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Continue reading →: Mole Hill Fantasy, TasmaniaMainland Australia has big stuff. The big banana; the big merino; the big prawn. You get the picture. Tasmania though, well, we have little stuff. Miniature villages from Tasmazia to models of early colonial towns such as Hobart and York Town.
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Continue reading →: Looking Back, Queen Elizabeth II’s 1954 Tour of TasmaniaQueen Elizabeth II’s 1954 visit to Tasmania, the first by a reigning monarch, was a meticulously planned milestone. Despite her youth and an exhausting Commonwealth tour, she left a lasting impression on the state, emphasising the strong bond that existed between the monarchy and Tasmania at the time.
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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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