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Tasmania 1 May - 31 May 2017 australianheritagefestival.org.au

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Tasmanian Government The Australian Heritage Festival is supported through funding from the Tasmanian Government and the Australian Government’s National Trusts Partnership Program. Message from the Premier tasmaniaThe Tasmanian Heritage Festival showcases the remarkable history and heritage that has shaped our island home. This year’s Tasmanian Heritage Festival offers an opportunity to revisit the familiar and scratch below the surface to uncover new stories. Take some time during this month-long festival to explore the many events on offer in this year’s program. Discover the history behind the events and people that have shaped our communities and our lifestyle. Connect with the many organisations, businesses, owners and volunteers who are the custodians of our heritage stories and places. Challenge yourself to learn and see something new in this wonderful state we share. It’s a great festival and we’re delighted to support it. I congratulate the National Trust of (Tasmania) for organising another jam-packed program, and thank the many people involved in the program for sharing their time, their stories and their passion for all of us to enjoy.

PremierWill Hodgman Minister for Heritage

Message from the

ThisManaging Director year’s Tasmanian Heritage Festival is a true testament to the far-reaching and meaningful place that heritage holds in Tasmanian communities. The 2017 festival theme, ‘Having a Voice’, has cast a new light on many familiar, and not so familiar, heritage spaces around the state and resulted in the discovery of some remarkable stories. This year is the 30th year of the National Trust’s co-ordination of the Heritage Festival in Tasmania, and our staff and tireless volunteers are very proud to again be part of a festival that contributes so much to our identity as Tasmanians. I wish to encourage every Tasmanian to champion the rediscovery and celebration of our wonderful heritage. Pick up a festival program, talk with your family and friends and enjoy some of the fascinating, moving, unique events near you this May!

This year, don’t forget to share your experiences on social media using the hashtag #ahf2017.

Matthew Smithies Managing Director National Trust Tasmania

1 TheMessage Tasmanian Heritage from Festival inthe 2017 willChairperson once again provide a wonderful tasmaniashowcase and celebration of our unique and important heritage. With this year’s festival theme of ‘Having a Voice’, participants have seized on the opportunity to re-imagine, re-consider and re-interpret our heritage, and perhaps also to re-assess its impact in/on our community – now and for future generations. Building on the successes of previous heritage festivals, the National Trust of Tasmania management and staff have worked tirelessly in collaboration with the community to provide a wonderful festival program that truly promotes the exploration, recognition and preservation of our heritage. This year’s program has a full calendar of events, and it is excellent to see that this involves participants and organisations from right across the state. The continued success of the Tasmanian Heritage Festival is of course made possible each year by the committed support of very many people and organisations. So we would like to thank all the volunteers who so passionately dedicate their time, energy and skills to so many community organisations in every part of the state. Thank you too to all the organisations who are participating this year and contributing so importantly to the program through their particular event. This wide combination of local community events, offered across the state, provides a very rich tapestry of opportunities to celebrate our heritage. We hope you take up as many of these opportunities as you are able. A special acknowledgement must also be given to all of our National Trust volunteers and staff for their hard work and commitment in putting this festival together, which has not only made the festival possible, but has also contributed to the success it clearly promises to be. On behalf of the Board of the National Trust Tasmania, I should like to acknowledge most sincerely the key support given to The Tasmanian Heritage Festival by the Tasmanian State Government and the Australian Federal Government - and to thank them not only for their support to this festival but also for their recognition of Tasmania’s unique and important heritage.

Dr Marion Myhill Chairperson National Trust Tasmania

www.australianheritagefestival.org.au Events Key The Tasmanian Heritage Festival is supported by: North p11-14

South p15-22

North-West Tasmanian p23-24 Government

North-East p24-26

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The National Trust respectfully acknowledges the Tasmanian Aborigines as the traditional owners of this land. Welcome to the 2017 National Trust Tasmania Heritage Festival program. The theme for this year’s Heritage Festival is ‘Having a Voice’ and the National Trust has worked with communities across Tasmania to tell their stories through different voices, recognising the many narratives that have shaped Tasmania. The program is designed for you to keep, so that you can plan your visits to these fascinating sites throughout the year. Huge congratulations to the following organisations who have taken up the challenge of this year’s Heritage Festival theme.

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Concert Vivaldi's Four Seasons Contemporary composer, Max Richter, re-imagines Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons' in 'Recomposed', a stunning deconstruction of Vivaldi's classic that has wowed audiences throughout the world. Richter simultaneously pays homage to 'The Four Seasons' and fashions something impressive, radiant and new.

