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  2. Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and Young Women's…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/Y/YMCA.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). The YMCA, part of an international movement for 'the Spiritual, Intellectual, Social, and Moral Improvement of all within its reach', reached Launceston in 1880

  3. Photographs - Andrew Inglis Clark - University of Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/clark/photos.html
    25 Jun 2012: This site provides information on the redevelopment of the University web site and an opportunity to provide comments and feedback. In future policies, protocols, guidelines and templates will be accessible via the site.

  4. Poppy industry

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/P/Poppy.htm
    25 Jun 2012: poppy industry. The Poppy or opiate alkaloid industry is based on a dry poppy plant process invented by Hungarian chemist, Janos Kabay, in 1931. Following CSIRO development work, pilot production began on the north-west coast in 1964. The first

  5. Scots Community

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/S/Scots.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Scots Community. An 1860 example of the Scots influence in Tasmania (W. E. Crowther Library, SLT). The Scots Community began to arrive in Tasmania from the 1820s, around the Clyde River and the northern Midlands, attracted by the land grant scheme

  6. Parks

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/P/Parks.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Parks. People's Park in Launceston, about 1880 (W. L. Crowther Library, SLT). Parks are plentiful in Tasmanian towns. Mostly managed by municipal authorities, they consist of land set aside by the state or federal government (for example, Hobart's

  7. Shops

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/S/Shops.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Shops. Staff outside Storrer's Furniture Warehouse, Launceston, about 1890 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). Shops began in Tasmania in the earliest settlements, with people selling their own products and a range of imports from England. In about 1806

  8. Wages and Unemployment

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/W/Wages.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Wages and Unemployment. Walduck's woorkroom staff at Beaconsfield, 1900 (AOT, PH30/1/5938). In its formative years, Van Diemen's Land was a prison farm dependant on a publicly owned slave labour force, at once cheap and inefficient. Despite its

  9. Contact us - Andrew Inglis Clark - University of Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/clark/contact.html
    25 Jun 2012: This site provides information on the redevelopment of the University web site and an opportunity to provide comments and feedback. In future policies, protocols, guidelines and templates will be accessible via the site.

  10. Letters - Andrew Inglis Clark - University of Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/clark/letters.html
    25 Jun 2012: This site provides information on the redevelopment of the University web site and an opportunity to provide comments and feedback. In future policies, protocols, guidelines and templates will be accessible via the site.

  11. the Muttonbird

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/M/Muttonbird.htm
    25 Jun 2012: the Muttonbird. Hoisting casks of muttonbird oil into a vessel, 1920 (AOT, PH30/1/6141). The Muttonbird or Short-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris, only breeds in Australia and is probably Australia's most abundant seabird. It is a

  12. Vegetables other than Potatoes

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/V/Vegetables.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Vegetables other than Potatoes. A tableau made from Tasmanian vegetables displayed at Government House, 1942 (AOT, PH30/1/2706). An important part of the Aborigines' diet was vegetables, such as native carrot, native potato, and the pith from

  13. Clark as law-maker and jurist - University of Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/clark/clark_exhibition/jurist.html
    25 Jun 2012: While Attorney-General in the Fysh and Braddon Governments, Clark became the most productive and progressive Tasmanian Attorney-General of the nineteenth century. He introduced 228 Bills into the House of Assembly and, displaying superlative

  14. Clark's writings - University of Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/clark/writings.html
    25 Jun 2012: This site provides information on the redevelopment of the University web site and an opportunity to provide comments and feedback. In future policies, protocols, guidelines and templates will be accessible via the site.

  15. Speeches - Andrew Inglis Clark - University of Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/clark/speeches.html
    25 Jun 2012: This site provides information on the redevelopment of the University web site and an opportunity to provide comments and feedback. In future policies, protocols, guidelines and templates will be accessible via the site.

  16. Catholicism

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Catholicism.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Catholicism. St Paul's Catholic church, Oatlands, 1850s (ALMFA, SLT). Catholics have usually comprised about a fifth of Tasmania's population. Their proportion fell to 17 percent in 1929–47. Unprecedented migration from continental Europe lifted

  17. Trade Unions

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/T/Trade%20unions.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Trade Unions. An Eight Hour Day parade in Liverpool Street, Hobart in 1920 (AOT, PH30/1/3767). The earliest unions in Tasmania were organised by craft workers. There is evidence of a printers' union being established in 1829, and tailors', carpenters

  18. William Davidson Peacock

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/P/Peacock.htm
    25 Jun 2012: William Davidson Peacock. Apple label from WD Peacock's firm (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). William Davidson Peacock (1847–1921), fruit exporter. Born in Gloucestershire, Peacock emigrated to Hobart in 1869 and worked at his uncle's jam factory. In

  19. Fishing

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Fishing.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Fishing. A fishing boat on the slip at Bicheno, 1920 (AOT, PH30/1/9636). Fishing began early in Van Diemen's Land. Though it is unknown whether the Aborigines ate scale fish, they certainly ate shellfish. When British pioneers found Tasmania's

  20. Clark's cultural and leisure interests - University of Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/clark/interests.html
    25 Jun 2012: This site provides information on the redevelopment of the University web site and an opportunity to provide comments and feedback. In future policies, protocols, guidelines and templates will be accessible via the site.

