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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.
George Augustus Robinson (22 March 1791 – 18 October 1866) was an English born builder and self-trained preacher who was employed by the British colonial authorities to conciliate the Indigenous Australians of Van Diemen's Land and the Port Phillip District to the process of British invasion and colonialisation.
At the time of settlement by the British, it is estimated that approximately 1000 to 5000 people lived in Tasmania, divided into eight tribal groups. It was the semi-nomadic Mouheneener tribe, a sub-group of the Nuenonne , or 'South-East' tribe, who were first affected by European settlement, as Hobart Town was founded in their traditional ...
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 ...
The British colonisation of Tasmania took place between 1803 and 1830. Known as Van Diemen's Land , the name changed to Tasmania , when the British government granted self-governance in 1856. [ 1 ] It was a colony from 1856 until 1901, at which time it joined five other colonies to form the Commonwealth of Australia .
London — The world's oldest man, John Tinniswood, has died at the age of 112 at the care home where he lived in Southport, northwest England, Guinness World Records said Tuesday, quoting his ...
The expedition left at the end of August, with Bowen commanding the Albion. He arrived at Risdon Cove on 12 September 1803. He arrived at Risdon Cove on 12 September 1803. Among the original 49 settlers at Risdon Cove, which became Hobart , were 21 male and 3 female convicts, members of the New South Wales Corps and free settlers and their ...
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.