Hobart Launceston Date: 11 May 2017 Date: 12 May 2017 Time: 7.30pm Time: 7.30pm Venue: Federation Concert Hall Venue: Princess Theatre

Tickets: from $26.00 Booking required. Phone: 1800 001 190 Online: http://www.tickets.tso.com.au

3 New tasmania Alexander Laing Fiddle Excursion The event that Friends of Willow Court is holding traces the history of Alexander Laing and the THE FRIENDS OF WILLOW COURT PRESENT fiddle tunes he composed when he resided and NATIONAL TRUST HERITAGE MONTH EVENT worked in . Alexander Laing was born in Scotland, and was FIDDLE to Sydney in 1814. Then after moving to Town and eventually marrying, he became a police constable at Sorell. In 1851 EXCURSION he was appointed New Norfolk Gaoler, and LED BY PETER MACFIE & FOLK TRIO GREEN resigned from that position to become ‘upper HILLS GATHERING wards man’ in 1856 at the New Norfolk asylum, a position he held until his dismissal in 1862 M A Y 1 4 , 2 0 1 7 , 9 A M - 3 . 3 0 P M for drunkenness. N E W N O R F O L K , $ 8 5 Alexander Laing wrote 242 tunes for the fiddle, T R A V E L B Y B U S T O H I S T O R I C L O C A T I O N S A N D including 60 original compositions named after H E A R O R I G I N A L P R E 1 8 6 3 T A S M A N I A N M E L O D I E S , C O M P O S E D B Y S C O T T I S H E M A N C I P I S T A L E X A N D E R his family and well known identities, with 25 of L A I N G . L U N C H A N D D E V O N S H I R E T E A P R O V I D E D . these tunes written during the period he lived in New Norfolk, and a number of these were S T M A T T H E W S A N G L I C A N C H U R C H written for the asylum’s superintendents and W I L L O W C O U R T B A R R A C K S family members, as well as local community

F R E S C A T I H O U S E members and visitors. VISIT S T E P H E N S T R E E T C E M E T E R Y The Alexander Laing fiddle trail, hosted by FoWC, involves travelling by bus to selected properties S T P A U L S M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H around New Norfolk that are identified as L A C H L A N H A L L relevant to Laing’s fiddle tunes and, while at G L E N L E I T H each property, the fiddle tunes that are relevant to that property are played, and the history of G L E N D E R W E N T Alexander Laing’s connection to the site is told, along with a short history of the property. Lunch is at the Lachlan hall in the beautiful ENQUIRIES: ANNE 0419213232 INFORMATION & BOOKINGS: EVENTBRITE.COM.AU Lachlan valley just south of New Norfolk, and the event concludes at historic Glen Derwent homestead, with a Devonshire tea and tour included.

The bus will transport participants back to Bathurst Street at conclusion of the event at 3.30pm.

Warm clothes, enclosed shoes and an umbrella are advised, as part of this event is held in the open. Enclosed shoes are required for entry to Willow Court Barracks.

4 Penitentiary Chapel Historictasmania Site Pandemonium

Between 1806 and 1946, 221 people were hanged in Van Diemen's Land. The Penitentiary Chapel Site, shortened by inmates to 'the Tench', was the dark heart of the convict system in Tasmania. Behind these walls, 55,000 men ate, prayed, slept and were punished. 'Pandemonium' the film, is an immersive audio-visual experience within the original Penitentiary Chapel where convicts actually sat.

Date: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays Time: 5.30pm Venue: 6 Brisbane Street, Cnr Brisbane and Campbell Streets, Hobart Tickets: Adult: $15.00 Conc.: $10.00 Child: $10.00 Family: $40.00 NT Member: $10.00

Bookings: www.nationaltrustpandemonium.com.au Phone (03) 6231 0911

Walk-in subject to availability

5 tasmaniaClarendon Estate The Voices of Animals at Clarendon Experience the history of Clarendon through the voice of animals. Look, feel and touch the many animals that will be on display within this magnificent property. There will be both static and live displays, interactive events, stalls, food vans and entertainment for this heritage event.

