Looking back at the Tamar Valley and Northern Tasmania as it was in January 1922, via photos published in The Weekly Courier.
Wellington St, Launceston at the intersection of Bathurst St [Photo: Spurling] 
Load of 1170 bales of wool ready to leave Launceston by lighter, to be shipped overseas from Beauty Point by Steamer Cooee [Photo: Burrows] 
Loading wool on to a barge at Launceston, for transference to an overseas boat at Beauty Point [Photo: Burrows] 
The steamer Tambar, 490 tons, purchased by the Tasmanian state shipping Department for the Launceston-North-West Coast-King Island trade. The vessel us being fitted up in Launceston for the requirements of the King Island service [Photo: Burrows]. 
Scene after the fire on Saturday night at Cataract Hill, Launceston, when Mr A Barnard’s residence and contents were entirely destroyed [Photo: Whitelaw]. 
Members of the Launceston Operatic Society in their recent successful performances of “The Shop Girl” [Photo: Spurling]. 
One of the best displays of pelargoniums in Launceston, at the residence of Mr W.C. Wilson, Hill Street [photographer unknown]
Photographs all from The Weekly Courier Photographic Inserts 12 January 1922, with the exception of the final photo which is from 19 January 1922.
Images
1. Wellington and Bathurst St, Launceston intersection
2. Loading wool onto a lighter in Launceston
3. Loading wool onto a lighter in Launceston
4. The steamer Tambar in Launceston
5. House fire on Cataract Hill, Launceston
6. The Launceston Operatic Society
7. Pelargoniums at a house in Hill St, Launceston
References
The Weekly Courier, 12 January 1922
The Weekly Courier, 19 January 1922
Tamar Valley Tales 