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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.
Frank MacDonald MM (26 June 1896 – 23 August 2003) was an Australian World War I veteran, notable for having been the last surviving veteran from Tasmania, and the last surviving decorated Australian veteran. [1] At the time of his death, MacDonald was also the oldest surviving World War I veteran. [2] [3]
Luggenemenener was the mother of three sons. Walter, Maulboyheener, and Rolepana. [4] Rolepa, Walter's father, was a powerful Ben Lomond leader. The Ben Lomond Nation, which consisted of at least three clans totalling 150–200 people, were the original inhabitants of the region. [5]
1802: French explorer Nicolas Baudin surveys Derwent during month-long visit to South-East Tasmania, on which his party makes extensive notes on Aboriginal people, plants and animals. 1803: Lieutenant John Bowen 's 49-member party, with the ships Lady Nelson and Albion , starts first British settlement of Tasmania at Risdon Cove , naming it ...
Kelly, an American lawyer, politician, and Civil War veteran who was earlier in his life the 29th speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, was last seen at his law office in Boston and was thought to be taking a train home to his residence in Sharon, Massachusetts. He was never found, despite an intensive search by hired detectives. [15]
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
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.
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.