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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.
Alec Campbell was born in Launceston, Colony of Tasmania, British Empire, the son of Marian Isobel (Thrower) and Samuel Alexander Campbell. [4] He studied at Scotch College, Launceston, [5] and then worked as a clerk with the Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Company. At the age of 16 he left his job to enlist in the army.
2000 (1 January): Tasmania beamed to 43 television networks around the world to herald the new millennium; 2000: Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia visits Hobart; 2000: Tasmania hosts its first Sorry Day at Risdon Cove; 2000: Olympic Torch comes to Tasmania; 2000: New Federation Concert Hall opens in Hobart; 2001 (10 May): Centenary of Federation ...
Australian politician in the Parliament of Tasmania [361] Joseph Zeller: 1918–2018: 100: American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1971–1980) [362] Zhang Jieqing: 1912–2015: 102: Chinese politician and writer [363] Zhang Jingfu: 1914–2015: 101: Chinese politician [364] Zhang Lixiong: 1913–2024: 110
Truganini was born around 1812 [9] at Recherche Bay (Lyleatea) in southern Tasmania. [10] Her father was Manganerer, a senior figure of the Nuenonne people whose country extended from Recherche Bay across the D'Entrecasteaux Channel to Bruny Island (Lunawanna-alonnah).
Following the arrival of British in the area, he led a series of guerrilla-style attacks against British settlers in the colony of Van Diemen's Land during the period known as the Black War. In 1829 he freed four Native women and a boy from John Batman 's house where they had been held for a year.
A bottle of the beverage discovered in the early 1990s amongst the treasures of Tasmania's 18th century Sydney Cove shipwreck has been determined to likely be the oldest beer known.
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