I first read John Hirst (1942-2016) as an undergraduate in the late 1990s as part of a subject on 19th-century Australian history. We discussed convict history and explored contrasting views about its ...
In short: There are calls for a historically significant quilt sewn by convict women to be put on display in Tasmania, instead of staying in storage at the National Gallery of Australia. The Rajah ...
A joking request for a discount led National Trust of Tasmania volunteer Belinda Holloway and Victorian tourist Kevin Todd to make a "spine-tingling" discovery. They're related. Ms Holloway was ...