USEFUL ONLINE LINKS re HISTORY / GEOGRAPHY of TASMANIA

[Ross Ewington]

The State Library of Tasmania has several digitized texts available online that should be of
use to anyone seeking information on the geography and/or history of Tasmania.

If you know of any online resources of a similar nature, (using the URL button)please post
the links in this topic.

[PLEASE NOTE - all Tasmanian State Library (LINC) links given in this topic are no longer active.
When I get a chance, I'll find out what they should be now and replace. ... Ross ]

This link is to Bailliere's Tasmanian Gazetteer and Road Guide 1877

http://greenstone.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/library.exe?c=bailliere&a=d&cl=CL1

This link is to the Tasmanian Post Office Directory 1904

http://greenstone.statelibrary.tas.gov. ... a=d&cl=CL1

This link is to The Tasmanian Cyclopedia Vol. 1

http://greenstone.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/library.exe?c=tascyc1&a=d&cl=CL1

This link is to The Tasmanian Cyclopedia Vol. 2 (1900)

http://greenstone.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/library.exe?c=tascyc2&a=d&cl=CL1

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This site hosting "The Companion to Tasmanian History" edited by Alison Alexander is
courtesy of the University of Tasmania

http://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/index.htm

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This site is provided by the National Library of Australia. It hosts digitized copies of The
Mercury as well as early Tasmanian newspapers and those from mainland states.

It's quite a new site and a lot of material is not quite available for viewing although the
search function gives you a taste of what's come .... try a search on "post office" in The Mercury!!

http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home

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This site is provided by The Internet Archive

You can read an entire copy of "An Excursion to Port Arthur in 1842" by David Burn
Originally published by J.W. Beattie in 1901 and illustrated with his photographs.
Judging by some of advertisements, this is not the original edition

http://www.archive.org/stream/excursiontoporta00burnrich#page/n3/mode/2up

[Ross Ewington]

This site is provided by the State Library of Tasmania

The E R Pretyman Index to Tasmanian Place Names
"This is an extensive card index compiled over many years. The creator, Ernest Roy Pretyman, had a strong research interest in the origins of Tasmanian place names, and was a member of the Nomenclature Board, although this index was a private work and not undertaken for that body. It comprises entries derived from Nomenclature Board decisions gazetted in the Tasmanian Government Gazette and documents the early usage of place names in records such as the correspondence of the Lands and Surveys Department (series LSD1), early maps, the papers of Leslie Norman (series NS503) and in contemporary publications, Journals of the Land Commissioners, almanacs, gazetteers and newspapers."

http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/tasmemory/digitisedall/pretymanindex

[Ross Ewington]

The Official Record of the Tasmanian International Exhibition (Launceston, 1891-92) can be read or downloaded
using this link:

http://www.archive.org/details/officialrecordof00launiala

launceston exhibition.jpg (29.23 KiB) Viewed 948 times

[Ross Ewington]

AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE WEBSITE

Has some Tasmanian related content - excellent list of links and resources

http://www.heritageaustralia.com.au/index.php

Definitely worth exploring!