Tasmanian Ghost Stories, Folklore and Local Hauntings
Tasmania has no shortage of ghost stories. We’ve all grown up with them around us. Half-forgotten memories of people and trauma that linger closely to our old gaols, homesteads and lonely back roads. Tasmania’s hauntings show up in newspapers, family folklore and the stories whispered from town to town.
Some tales can be traced to real events, others drift into folklore. Most sit in-between, shaped over time by memory, fear or humour.
This page gathers the ghost stories explored on Tamar Valley Tales. The well-known ones, the half-forgotten ones, and the stories that don’t quite fit anywhere else. As new posts appear, I’ll include the research and context behind each tale to help us understand where it started and why it endures.
These are the stories that linger.
You’ll find them gathered below, sorted by the part of Tasmania where each haunting was first reported.
Tasmanian Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories from Northern Tasmania
Ghost Stories from Southern Tasmania
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If you know a Tasmanian ghost story, or if one has been passed down in your family, I’d love to hear it. Tamar Valley Tales is always collecting new threads to pull on.
Stories don’t survive unless someone keeps them
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