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Lessons from the life of Sarah Wentworth

Rediscovering the turbulent history of an iconic Australian family, the Wentworths.

Delving deeper into your ancestry

After filling in significant family lines, Caroline Haigh decided to embark on additional study to help her uncover the stories of her ancestors’ lives.

Archaeology field school unearths unique opportunities

Discovering the long-buried remnants of Tasmania’s convict history.

19 November 2018

Convict histories reveal how ancestors could influence your health

What does it mean for you if your ancestors had a tough start to life?

10 October 2018

A fresh perspective on Tasmania, a terrible and beautiful place

Book Review: Island Story: Tasmania in Object and Text.

09 September 2018

Righting the wrongs of the past

How researchers are assisting Indigenous Australians in righting the wrongs of the past.

07 September 2018

7 reasons why it’s time to revisit Australia’s convict past

Convict sites around Tasmania have been revitalised, and historians are reimagining how Australians can revisit our colonial past.

The top 5 things to do at Hobart Open Day if society fascinates you

Open Day is just around the corner!

Reviving an original Tasmanian language

How Tasmania’s Aboriginal people reclaimed a language, palawa kani.

Pioneers reclaimed

A Diploma of Family History student-turned-author has no regrets about uncovering her family's convict past.

A Tasmanian Requiem

A Tasmanian Requiem is a musical reckoning, and a pathway to reconciliation.

On the trail of the London thylacines

An archive of bodies...

Let the games begin

Ten things you didn’t know about the Commonwealth.

How picture boards were used as propaganda in the Vandemonian War

Rediscovering evidence.

17 January 2018

Explainer: the evidence for the Tasmanian genocide

Dealing with “the Aboriginal problem”

07 December 2017

Optical collection gives crystal clear peek into past

Out of Window-Glass, Women and War: the Waterworth Optical Collection.

29 November 2017

We need a new Australia Day

Triple J did the right thing - Professor Henry Reynolds.

05 November 2017

Can Ancient Rome offer lessons on marriage laws?

Dr Jonathan Wallis tells us “it was ever thus”. He sees parallels between the current marriage law debate and the Roman politicisation of marriage over 2000 years ago.

29 October 2017

Journey through the apocalypse

Friday essay - by Adjunct Professor in History, Cassandra Pybus.

25 October 2017

Soldiers, thieves, Māori warriors

The NZ convicts sent to Australia - by Senior Lecturer, History Dr Kristyn Harman.