  21. Presbyterian Church

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/P/Presbyterian.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Presbyterian Church. St John's Presbyterian church, Macquarie St, Hobart, 1870 (W. L. Crowther Library). The Presbyterian Church in Tasmania dates back to the early days of British settlement, with some Presbyterians arriving in 1804. In 1821

  22. Technical Education

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/T/Technical%20education.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Technical Education. Woodwork class at New Town Technical School, 1951 (AOT, AB713/1/30). Technical Education in Tasmania was the product of a fusion of class interests in the late nineteenth century. Government and business wanted a skilled labour

  23. Federal Movement

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Federal%20movement.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Federal Movement. Celebrating federation: Parliament House, Hobart, 1901 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). The Federal Movement in Tasmania was essentially a politicians' rather than a people's movement. Tasmanian interest in Australian federation dates

  24. Regattas

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/R/Regattas.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Regattas. Ludwig Becker, 'Hobart Town Regatta 1852' (W. L. Crowther Library, SLT). Regattas have been popular since early colonial times, with crews of whalers and merchantmen initially competing informally. In 1831 the Hobart 'Arrow Club' organised

  25. Clark: Making his way in the world culturally and politically -…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/clark/clark_exhibition/way.html
    25 Jun 2012: Clark had to make his own way in the world. He trained for the law, taking his articles with R. P. Adams, but his broader education depended very much on his own initiative. He read widely, participated enthusiastically in local literary societies,

  26. Royal Hobart Hospital

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/R/RHH.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Royal Hobart Hospital. JW Beattie, 'Colonial Hospital, Liverpool Street, main entrance', 1880 (W. L. Crowther Library). The Royal Hobart Hospital is the longest-running institution in Tasmania (aside from the military services), beginning in 1804

  27. Clark's family - University of Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/clark/familytree.html
    25 Jun 2012: This site provides information on the redevelopment of the University web site and an opportunity to provide comments and feedback. In future policies, protocols, guidelines and templates will be accessible via the site.

  28. Hospitals

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/H/Hospitals.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Hospitals. Zeehan Hospital, about 1900 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). Hospitals in Van Diemen's Land were rudimentary: patients were treated by untrained staff in makeshift accommodation, and supplies of provisions, medicine and bedding were inadequate

  29. Ukrainian Community

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/U/Ukrainian.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Ukrainian Community. Workmen building Poatina hydro-electric station, 1960 (AOT, AA193/1/725). Ukrainians were among the migrants to Tasmania after the Second World War, with many employed in hydro-electric works in the highlands. The majority,

  30. Thylacine

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/T/Thylacine.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Thylacine. Louisa Anne Meredith, 'Tasmanian Tiger', 1880 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). The Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) or Tasmanian Tiger both fascinated and scared early settlers. Although it was considered a threat to flocks, some settlers

  31. Breweries

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Breweries.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Breweries. Joseph Connor, 'Walker's Brewery, Hobart', undated (W. L. Crowther Library, SLT). The brewing of beer in Tasmania started within the first year or two of European settlement, but it was not until the early 1820s that the first major

  32. William Russ Pugh

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/P/Pugh.htm
    25 Jun 2012: William Russ Pugh. 'People of importance in their day', in Melbourne: Dr Pugh is third from right (W. L. Crowther Library, SLT). William Russ Pugh (1806–97), medical practitioner, credited with administering the first surgical anaesthetic in the

  33. Coal

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Coal.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Coal. Mary Morton Allport, 'Coal Mines Richmond', c 1842 (ALMFA, SLT). Coal was first discovered in Tasmania by French explorers in 1793. After settlement in 1803, coal was mined on a small scale in many places over the eastern half of the state.

