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24.01.2022 Before Amazon, We Had Bookmobiles: 10 Rare Photos Of Libraries-On-Wheels

23.01.2022 Have you popped into the new bakery in town? Yes, you heard right, Stanley now has its very own bakery!! Serving fresh bread, ice-cream, pies and much more. We are even serving breakfast everyday from 8am. So why not go in and see our friendly staff and see what we have to offer?

21.01.2022 Welcome to a Nostalgic look in some of Tasmanian Museums, National Trust Homes etc.... please support these places. They are amazing. Add your photos too. Admin

19.01.2022 How gold leak is made. Oops, gold leaf...

19.01.2022 MORE Images Added*****We Need Your Help*** We have tens of thousands of photo negatives from the "Colorcraft" group (Ulverstone) to try and reunite with their o...wners/families. There are so many names attached to these envelopes that we cant possible list them all. Please share and tag people who could be reunited with family, holiday and wedding photos from about 1975 through to mid 1980s. This is potentially very important to people who may have lost originals to fire or damage as well as discovering new pictures of loved ones. Click on the photos of the envelopes and see if you can make out names! ****Due to the sheer quantity we are unable to look for individuals**** but please come to the museum during open times to have a look for yourself. We are open Monday to Saturday 1:30pm - 4:30pm general admission is $6 but it is free to look for family photos. See more

17.01.2022 Hobart: Island Capital (1962) I cant decide what I love best about this - the actual interesting historical footage, the actually cheesy voiceover or the amusi...ng period musical soundtrack. The package is a winner, and well worth the watch - if you are now, or have ever been, a Taswegian. (Original video to be found here: https://youtu.be/0x3EIUvgx5U) Edit: I believe the aircraft carrier to be the HMAS Melbourne.

16.01.2022 Also in Zeehan check out the great museum.

15.01.2022 Turn on the sound.

15.01.2022 Art Deco wedding dresses by Eliza Jane Howell

15.01.2022 Discover Corra Linns history By Marion Sargent, Launceston Historical Society Corra Linn Bridge was the subject of a photograph taken by William Cawston for th...e Intercolonial Exhibition in Melbourne in 1866. The Cornwall Chronicle said that this beautiful view forms one of the Lions which all our Victorian visitors feel bound to see. Corra Linn was one of the top three tourist sites around Launceston in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, along with the Punchbowl and the Cataract Gorge. In December 1811 Governor Macquarie went out of his way to enjoy the wild romantic view of the cataract on the North Esk River about half a mile east of Patersons Island which he named Corri-Linn in honour of the Patriot Chief of Scotland, William Wallace. Edward Yates, an ex-convict miller, built the first watermill in northern Van Diemens Land at Corra Linn. He was ready to grind corn by October 1822 but did not receive much custom despite building a bridge across the North Esk and providing a bullock wagon to cart wheat from Launceston and flour back. Yatess Mill remained with the family until its sale in 1845 to Mr Walbourne. The new lessee, John Guillan, pulled down the old mill and built a new three-storeyed wooden structure called the Albion Mills. A new bridge, completed by 1848, replaced one that had washed away in a flood. Several millers struggled to make a living, including Charles Monds who had earlier served his apprenticeship there. The last lessee appears to have been John Sykes, who finally abandoned the mill in 1883. Corra Linn was a hiding place for bushrangers, as the settlers discovered in 1834 when Alexander Cameron spotted four men who had absconded from Notmans road party playing cards on Roses Rocks. They had committed many depredations around Launceston but were now surrounded, and after a skirmish, secured in a cart and safely