range of scholarships for Higher Degree by Research candidates of exceptional research potential to AMC's unique research facilities. The selection criteria for these Scholarships are based
  32. Matriarchs of Survival

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/M/Matriarchs%20of%20survival.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Matriarchs of Survival. Fanny Cochrane Smith with her husband William and two men, possibly her sons (ALMFA, SLT). Two children of Aboriginal women and sealers were able to escape their displacement to the Bass Strait islands and return to the
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    Western Australia - Australian Maritime College

    https://amc.edu.au/industry/omc/invigilator-search/western-australia
    29 Aug 2018: Western Australia. Western Australia. MSCE (SATCOM) Authorised Invigilators. Rhys Allen. TAFE WA Central Regional. rhys. allen@crtafe. wa. edu. au. BEACHLANDS WA 6530. James Armstrong. Marine Rescue Bunbury. 0407 830 389. jameslarmstrong07@gmail. com.
  34. Work Health & Safety - School of Social Sciences

    https://www.utas.edu.au/social-sciences/social-work/field-education-placements/work-health-and-safety
    31 May 2024: Work Health & Safety. Information about incident, accident and injury procedures and student insurance are available at UTAS Work Health and Safety Student Information. Accidents or injuries on Field Education Placements. Placement agencies have
  35. - CODES – Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences

    https://www.utas.edu.au/codes/research-programs/program-4/subaerial-and-submarine-volc
    9 Jul 2020: Search UTAS. Search. Menu. I am a:. Popular Links. Our Research. Graduate Research. Community. Engagement. Our University. Campuses & Services. News, Events & Publications. Quick Links. CODES – Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences. SUBAERIAL
  36. - CODES – Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences

    https://www.utas.edu.au/codes/research-programs/program-4/chalcophile-and-noble-metals
    9 Jul 2020: Search UTAS. Search. Menu. I am a:. Popular Links. Our Research. Graduate Research. Community. Engagement. Our University. Campuses & Services. News, Events & Publications. Quick Links. CODES – Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences. MELT-FLUID
  37. Aboriginal Islanders

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/A/Aboriginal%20Islanders.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Aboriginal Islanders. Aboriginal people on Cape Barren Island, about 1940 (AOT, PH30/1/6675). Many contemporary Tasmanian Aborigines are descended from a community of Aboriginal women and European sealers, established in the early 1800s on the
  38. Mechanics' Institutes

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/M/Mechanics%20Institutes.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Mechanics' Institutes. Alfred Abbott, 'Scotch Church, & Mechanics' Institute', Launceston, 1861 (W. L. Crowther Library, SLT). Mechanics' Institutes originated in Edinburgh in 1821 and soon spread to the rest of the British Isles and throughout the
  39. Fauna, Treatment of in Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Fauna,%20treatment%20of.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Fauna, Treatment of in Tasmania. James Ross, 'Kangaroo hunter and his dogs', 1830 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). For both the Tasmanian Aborigines and early European settlers native fauna was a source of food and skins. Aboriginal groups sometimes used
  40. Benevolent Societies

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Benevolent%20Societies.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Benevolent Societies. Benevolent Societies were formed in the 1830s in Hobart (1832–39), Launceston (1834–36) and Longford (c 1838–45), and there were similar associations run by Wesleyans and Jews. Convicts were assisted by the government,
  41. Athletics (Amateur)

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/A/Athletics%20(Amateur).htm
    25 Jun 2012: Athletics (Amateur). The finish of a race at Cambridge, 1910 (AOT, PH30/1/4210). Athletics (Amateur) in Tasmania seemed to begin with challenges of athletic feats, the only reports of athletics in newspapers. Until the 1880s there was no record of
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    Digital Urban Design and Architecture

    https://www.utas.edu.au/research/degrees/available-projects/projects/architecture-and-design/digital-urban-design-and-architecture
    23 Oct 2024: Digital Urban Design and Architecture. Digital Augmentation of Regional Urban Design and Architecture: New perspectives for sustainable transformation of regional cities and settlements. Digital Urban Design and Architecture. Degree type. PhD.
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    Gene-environment interactions in ALS

    https://www.utas.edu.au/research/degrees/available-projects/projects/dementia-research/gene-environment-interactions-in-als2
    30 Jul 2024: Gene-environment interactions in ALS. Gene-environment interactions in ALS. Degree type. PhD. Closing date. 1 October 2024. Campus. Hobart. Citizenship requirement. Domestic / International. About the research project. ALS can develop due to
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    Intelligent IoT Application Scheduling

    https://www.utas.edu.au/research/degrees/available-projects/projects/information-and-communication-technology/intelligent-iot-application-scheduling
    23 Oct 2024: Intelligent IoT Application Scheduling. Time-Sensitive IoT Application Scheduling in Edge and Volunteer Computing Environment. Intelligent IoT Application Scheduling. Degree type. PhD. Closing date. 1 February 2025. Campus. Hobart. Citizenship
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    Modelling Affective Learning Behaviours

    https://www.utas.edu.au/research/degrees/available-projects/projects/information-and-communication-technology/modelling-affective-learning-behaviours
    24 Oct 2024: Modelling Affective Learning Behaviours. A data driven learning analytics framework based on users' cognitive and affective learning behaviours. Modelling Affective Learning Behaviours. Degree type. PhD. Closing date. 1 February 2025. Campus.
  46. Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/R/Relig%20Soc%20Friends.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The Friends' School, 1910 (AOT, PH30/1/2440). The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), a worldwide movement founded by George Fox in seventeenth-century England, is known primarily for its commitment to
  47. Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/R/Royal%20Bot%20Gardens.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. HH Bailey, 'R. S. [Royal Society] Garden, Hobart Town', 1875 (W. L. Crowther Library, SLT). The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens are the second oldest in Australia, having commenced in 1818, two years after those at
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    The Patient Voice in Cancer Genomics

    https://www.utas.edu.au/research/degrees/available-projects/projects/medical-research/the-patient-voice-in-cancer-genomics
    13 Aug 2024: The Patient Voice in Cancer Genomics. Capturing the Patient Voice in Prostate Cancer Genomic Medicine. The Patient Voice in Cancer Genomics. Degree type. PhD. Closing date. 1 October 2024. Campus. Hobart. Citizenship requirement. Domestic /
  49. Offsite/Excursion Notification - Faculty of Education

    https://www.utas.edu.au/education/professional-experience/online-forms/offsite-excursion-notification
    18 Jan 2024: Offsite/Excursion Notification. If a Pre-Service teacher is required to leave their placement site for any reason, this information is required to be submitted on the below form which notifies the Professional Experience Office. Required fields are
  50. Annual Report Released

    https://www.utas.edu.au/across/across-whats-new/news-items/annual-report-released
    2 May 2018 Search UTAS. Search. Menu. I am a:. Popular Links. Our Research. Graduate Research. Community. Engagement. Our University. Campuses & Services. News, Events & Publications. Quick Links. Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science. Annual
  51. Introduction

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/Introduction.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Introduction. Sir Guy Green gave this speech at the launch of the book version of The Companion to Tasmanian History, at the writers' festival which was part of Ten Days on the Island, April 2005. The launch was held in the specially erected Pacific
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