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Time Tours
Locality: Richmond, Tasmania
Phone: +61 448 461 958
Address: P O Box 6 7025 Richmond, TAS, Australia
Website: http://timetours.com.au
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23.01.2022 Went to an interesting lecture at the synagogue tonight. Our synagogue is the oldest still standing in Australia - built in 1845 by James Alexander Thomson, the man who did the internal roof work at St Luke’s Church, Richmond.
21.01.2022 Here’s a great opportunity to have a look inside Government House without the Open Day crowds.
20.01.2022 At night time it’s incredible how well red light shone from the side shows up worn headstone inscriptions that you’ve little hope of reading during the day.
19.01.2022 Who says there’s nothing to do in Richmond at night? Join in a 90 minute evening tour to experience the darker side of colonial Richmond. Be entertained with some not so well-known stories of Richmond's past. Hear about corrupt magistrates, dodgy businessmen, an amateur taxidermist and a grumpy miller. Find out why there was an almighty brawl in Bridge Street outside the Lennox Arms Inn in 1856. Discover what a hated convict, a former butcher and a four-year-old girl have in common. There are spaces available on tours running on Saturday the 17th and Friday the 30th of August. For each person who books, $5 will be donated to the CRVHS. Go to https://timetours.com.au//richmond-after-dark-gossip-ghos/
17.01.2022 On this day, 26th November 1855, the colony of Van Diemen's Land becomes known as Tasmania. On 24 November 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered a pre...viously uncharted island on his voyage past the "Great South Land", or "New Holland", as the Dutch called Australia. He named it Van Diemen's Land after the governor of Batavia. The Dutch, however, did not settle New Holland and Van Diemen's Land and had little interest in the continent. The First Fleet, which arrived in Port Jackson, New South Wales, in 1788 comprised eleven British ships carrying officers and convicts from England. Fears that the French would colonise Van Diemen's Land caused the British to establish a small settlement on the Derwent River in 1803. Thirty-three of the 49 people in the group were convicts, and the settlement continued to receive convicts re-shipped from New South Wales or Norfolk Island up until 1812. Regular shipments of convicts directly from Britain began in 1818. A second penal colony was established at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast of Van Diemen's Land in 1822, and three years later, the British Government separated the administration of Van Diemen’s Land from that of New South Wales. Macquarie Harbour was eventually closed down, to be replaced by Port Arthur. The Bishopric of Tasmania was proclaimed in 1842, and the name "Tasmania" began to be used in unofficial communications. The push for transportation of convicts to Van Diemen's Land to end gained momentum and transportation finally ceased in 1853. Many of the colony's inhabitants sought to give Van Diemen's Land a new name in order to remove the stigma of the island being associated with terrible punishment. A parliamentary petition for the colony's name to be changed was presented to Queen Victoria, who agreed to both the name change and the new constitution in 1855. On 26 November 1855, the colony's first governor, Lieutenant-Governor Henry Fox-Young, signed the name change Order, which was then published in the 'Hobart Gazette' on the following day, 27 November. Although the name change took effect locally, the colony only officially became known as Tasmania on 1 January 1856. The colony became self-governing, and elections for parliament were held that same year. Pictured: Van Diemen's Land 1852. Wikimedia.
15.01.2022 At the Female Convict Research Centre seminar. This time the focus is on the convict women admitted to the New Norfolk Asylum.
14.01.2022 On Christmas Day 1840, six-year-old Alfred Robins was accidentally shot by his father. He is buried at St Luke's Cemetery and his is one of many sad stories concerning how those buried there died. Next year I hope to publish a guide to the historic parts of Richmond's three cemeteries. Watch this space.
13.01.2022 I’m currently researching the occupants of Richmond’s historic graves. My search has taken me to Clark and Son’s funeral records. These are interesting snapshots into a time gone by. These two entries are particularly noteworthy. Arthur Ogilvy’s wife was murdered by Christina Cooley’s son, Arthur.
07.01.2022 Just spent a lovely 90 mins at the annual Advent concert to raise funds for the ongoing restoration costs of St John’s Church. Beautiful music in a historically significant setting. Look out for it next year if you missed out.
06.01.2022 So sad to see vandalism at St Luke’s Cemetery. Apparently, some people raid graves for sandstone to use in their gardens.
03.01.2022 I’m working on an interesting research project at the moment. More details when I am able. This photo is of a letter sent to William Bignell at La Belle Alliance Farm at Cambridge (Hollow Tree). I’m amazed at the wax seal, the penmanship and the desire to use every part of the paper.
02.01.2022 Have a look at this 360 degree virtual photograph of colonial Hobart Town - it’s great. The Virtual Hobart Town page has lots of other digital representations of early Hobart. Fascinating.
02.01.2022 Here’s a link to Richmond. Thomas Francis O’Meagher married Catherine Bennett at Ross. Their four month old baby boy, who died from influenza, is buried beside St John’s Church.