lodged in the Launceston watch-house. Three of these men convicts Hayward, Graham and Boucher were hanged in Hobart Town, while three convict field constables who assisted in their capture received pardons. Fiction replaced real-life drama in September 1926 when the filming of two scenes of Norman Dawns epic silent movie For the Term of His Natural Life took place at Corra Linn. In 1857 a new road from White Hills to Launceston opened with a wooden bridge over the North Esk at Corra Linn. A toll gate at Clarkes Ford, Patersons Plains, now St Leonards collected money to fund the road. A steady stream of visitors headed out to view the picturesque spot, enjoy picnics, take photographs and paint the wild scenes, often with the bridge as the focal point. In 1872 Governor Charles Du Cane took a carriage ride there with the celebrated author Anthony Trollope. When bicycling became a popular form of transport in the early 1880s the bad state of the road became an issue. After a Launceston Bicycle Club outing in August 1884 a report in the Launceston Examiner said that Every man had to [stay] alert to keep his gravity as they jostled with rocks and loose metal. From 1873 complaints appeared in the newspapers about the state of the bridge, with loose and rotten planks causing accidents. The bridge formed the boundary between two road trusts, and neither had complete control over it. Despite extensive repairs in 1886, two years later it was in a dangerous condition and closed to traffic. Persons crossing it did so at their own risk. W. H. Knight and Co. of Phoenix Foundry won the tender to build a new iron bridge designed by William Walker, an engineer in the Lands & Works Department. This splendid structure opened in December 1888. The Corra Linn tea-room, operated by RH Chugg, opened daily from the end of November 1905. The Northern Tourist Association re-opened the tea rooms in 1909-10 with Charles Crosby in charge. At the end of February 1910, a robbery netted the thieves bottles of cordial, cakes and cigarettes. The Tea House was popular with increasing numbers of visitors and the Misses Whittle of White Hills ran the rooms until December 1914. In 1929 a new teahouse built under some shady trees catered for the tourists and locals picnicking and swimming there. A path and stile built by the unemployment relief scheme in 1935 provided the best view of the gorge and bridge. Scouts started camping on Paterson Island in 1928 when Mr GJ Chugg of Corra Linn estate made his land available to the Boy Scouts Association. Charles Monds purchased the 31-acre island for the Scouts in April 1940. Improvements to the camp included building a track and suspension bridge into the site, planting 51 bat willow and 113 other trees, and permanent buildings. In 1954 a 100 pound legacy from May Harrap was set aside for a hut on the camp site. After several years of negotiations, the State Government acquired land at Corra Linn for a fish hatchery and rearing ponds. The first four of 20 proposed ponds, completed in 1947, used the old water race that provided waterpower for the flour mills. At the official opening in February 1949 the hatchery was named the C. O. Holmes Fish Culture Park in honour of Charles Holmes who was involved in establishing the site. In April 1945 the Minister for Inland Fisheries, James McDonald, suggested that the area next to the proposed hatchery be acquired for recreational purposes. Local public bodies welcomed his grand plans of providing a public golf course, tennis courts, refreshment chalet and a modern residential hotel. These developments did not happen. Inland Fisheries sold the hatchery and two houses to a private buyer in 2005, but after a public outcry the recreation area remained accessible as a favourite swimming hole for residents. The floods in June 2016 caused extensive damage. The beach and toilet block have gone, but it is still a beautiful place to visit. First published by The Examiner in Northern Exposure, Winter 2019 (28 June 2019)

