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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]
[2] [51] [55] He felt that Indigenous people and influential white men were suspicious of him and he decided to move to Van Diemen's Land. [51] In December 1837, he left Port Phillip and on 10 January 1838 he arrived in Hobart [56] in what was then known as Van Diemen's Land . He worked at the Immigrants' Home as assistant storekeeper.
Australian politician in the Parliament of Tasmania [363] Joseph Zeller: 1918–2018: 100: American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1971–1980) [364] Zhang Jieqing: 1912–2015: 102: Chinese politician and writer [365] Zhang Jingfu: 1914–2015: 101: Chinese politician [366] Zhang Lixiong: 1913–2024: 110
The Black War was a period of violent conflict between British colonists and Aboriginal Tasmanians in Tasmania from the mid-1820s to 1832 that precipitated the near-extermination of the indigenous population. The conflict was fought largely as a guerrilla war by both sides; some 600 to 900 Aboriginal people and more than 200 British colonists ...
A 114-year-old Houston woman has become the oldest living person in the U.S., according to LongeviQuest, an organization that tracks human longevity across the globe. Elizabeth Francis is now the ...
When asked earlier this year how she felt being the oldest living American, Francis told CNN affiliate KTRK, “I just feel like living every day!”. A life worth celebrating. Born in 1909 in St ...
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 ...