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I have just got 24 Tasmanian plants cards by J. C. Breaden, all of them with the logo stamped on the back as per picture. I have posted some of them here. These are all hand coloured and I think quite pretty. None are postally used and none have dates.

Okay a late reply. I found this in the Tasmanian Archives: https://stors.tas.gov.au/PH30-1-5820# It is titled Photograph - Ferntree Villa, Fern Tree . So definitely NOT Mountside, as I suggested earlier. It was one of several accommodation places in the Fern Tree area. See http://nla.gov.au/nla.news...

2 photos of Clematis Hut, Mt Wellington, by Baily. Not sure which Baily ... since there were two ... How do we know which is which?

huon-road-rometch.jpg Here's one from the Webster, Rometch and Duncan firm. Their name in on the side ... Not sure it shows up at this size but easy to see on original. The back says: "This is us coming down from Mt Wellington. You will notice I am next to Driver as usual. The trip cost 6/- each. w...

These are articles about Mountside: http://tinyurl.com/nek5stp http://tinyurl.com/obsskhg However I think yours may be a different building after all. See these about Fern Tree Villa: http://tinyurl.com/nldtf92 (strawberry feast) and http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25489374 (student Christian conf...

I am completely guessing here.
There was a large building called Mountside shown on some of the early maps. It was located a short distance up Pillinger Drive.
It's not the Fern Tree Hotel/Tavern, I have seen photos of 3 incarnations of this, and your photo is different.

John and I think it is. You can see the Brewery and the chief brewer's house (just) as a dot on the hill behind the brewery. I have attached a detail of a postcard photo taken from the Springs which is pretty well a view from the opposite direction. Shows the large size of this establishment. Nice p...

Four waterfalls from Mount Wellington, Hobart.

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Found this postal tag about 20 years ago at Shannon, among some very old rubbish there which included a set of rotting bellows. I know very little about postal history and am posting this in case anyone else is interested or knows anything about it. It appears to be copper. Size around 8 cm x 2 cm.

Can anyone give me any more information on this item, picked up recently on eBay on behalf of Wellington Park Management Trust? On one side, lady's walking boot, and the words "Mount Wellington Hobart". Other side, "To our guide Alice Barrett. as a souvenir from Sydney friends April. 5. 94" Silver p...

More on Austin's: Another card, which I don't own, an advertising card, has this written on it: "AUSTIN's Drives for Tourists to Ferntree Bower, Springs, Brown's River, Round Trips every Day, Private Picnic Parties Catered for. First Firm to introduce the Char-a-banc in Tasmania. All top male racing...

The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860-1954), Tuesday 26 November 1912, page 2 has an article describing the inauguration of a new motor mail and passenger service from Hobart to the Huon, by Messrs. Webster, Rometch, and Duncan Ltd. The firm had stables at Longley, see The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860-1...

Some more advertisements, these are older: The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Saturday 19 March 1892, page 1 MOUNT WELLINGTON, FERN TREE BOWER, HUON ROAD, ETC. WEBSTER'S ROYAL MAIL COACHES TO HUON leave British Hotel, Liverpool- street, at 9 a.m. DAILY, passing Mountain Road, Fern Tree Bower,...

postcard_colour.jpg Here's two advertisements I gleaned earlier from Trove: The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Friday 26 December 1919, page 2 SPRINGS (MOUNT WELLINGTON), 5/. DAILY, BY MOTOR CHARABANC. Brown's River. 3/; Huonville. 12/; Franklin, 13/; Geeveston, 15/. All Fares Return. Book a...

What a great card! I'm not sure where this photo would have been taken. It looks like sandstone, so could be e.g. the bottom of Sphinx Rock. Doesn’t look deep enough for Rocky Whelan’s cave. There are other possible locations e.g. various spots above the Waterworks, & to the Lenah Valley side of Jun...

Hi there Introducing myself. My main interest is collecting postcards and photographs of Mt Wellington, Tasmania, particulary images and information involving the history of the mountain. I am currently working on a book on the huts and other historical uses of the mountain, particulary during the h...