The swindling Irish watchmaker of early Launceston
In 1832 Irish watchmaker Adam Moore opened what was probably Launceston’s second watchmaking businesses. Born in Cork in 1796, Adam Moore...
The strange story of Launceston’s first mayor
The election of William Button as Launceston’s first mayor in 1853 capped a remarkable change of fortune for a former English brewer who...
The mysterious memorial for William Collins
William Collins was a free settler in the expedition to establish a convict settlement in Bass Strait in 1803 and 1804 commanded by...
150 years since work started on Waverley Woollen Mills
Construction of Tasmania’s first textile mill, at Killafaddy on the outskirts of Launceston, commenced on land fronting onto Distillery...
Record crowd for Ike and Tina in 1976 in Launceston
When the Ike and Tina Turner Show came to Launceston on Australia Day 1976 it attracted what The Examiner said was the biggest ever crowd...
French and Italian convict watchmakers in early Launceston
In the 1830s and 1840s there was a small community of French and Italian watchmakers and jewellers in Launceston. Three arrived as...