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Continue reading →: Tasmanian Ghost Stories: Folklore, Facts and the People Behind ThemTasmanian ghost stories, folklore and hauntings. Researched, re-told and traced back to their historical roots. Read the stories that linger in Tasmania.
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Continue reading →: The Sinking We Weren’t Told About: SS Iron Crown and the War at Tasmania’s DoorstepMy Nan remembered the air raid drills at her Hobart school, needing to practice going to the trenches at the bottom of the yard. She spoke of the rationing, especially of missing Vegemite and chewing gum. What she didn’t know was that in 1942, a Japanese submarine sank the SS…
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1806 – “Piractical capture of the colonial brig Venus” at Port Dalrymple – crew and convicts seized the vessel and sailed her
away. Charlotte Badger
1828 – A public notice to establish a
newspaper at Launceston “to be called The Launceston Advertiser”, inviting anyone “having a printing press and type” to get in touch. Trove
1922 – After heavy rain, Launceston illuminated the Cliff Grounds at Cataract Gorge so the public could view the flood torrent. The mayor, AW Monds, arranged extra lights along the path. Trove
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