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  2. Thumbnail for Family history: where do I start?

    Family history: where do I start?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/family-history-where-do-i-start
    14 Oct 2022: Before you start researching your family history, you should ask yourself one very basic question: what exactly are you looking for?It sounds obvious but, according to University of Tasmania historian and coordinator of Family History program Dr
  3. Thumbnail for How a biography brought me to family history

    How a biography brought me to family history

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1142-how-a-biography-brought-me-to-family-history
    11 Jun 2021: Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that this article may contain the names and images of people who are now deceased. Back in the early 2000s, the Australian Dictionary of Biography decided to prepare a supplement
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    The multicultural colony: not just convicts

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/the-multicultural-colony-not-just-convicts
    14 Oct 2022: Having convict heritage is considered to be a real badge of honour these days. In fact, we use the term “Australian Royalty” to refer to those with a convict in the family. But this is only one part of the story of colonial Australia. According
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    Lessons from the life of Sarah Wentworth

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/845-lessons-from-the-life-of-sarah-wentworth
    3 Apr 2019: As her final assignment in the Diploma of Family History at the University of Tasmania, Ros Escott chose to explore the life of Sarah Wentworth, who was the wife of renowned explorer and politician, William Wentworth, and a significant character of
  6. Thumbnail for Delving deeper into your ancestry

    Delving deeper into your ancestry

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/839-delving-deeper-into-your-ancestry
    22 Mar 2019: Caroline, you completed the Diploma of Family History at the University of Tasmania. Tell us about your experience studying this course. I commenced the inaugural unit of the diploma, Introduction to Family History, in 2016. At that time, I had been
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    Pioneers reclaimed

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/653-pioneers-reclaimed
    28 Jun 2018: When a Melbourne retiree started the online Diploma of Family History at the University of Tasmania she had no inkling that her own connection to the island state would be revealed. The author with her first book. Former teacher Janeen O’Connell had
  8. Thumbnail for Archaeology field school unearths unique opportunities

    Archaeology field school unearths unique opportunities

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/834-archaeology-field-school-unearths-unique-opportunities
    12 Mar 2019: What was life like for the convicts who spent eight gruelling years building the Midlands Highway between Hobart and Launceston? In partnership with the Southern Midlands Council, the University of Tasmania has conducted a two-week long
  9. Thumbnail for Graduates secure prestigious scholarships to ask the big questions

    Graduates secure prestigious scholarships to ask the big questions

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/336-graduates-secure-prestigious-scholarships-to-ask-the-big-questions
    29 Jun 2017: Two University of Tasmania graduates will undertake the opportunity of a lifetime as recipients of a scholarship to study theology at the University of Oxford. Adrian Staples and Harrison Virs have been awarded the scholarships by Reverend Professor
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    From architect to historian

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/109-from-architect-to-historian
    22 Jun 2016: Prue Slatyer thought Tasmania was missing an incredible opportunity to capitalise socially and economically from its regional historical assets. So she went back to university to change that. An avid traveller and established architect with a strong
  11. Thumbnail for Who is Jane Reid?  The thesis of Lucy Bennett

    Who is Jane Reid? The thesis of Lucy Bennett

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/82-who-is-jane-reid-the-thesis-of-lucy-bennett
    9 May 2016: "When I started Honours in History, I had no idea what my thesis should be. I just couldn’t get excited about it. Then I read the private and unpublished scrapbook of Jane Williams, an incredible primary source seen by no historian before me. The

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