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Sorell - Brady's gang held up Sorell and captured the local garrison

Brady, 'Gentleman Bushranger' forecast for sorell Brady (1799 – 4 May 1826) was a notorious bushranger in Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania) in the early 19th century.   He was sometimes known as the "Gentleman Bushranger" due to his good treatment and fine manners when robbing his victims.   Brady considered himself a gentleman, who never robbed or insulted women. The military considered him a dangerous bushranger.   Brady's gang held up Sorell and captured the local garrison (in which the garrison commander, Lieut. William Gunn was shot in the arm, which was subsequently amputated). Lieut. Governor Arthur posted rewards for the capture of Brady and his gang.   In return, Brady posted a reward of "Twenty gallons of rum" to any person who would deliver Governor Arthur to him.    Sorell Sorell is located on the Tasman Highway at the junction with the Arthur Highway and is one of Tasmania's oldest towns, being first...

Geeveston - Australia's most southerly administrative centre

 The Town  Geeveston Weather Versicherungen  Geeveston is a small town in the south of Tasmania in Australia, on the Huon Highway, near the Huon River, 62 km (39 mi) south-west of Hobart, making it Australia's most southerly administrative centre.  It is the heart of Tasmania's apple and fruit-growing sector, and has been heavily dependent on the timber industry since the late nineteenth century. In 1962, a pulp mill was established in the town, and it remained Geeveston's largest employer until the plant closed, which devastated the local economy. As a result, the town decided to (successfully) reposition itself as a tourist attraction. The town takes its name from William Geeves, an English settler who was given a land grant by Lady Jane Franklin in the area then known as Lightwood Bottom (after a type of timber prevalent in the area). Wooden Statues Geeveston’s original wooden statues were carved by Bernie Tarr and another artist.  There are seven of Tarr’s...

Campbell Town - Australia's First Telephone Connection and The Transit of Venus observation

Campbell Town campbell town weather information Versicherungen Briggs and Valentine Alfred Barrett Biggs (1825-1900), teacher, bank officer, astronomer and inventor, was born on 10 April 1825 in London, moving to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1833. In 1872, he moved to Campbell Town, where he taught in the public school and befriended Dr William Valentine, of The Grange, in Campbell Town. Both men were fascinated by astronomy, and in 1874 a rare astronomical event occurred: the transit of Venus. Valentine had invited an American expedition to view the transit from his home. Biggs assisted with the observations, and the Americans gave him a building they had used in making their observations. In 1877 Biggs learned of the invention of the telephone. He then constructed a pair of telephones and had them connected between Launceston and Campbell Town, successfully transmitting sounds between the two locations. It has been claimed that this was the first telephone connection in Au...

Why Are Australian Wild Horses Called Brumbies?

Brumbies - Photo self taken. (Now that's one clever horse!)   public domain

Tasmanian Markets - A list

Tasmania holds loads of markets throughout the state that are well worth a visit.  Tasmanian Travel Guide has discovered a number of these markets, which we have verified, and listed below. Go meet the locals and, hopefully, find that special little gem. The Salamanca Market in Hobart Organisers of regular markets that are not included here are welcome to submit information for inclusion using the Contact Form at the bottom of the right-hand column. Midlands      Oatlands Farmers Market Photography, homemade cakes, wooden boxes, hand made cards, goats milk soap, butterflies and glass painting, bric-a-brac, knick-knacks, craft. Oatlands Community Market, 1st Sunday of every month, 10 am- 2 pm: local makers & growers, sharing rural life, in a warm welcoming venue in the heritage town of Oatlands, Tasmania. Stalls $10, tables provided @ Community centre, 68 High Street. Facebook Ross Village Market Join us for our country market in the beautiful town hall in...

Richmond - classified historic town

The township of Richmond was named in 1824 Versicherungen Richmond, which is located around 25 kilometres northeast of Hobart and 174 kilometres southeast of Launceston, has a population of 1,610 people (2011 census). Nestled in the Coal River Valley, between the Midland Highway and Tasman Highway, this classified historic town is famous for its Georgian architecture and contains Australia’s oldest freestone road bridge, the oldest Roman Catholic Church, and the best preserved convict gaol.   Richmond, one of the most visited places in Tasmania, is a significant historic town with many fine examples of the state's brutal convict past and stunning historic buildings that are now home to museums, galleries, tea shops, artisan boutiques, and antique stores. The town is as magnificent today as it was in the 1820s, when it served as an important military staging point and convict camp connecting Hobart to Port Arthur. Richmond Village Attractions by: VideoTasmania     The...

Perth - The final case of gibbetting in a British territory.

Gibbeting    Gibbeting refers to the use of a gallows-type structure, from which the dead or dying bodies of executed criminals were hung on public display to deter other existing or potential criminals. It was the last case of gibbeting in a British colony.    In 1837, Joseph Edward Thomas met a tragic death while travelling from Launceston to Hobart on horseback. The eldest son of Mrs. Thomas of this town, Mr. Joseph Edward Wilson, rode out on his horse last Saturday afternoon to Hobart Town. He had come within a mile of Perth when a man suddenly emerged from the bush and fired a piece at him, the contents of which entered and lodged in his body. The abruptness of the attack startled the horse, causing Mr. Wilson to fall. The thug then hit him with the gun's but end and brutally beat him around the head until he thought he was dead. Aside from the gunshot wound, his scull was fractured, and he was severely lacerated.To the wisdom of an unerring Providence mus...