3 Ergebnisse.

A child's eye account of life on The Glebe, Hobart, post-World War Two. My parents were just getting re-acquainted after war-time separation, and my mother had just lost her own mother. She had moved away from her close-knit relatives while her own family kept growing. For a small boy, running free on The Domain was a relief from his, at times, difficult and violent father who was suffering trauma from his Army service in New Guinea. It was a ...

Wesleyan missionaries had worked at the Port Arthur penal settlement for about 12 years, following its establishment in 1821. However, their role has received little recognition as part of the Port Arthur story. Methodists believed in "forgiving ones' enemies" and "helping the down- trodden". They were involved in social reforms and anti-slavery movements in the 18th and 19th centuries. When Port Arthur was established, the Church of England ...

The Newsprint' describes the history of the Tyenna, Styx, Florentine and associated Valleys in the south west of Tasmania, especially in relation to the operation of wood harvesting for the Australian Newsprint Mill at Boyer, near New Norfolk, and subsequent reforestation of the areas. This is also the story of the people who lived and worked in the Tyenna Valley in the Concession areas operated by ANM.