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Modern Mapping – A 1958 Film Documentary
Sixty years ago, this island was mapped, measured, and photographed using skills unfamiliar to us in the electronic era →
Flowers of the Sky: Comets throughout history
Dirty snowballs from the far reaches of the solar system! →
From A Picturesque Atlas of Australasia (1898)
Lavishly illustrated and wildly popular, this book introduced readers of the Empire to New Zealand, mainland Australia, and Tasmania →
A Gateway to Charm – Northwest Tasmania (1955)
1955 tourism assertions: “You will begin to feel that all of your dreams of peace and contentment are at last coming true” →
Anatomia Universa
Two hundred years ago, the universe within was being explored, charted, and marvelled at… →
Apples of the Huon – Part Two
The Huon Valley is the apple orchard heartland of the The Apple Isle →
Apples of the Huon – Part One
What do you think of them apples? →
Slap Dash- A Song From 1896
Have a listen to a tune that Tasmanians played a hundred years ago… →