End of school life for Wellington Street site
WHEN the Wellington Square State School site on the corner of Wellington and Paterson streets was sold last year it ended 120 years of...
Chimney is a legacy to a giant of our wool industry
More than 70 years after his death, Leslie William Smith's name still towers over Launceston on the 30-metre chimney at his former wool...
Holyman House: a fine art deco legacy
HOLYMAN House on the corner of George and Brisbane streets was said to be the largest office block in Launceston when it was built in...
Harry Abbott: Launceston's soft drink king
HENRY Charles (Harry) Abbott was a successful Launceston businessman and generous supporter of his community whose name has been...
Sounds of the Tamar estuary
One of my contributions in the new book Launceston and its environs: a Sound History . . . For thousands of years the people who dwelt on...
Miss Flinders: Launceston's pioneering plane
In March 1932 the first regular air passenger service between Tasmania and Flinders Island was introduced by pilot and flying instructor...