15.01.2022 Also in Zeehan check out the great museum.

12.01.2022 Discover Corra Linn’s history By Marion Sargent, Launceston Historical Society Corra Linn Bridge was the subject of a photograph taken by William Cawston for th...e Intercolonial Exhibition in Melbourne in 1866. The Cornwall Chronicle said that this beautiful view forms one of the ‘Lions’ which all our Victorian visitors feel bound to see. Corra Linn was one of the top three tourist sites around Launceston in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, along with the Punchbowl and the Cataract Gorge. In December 1811 Governor Macquarie went out of his way to enjoy the ‘wild romantic view’ of the cataract on the North Esk River about half a mile east of Paterson’s Island which he named Corri-Linn in honour of the Patriot Chief of Scotland, William Wallace. Edward Yates, an ex-convict miller, built the first watermill in northern Van Diemen’s Land at Corra Linn. He was ready to grind corn by October 1822 but did not receive much custom despite building a bridge across the North Esk and providing a bullock wagon to cart wheat from Launceston and flour back. Yates’s Mill remained with the family until its sale in 1845 to Mr Walbourne. The new lessee, John Guillan, pulled down the old mill and built a new three-storeyed wooden structure called the Albion Mills. A new bridge, completed by 1848, replaced one that had washed away in a flood. Several millers struggled to make a living, including Charles Monds who had earlier served his apprenticeship there. The last lessee appears to have been John Sykes, who finally abandoned the mill in 1883. Corra Linn was a hiding place for bushrangers, as the settlers discovered in 1834 when Alexander Cameron spotted four men who had absconded from Notman’s road party playing cards on Rose’s Rocks. They had committed 'many depredations' around Launceston but were now surrounded, and after a skirmish, secured in a cart and safely lodged in the Launceston watch-house. Three of these men convicts Hayward, Graham and Boucher were hanged in Hobart Town, while three convict field constables who assisted in their capture received pardons. Fiction replaced real-life drama in September 1926 when the filming of two scenes of Norman Dawn's epic silent movie For the Term of His Natural Life took place at Corra Linn. In 1857 a new road from White Hills to Launceston opened with a wooden bridge over the North Esk at Corra Linn. A toll gate at Clarke’s Ford, Paterson’s Plains, now St Leonards collected money to fund the road. A steady stream of visitors headed out to view the picturesque spot, enjoy picnics, take photographs and paint the wild scenes, often with the bridge as the focal point. In 1872 Governor Charles Du Cane took a carriage ride there with the celebrated author Anthony Trollope. When bicycling became a popular form of transport in the early 1880s the bad state of the road became an issue. After a Launceston Bicycle Club outing in August 1884 a report in the Launceston Examiner said that Every man had to [stay] alert to keep his gravity as they jostled with rocks and loose metal. From 1873 complaints appeared in the newspapers about the state of the bridge, with loose and rotten planks causing accidents. The bridge formed the boundary between two road trusts, and neither had complete control over it. Despite extensive repairs in 1886, two years later it was in a dangerous condition and closed to traffic. Persons crossing it did so at their own risk. W. H. Knight and Co. of Phoenix Foundry won the tender to build a new iron bridge designed by William Walker, an engineer in the Lands & Works Department. This ‘splendid structure’ opened in December 1888. The Corra Linn tea-room, operated by RH Chugg, opened daily from the end of November 1905. The Northern Tourist Association re-opened the tea rooms in 1909-10 with Charles Crosby in charge. At the end of February 1910, a robbery netted the thieves bottles of cordial, cakes and cigarettes. The Tea House was popular with increasing numbers of visitors and the Misses Whittle of White Hills ran the rooms until December 1914. In 1929 a new teahouse built under some shady trees catered for the tourists and locals picnicking and swimming there. A path and stile built by the unemployment relief scheme in 1935 provided the best view of the gorge and bridge. Scouts started camping on Paterson Island in 1928 when Mr GJ Chugg of Corra Linn estate made his land available to the Boy Scouts’ Association. Charles Monds purchased the 31-acre island for the Scouts in April 1940. Improvements to the camp included building a track and suspension bridge into the site, planting 51 bat willow and 113 other trees, and permanent buildings. In 1954 a 100 pound legacy from May Harrap was set aside for a hut on the camp site. After several years of negotiations, the State Government acquired land at Corra Linn for a fish hatchery and rearing ponds. The first four of 20 proposed ponds, completed in 1947, used the old water race that provided waterpower for the flour mills. At the official opening in February 1949 the hatchery was named the C. O. Holmes Fish Culture Park in honour of Charles Holmes who was involved in establishing the site. In April 1945 the Minister for Inland Fisheries, James McDonald, suggested that the area next to the proposed hatchery be acquired for recreational purposes. Local public bodies welcomed his grand plans of providing a public golf course, tennis courts, refreshment chalet and a modern residential hotel. These developments did not happen. Inland Fisheries sold the hatchery and two houses to a private buyer in 2005, but after a public outcry the recreation area remained accessible as a favourite swimming hole for residents. The floods in June 2016 caused extensive damage. The beach and toilet block have gone, but it is still a beautiful place to visit. First published by The Examiner in Northern Exposure, Winter 2019 (28 June 2019)

11.01.2022 Remember these?

11.01.2022 To drive the mill at the mouth of the Cataract Gorge a flume was constructed in the 1830s. The flume hugged the southern side of the Gorge and carried water to ...turn the mills water wheel to grind the grain. We dont know exactly when the flume was demolished. Reports say that it was definitely gone in 1928, one year before the flood of 1929. #LibrariesTasmania #TasArchives See more

10.01.2022 Building Bridges the manual way! Follow, like & share https://www.facebook.com/Vintage.et.Industrial/ #Vintage #Bridges #Industrial #IronWorkers #Engineers #ColumbiaRiver

10.01.2022 On display at the Zeehan Museum, Tasmania. Picture taken 2010.

10.01.2022 #OTD 1971: Clackers, responsible for at least 94% of all human bruises, finally got their comeuppance.

09.01.2022 Big garage sale this Easter Saturday at Debs House, From 8am. Freebie items: Table, Plastic Slide, Gee wizzer, Clothes rack, Small/Medium TV (good for games/or DVD), White Blind.... PLUS - Girls & Boys Baby wear from 50 cents. Boys clothing up to size 12. Ladies clothing from size 14-30. Mens odd size medium and Large clothing. WII and Playstation games; DVDs; CDs; Books; small/medium size wooden bookcase; other baby/nursery stuff; Toys; shoes; handbags; huge pile of violins and 1 cello. More to come - still organising. For a pre-look PM for details. Cheers x

08.01.2022 Some photos of Winters Day at Woolmers Longford.

05.01.2022 One of the girst dances ever filmed in 1880. And hand coloured every frame.

04.01.2022 Not Tasmanian but American. Intriguing to watch the era.

01.01.2022 1957: Impresionante, una fabrica de muecos de goma