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Continue reading →: A Hobart Ghost Story: The Hearthstone Séance, 1893They said she appeared near the hearth. A pale figure in the lamplight, still and silent. No-one agreed on how long she stood there, or whether she moved at all. Only that she had lifted a hand, pointed towards the fireplace, and was gone.
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Continue reading →: A Carrick Ghost Story: The Short Life of Emma LynamIt is said that the small village of Carrick is frequented by a ghost; a woman dressed in white is often seen at night. She is said to walk the Oaks Road where Mrs Regan met her death. But who was Mrs Regan and how did she die?
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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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