  34. Wine and Viticulture

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/W/Wine.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Wine and Viticulture. Bernacchi's vineyard on Maria Island, 1880s (AOT, PH30/1/1913). The first vines were planted in 1788 by Bligh from the Bounty at Adventure Bay, Bruny Island, and the explorer Bass noted the potential of the Derwent Valley in

  35. Associated Pulp & Paper Mills

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/A/APPM.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Associated Pulp & Paper Mills. Associated Pulp & Paper Mills, Burnie, 1950s (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). Associated Pulp & Paper Mills Limited was formed by entrepreneur, Gerald Mussen, with major shareholders the associated mining companies of

  36. Female Convicts

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Female%20convicts.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Female Convicts. The Female Factory at South Hobart (AOT, NS1013/1/571). Nearly 12,500 women were transported to Van Diemen's Land, mostly for petty theft. This was roughly the same number as were sent to New South Wales. Two-thirds arrived after

  37. Orchestras

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/O/Orchestras.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Orchestras. Although there were early musical ensembles, development was spasmodic. In the 1840s, a choral society and orchestra in Hobart performed European works and new compositions, and the Hobart Musical Union thrived from 1867 until the 1890s.

  38. Homeopathy

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/H/Homeopathy.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Homeopathy. Gould's Homoeopathic Pharmacy, Hobart, c 1890 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). Homeopathy is a therapeutic system of medicine that is based on the principle that like cures like – which means that a substance that can cause certain symptoms

  39. Philip Oakley Fysh

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/PO%20Fysh.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Philip Oakley Fysh. Philip Oakley Fysh (Parliament of Tasmania). Philip Oakley Fysh (1835–1919), politician, arrived in Tasmania in 1859 and established a wholesale business in Hobart. He entered the Legislative Council in 1866, battled the

  40. Bands

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Bands.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Bands. North Hobart Concert Band, 1917 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). Bands in Van Diemen's Land were initially military. The first civic band, the St Joseph's Total Abstinence Band, was formed in Launceston in 1845, some of its thirteen members coming

  41. Films

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Films.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Films. Actors from 'For the term of his natural life', 1927 (AOT, PH30/1/4148). Films or moving pictures gradually displaced live theatre as the predominant form of mass entertainment in the early twentieth century. Tasmania played a role in the

  42. Thomas Davey

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/D/Davey.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Thomas Davey. Thomas Davey (AOT, PH30/1/640). Thomas Davey (1758–1823), Lt-Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1813 to 1817. The European colony was little more than a camp when Davey arrived, and he was the first administrator of the whole island.

  43. Poliomyelitis

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/P/Polio.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Poliomyelitis. A member of the Lyons family receiving a Salk vaccine injection against polio, 1960 (AOT, PH30/1/3596). Caused by a virus which attacks nerve cells, and the only infectious disease (apart from those sexually transmitted) to increase

  44. Crime

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Crime.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Crime. Launceston Police Barracks, 1865 (AOT, PH30/1/9330). Crime is an aspect of the history of Tasmania, just as it is of any society. However, on an island that, since European settlement, was characterised by its early use as an isolated prison

  45. Eric Reece

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/R/Reece.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Eric Reece. Eric Reece taking the salute from marching girls at the opening of the Australian championships, Devonport, 1960 (AOT, PH30/1/3605). Eric Elliott Reece AC (1909–99), politician, was a member of parliament 1946–1975, and Premier of

  46. Roads

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/R/Roads.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Roads. Unknown artist, 'Huon Road in Summer', 1886, showing the unmade surface (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). Until the end of the nineteenth century, building a road in the colony was usually a slow process, which began with marking a route by a

  47. Publications - Andrew Inglis Clark - University of Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/clark/publications.html
    25 Jun 2012: This site provides information on the redevelopment of the University web site and an opportunity to provide comments and feedback. In future policies, protocols, guidelines and templates will be accessible via the site.

  48. Area Schools

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/A/Area%20schools.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Area Schools. The official opening of Yolla Area School, 1940 (AOT, PH30/1/5367b). Area Schools were an innovation in Australian rural education, although the idea had been brought back to Tasmania by the Director of Education, GV Brooks, after his

  49. Secondary Education (State)

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/S/Secondary%20education.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Secondary Education (State). Undated postcard of Hobart High School, established 1913 (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). Public education in Tasmania was limited to primary schools until 1913, when selective state high schools in Hobart and Launceston

  50. The Fabrication of Aboriginal History?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/F/Fabrication.htm
    25 Jun 2012: The Fabrication of Aboriginal History? In November 2002 appeared a book by Keith Windschuttle that was to make Tasmanian history, for the first time, a national public issue. Through the sponsorship of the Australian newspaper in particular, The

  51. Bushranging

    https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/B/Bushranging.htm
    25 Jun 2012: Bushranging. Bushrangers attacking a homestead (Tasmaniana Library, SLT). Bushranging began in Tasmania in the early years of settlement, when near starvation meant convicts were sent into the bush to hunt. Some remained there, living by stealing

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