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Using The Companion
The Companion to Tasmanian History contains 1089 articles, dealing with every important aspect of Tasmanian history. The introductory page contains alphabetical and subject indexes, as well as a search engine.
Citation in further reading lists are abbreviated for commonly used books. There are:
Lloyd Robson, A history of Tasmania, volume I Van Diemen's Land from the earliest times to 1855, Melbourne, 1983; and A history of Tasmania, volume 2 Colony and State from 1856 to the 1980s, Melbourne, 1991.
John West, The history of Tasmania, Launceston 1852, second ediction (ed AGL Shaw) Sydney, 1971.
WA Townsley, Tasmania: from colony to statehood, 1803–1945, Hobart, 1991; and Tasmania: microcosm of federation or vassal state 1945–1983, Hobart, 1994.
S Backhouse, Tasmanian artists of the twentieth century, Hobart, 1988.
H & J Kolenberg, Tasmanian vision: the art of nineteenth century Tasmania, Hobart, 1988.
J Kerr (ed), The dictionary of Australian artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870, Melbourne, 1992.
Derek Phillips, Making more adequate provision: State education in Tasmania 1803–1985, Hobart, 1985.
David Young, Sporting Island, Hobart, 2004.
G Broxam and M Nash, Tasmanian shipwrecks, two volumes, Canberra, 1998, 2000.
R Smith, Prominent Tasmanian cricketers, Launceston, 1985.
Abbreviations
| AC |
Companion of the Order of Australia |
| ABC |
Australian Broadcasting
Commission |
| ADB |
Australian Dictionary
of Biography |
| AFL |
Australian Football League |
| AIF |
Australian Imperial Force |
| ALMFA |
Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts |
| ALP |
Australian Labor Party |
| AO |
Order of Australia |
| AOT |
Archives Office of Tasmania |
| BA |
Bachelor of Arts |
| BSc |
Bachelor of Science |
| CBE |
Companion of the Order of the British Empire |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific Industrial and Research Organisation |
| DCM |
Distinguished Conduct Medal |
| DLP |
Democratic Labor Party |
| DSO |
Distinguished Service Order |
| ed, eds |
edited by |
| et al |
and others |
| FRS |
Fellow of the Royal Society |
| JAS |
Journal of Australian Studies |
| PPRST |
Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania |
| LHS |
Launceston Historical Society |
| LLB |
Bachelor of Laws |
| MA |
Master of Arts |
| MBE |
Member of the Order of the British Empire |
| MHA |
Member of the House of Assembly |
| MHR |
Member of the House of Representatives |
| MLC |
Member of the Legislative Council |
| OAM |
Medal of the Order of Australia |
| OBE |
Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
| PhD |
Doctor of Philosophy |
| QC |
Queen's Counsel |
| RAAF |
Royal Australian Air Force |
| Rev |
Reverend |
| RSL |
Returned and Services League |
| SBS |
Special Broadcasting Service |
| SLT |
State Library of Tasmania |
| TAFE |
Technical and Further Education |
| THRAPP |
Tasmanian Historical Research Association Papers and Proceedings |
| THS |
Tasmanian Historical Studies |
| TL |
Tasmaniana Library, State Library of Tasmania |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UT |
University of Tasmania |
| VC |
Victoria Cross |
| VFL |
Victorian Football League |
| YMCA |
Young Men's Christian Association |
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