Jan 2022 – Tamar Valley Tales

Popular culture records Charlotte Badger as Australia’s only female pirate. According to one tale, under the captaincy of Badger –

The Venus became the terror of Bass Strait. Frightful atrocities were committed; ships were captured, plundered and sunk.
Elvie Williams, Australian Woman’s Mirror

But was Charlotte Badger actually a pirate?

Museum Review: QVMAG (Royal Park) – First Tasmanians Exhibit

I have fond childhood memories of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (QVMAG) at the Royal Park, Launceston site. For years, it was the template I held for what a museum should be. It had lots of interesting corners to poke around in and a number of exhibits that I still miss. For now & then photos of the museum, see my post here.

Now & Then – Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (QVMAG), Royal Park

NOW & THEN – The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (QVMAG) at the Royal Park site, Launceston, Tasmania.

From the Archives – Longford Tasmania in January 1922

Looking back at the Tamar Valley and Northern Tasmania as it was in January 1922, via photos published in The Weekly Courier. This week’s photos are of Longford.

The South Esk River, near Longford [Photo: J Bishop Osborne]
The river at this part lends itself admirably to boating [Photo: J. Bishop Osborne]
Near the Weir [Photo: J. Bishop Osborne]
Longford Railway Station [Photo: J. Bishop Osborne]