The immigrant ship Admiral Cockburn sailed from London on 29 September 1826 and arrived at Hobart Town in Van Diemen’s Land on 14 February 1827.
Trusts are a legal device commonly used to preserve and administer property. They or their equivalent have been in existence for thousands of years. A form of what was effectively a trust is mentioned in the Old Testament. They were also commonly used in Roman days. They remain widely used today.
Contrary to rumour, many people of part Aboriginal heritage still live in Tasmania today.
Whaling was a significant source both of revenue and catastrophe in the early years of the colony. The name of Van Diemen’s Land was changed to the present name of Tasmania in 1856. The system of free land settlement was abolished in the early 1830s.
The storming of the Eureka Stockade, one of the best known events in Australian history, and the conditions prevailing in Ballarat at the time, were as described. The intransigence of Sir Charles Hotham, lieutenant governor of Victoria, was a significant factor in causing the insurrection. It is one of history’s ironies that Sir Charles died unexpectedly, a year after the storming of the stockade.
The relationship between mosquitoes and malaria was unknown at the time Emma Dark died of the disease.
The First Tasmanian Mounted Rifles served in South Africa from 27 October 1899 until 7 December 1900.
Bessie’s acquisition of her Model T Ford preceded by twelve months its appearance on the commercial market.
Frenetic speculation leading to the stock market collapse of 1929 had catastrophic consequences throughout the world. Australia was badly affected.
The demand for woollen uniforms to withstand the bitter cold caused the price of wool to rise significantly during the Korean war.
In the face of ferocious opposition from the unions, the so-called White Australia policy was effectively dismantled by the Holt Liberal Government’s Migration Act of 1966. This was later amplified by the Whitlam government in 1973.
Quotations are from Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Hildegard of Bingen, a Benedictine abbess, poet, mystic and musician.