A short life for Launceston's Rapson tyre factory
The announcement in 1926 that the Rapson Tyre and Rubber Company was to build a factory in Launceston caused great excitement. Although...
A lasting reminder of draper David Bruce
High on the façade of the shop at 161 Charles Street, Launceston, the name David Bruce remains as a reminder of a successful and...
A new home for Scotch College in 1917
In January 1917 the Headmaster of Scotch College in Launceston announced that he was moving his school to a farm called Ravenscraig at...
Celebrating a state of peace in 1919
World War I may have ended on November 11, 1918, but the formal signing of a peace treaty between the Allied Nations and Germany took...
The legacy of convict Thomas Massey
Launceston’s redeveloped C. H. Smith precinct in Charles Street has a commercial history going back nearly 200 years. William Sharland’s...
The story behind the historic C. H. Smith precinct
The imminent opening of the redeveloped C. H. Smith and Company site in Charles Street, Launceston, will perpetuate the name of a...