Towns of Tasmania

Towns of Tasmania
Author: Bert Spinks
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2018-11-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9780648363194

In celebrating the pretty, quirky and peaceful towns around Tasmania, we ought to recognise that their establishment meant that traditional Aboriginal lifestyles ceased. Our architectural history is rather short here, but even the oldest sandstone edifice is built upon strata that contains thousands of years of human activity - and much longer than that, of landscape change. For those of us who dwell in Tasmania, it is well to understand that the places in which we base our lives have such forces behind them. For the visitor, our towns will be all the more interesting for the deep-map perspective we will try to offer, especially because Tasmania is truly one of the most interesting places on Earth.

Tasmania's Vanishing Towns Not What They Used To Be

Tasmania's Vanishing Towns Not What They Used To Be
Author: Michael John Holmes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2021-11-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9780648094548

Tasmania is Australia's most decentralised State in terms of population living beyond the capital city. There is 'history and heritage' everywhere...around every corner. In many places there remain numerous buildings particularly sandstone buildings and other relics of times past. Many communities still exist in relative isolation even today. but there is more. According to ancestry organisation websites "Based on the records, demographics, birth rates, census data and immigration patterns, the sites estimated 22 per cent of living Australians had a convict ancestor." Around 50% of early convicts arrived via Van Diemen's Land/Tasmania. In other words about 11 per cent of living Australians [or around 5 million] have a Tasmanian family history connection. Tasmania's Vanishing Towns describes hundreds of towns, villages, communities and is deal for the real or virtual traveller to Tasmania. easy to read, comprehensive yet concise with hundreds of illustrations.

World of Wanderlust

World of Wanderlust
Author: Brooke Bellamy
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2016-10-31
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 176014343X

What are the world’s greatest destinations? Where are the best places to travel solo? From airport fashion to road trip rules, professional traveller Brooke Saward shows us where to go, what to do and how to get that holiday feeling without even leaving home. Full of beautiful photographs that will ignite the imagination and featuring enduring favourites like Paris, New York, and London, this is the book that will inspire you to make every day an adventure.

Where in Tasmania

Where in Tasmania
Author: C. J. Dennison
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Names, Geographical
ISBN: 9780646187471

Only in Tasmania

Only in Tasmania
Author: Sandra Huett
Publisher: Sandra Huett
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2012
Genre: Curiosities and wonders
ISBN: 0987185004

"Executions, murders, suicides, poisonings, shipwrecks, floods, cemetery desecration, airline crashes, fires, pre-historic discoveries - all this and more has occurred in Tasmania's relatively short 210 year history since colonisation... A plethora of true stories about the gruesome, shocking , amazing and amusing events from Tasmania's history..."--Back cover.

Undiscovered Tasmania

Undiscovered Tasmania
Author: Rochelle Dare
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2021-12-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1743588380

Undiscovered Tasmania is your travel guide to the real Tasmania. Beyond the usual tourist attractions, this small island is brimming with special places to see and experience, and locals Rochelle and Wally Dare are here to let visitors in on their secrets. This isn’t your typical guidebook. Rochelle and Wally will take you deep into the Corinna Wilderness, along stretches of beautiful beaches and to their favourite places to camp. Sections include 'Beaches We Barefoot' (but NOT including Wineglass Bay), 'Roads We Trip', 'Towns We Explore' and 'Wildlife We Respect'. There's also advice for travelling on Tasmanian roads, a road toolkit, stories of locals and a focus on Tassie’s burgeoning food scene, from farm-to-plate restaurants to the best fish and chips in the state. Many experiences are uniquely Tasmanian like the Floating Sauna on Lake Derby, while the diversity of landscapes include the moon-like mining town of Queenstown and the rolling green hills of King Island that make it so perfect for dairy products. Featuring Rochelle's stunning photography throughout, this guide will take you to those places that fly under the radar, but represent the ultimate travel destinations across the Apple Isle. They're hidden gems and places that Rochelle and Wally hold dear in their hearts.

The History of Tasmania

The History of Tasmania
Author: John West
Publisher:
Total Pages: 370
Release: 1852
Genre: Aboriginal Tasmanians
ISBN:

Author's copy. Printed, with MS. corrections and annotations by the author. Handwriting identical with that in a letter from West to Edward Wise, 5 June 1864 in ML MSS. 1327/3, pp. 315-317. 1. pp. 209-340 are missing, with blank pages inserted at the back used for annotations. 2. identical with other copies of the volume.