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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