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Brickendon Estate is a farm estate located in Longford, Tasmania. It is one of the two main ancestral homes (with Woolmers) of the Archer family, prominent local pioneers and politicians. [1] Founded in 1824, Brickendon Estate was one of the first (and most successful) farms in the area. [2]
It is a Georgian style house that was built in 1838 for former convict Britton Jones, a Launceston brewer and innkeeper. [1] [2] [3] It was later a school for boys, between 1842 and 1866 [4] when leased to schoolmaster William Keeler Hawkes. The house and gardens are located in Youngtown, Tasmania, and are available for public tours. [5]
A picture of the last four Tasmanian Aboriginal people of solely Aboriginal descent c. 1860s. Truganini, the last to survive, is seated at far right.. The Aboriginal Tasmanians (palawa kani: Palawa or Pakana [4]) are [5] the Aboriginal people of the Australian island of Tasmania, located south of the mainland.
This is a list of the oldest people by country and in selected territories. It includes the individual(s) for each given country or territory who are reported to have had the longest lifespan. Such records can only be determined to the extent that the given country's records are reliable.
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
House built c.1810 on estate granted to Eber Bunker between 1804 and 1810. [32] Campania House Campania: Tasmania: 1810-13 [33] Residential Possibly Australia's oldest home to be continuously occupied. [33] Montrose Montrose: Tasmania 1813 [34] Residential Built in 1813, the home is Tasmania's 3rd oldest and the suburb takes its name. [34] Rose ...
The world's oldest known person, Lucile Randon, known as Sister Andre, died at age 118, her spokesman said on January 17, 2023. She was known to enjoy chocolate and a daily glass of wine.
Living Testaments. The oldest known person in the world died at 118, far exceeding the United Nation's world life expectancy of 72.98 years. But living past 100 isn't the rarity it once was.