Date: 14 May 2017 Time: 10am - 4pm Venue: 234 Clarendon Station Road, Nile Tickets: Adult: $5.00 Conc.: $5.00 Family: $5.00 NT Member: $5.00

Wesley Heritage Hearing the Stories and Sounds of our Spiritual Ancestors Wesley Church has in the past been a strong voice to the community. Come and hear about some of the pillars of the faith whilst enjoying the sound of the pipe organ that gives a voice to the hymns of the past. A black and white film without sound featuring 1950s rural Tasmanians will also be shown.

Date: 21 May 2017 Time: 10am - 11.30am Venue: 56-58 Melville Street, Hobart Tickets: Free

Choir of High Hopes Come and hear the Choir of High Hopes perform in the beautiful music room at Runnymede. There will be a small afternoon tea with biscuits and cake. The afternoon tea is free, but there will be a bucket for donations to the Choir.

Date: Tuesday, 30 May 2017 Time: 2pm – 2.40pm Venue: Runnymede Music Room, 61 Bay Road, New Town Entry: Free entry to the event and the house – donations welcome

6 Ross tasmania A Yarn with a Farmer Venue: The Tasmanian Wool Centre 48 Church Street Ross Time: 11am to 12.30pm Entry: Free Date: Monday 15 May 2017 Robin Flood Date: Thursday 18 May 2017 Shearing contractor and trainer. Nan Bray Date: Tuesday 16 May 2017 A departure from a science background in the USA brought Nan Georgina Wallace to the midlands area of Oatlands to start a new chapter as a wool grower. Nan has a holistic approach to the care and management Stud Merino breeder and Chair of the Australian Association of of her sheep. White Gum Wool grew out of Nan’s desire to Stud Merino Breeders. produce yarn from her sheep and has become a great success. Date: Wednesday 17 May 2017 Date: Friday 19 May 2017 Josiane Eve Member of the Hand weavers, Spinners and Dyers Guild and Alistair Calvert State Manager and Marketing Manager for Roberts Wool Division involved in the Bothwell Spin-in. Josiane now runs a mob of who plays a pivotal role in the promotion of the Tasmanian Merino Tasmanian Moorit Brown coloured sheep after completing various throughout the world. degrees in agriculture and wool science and classing.

Clarence City Council Glover in Arcadia Please meet at the Rosny Farm car park, next to the Rosny Golf Course. Discover the sites of iconic paintings of Hobart via a walk with experts, and meet the artists behind ‘Glover in Arcadia’. Take a walk back in time to discover the locations where some of our most iconic colonial artists painted and drew the growing city of Hobart Town. With the help of experts on artists such as Glover, Piguenit and Ashburner, we will try to locate the spots where some of the most recognisable pictures of Hobart were created. The walk will finish at the Rosny Barn, where participants will be able to see the exhibition ‘Glover in Arcadia’, curated around contemporary responses to the works of John Glover, and meet some of the artists involved. Refreshments will be supplied.

Date: 6 May 2017 Time: 10am – 2pm Tickets: Adult: $5.00 Conc: $3.00 Child: $2.00 Family: $10.00 NT Member: $5.00

Booking Required. Online: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/glover-in- arcadia-heritage-festival-tour-and- talk-tickets-32875603816

7 Film Presentation tasmania Stories from the People of the Great Lake Power Scheme Waddamana Power Station, commissioned in 1916, was the centrepiece of the Great Lake Power Scheme, paving the way for eight decades of hydro-electricity developments in Tasmania. The station and scheme were added to the Heritage Register in 2014, recognising their important contribution to Tasmania’s heritage. Join us to experience stories from the people of Waddamana and the Great Lake Power Scheme, sharing their memories of working and living in the Central Highlands community that powered a mighty hydro power scheme and helped create today’s Tasmania.

Date: 16 May 2017 Time: 1pm - 2pm Venue: Hydro Tasmania Level 1 Auditorium 4 Elizabeth Street, Hobart Plus showing regularly at Waddamana Power Station Heritage Site from 16 May 2017 onwards. Bookings are encouraged to ensure adequate seating is available. Phone: 1300 360 441 Email: [email protected]

Burnie Regional Museum Set in Stone An exhibition of headstones from Burnie's early View Road Cemetery. Hear voices from beyond the grave and discover the sometimes sorrowful, sometimes intriguing and sometimes gruesome tales of our founding folks.

Date: 6 May - 2 July 2017 Time: Mon - Fri: 10am- 4.30pm Sat-Sun: 1.30pm - 4pm Venue: Little Alexander Street, Burnie Tickets: Free

8 East Coast Museum and Glamorgan Spring Bay Deloraine & Districts Folk Museum Historical Society tasmaniaJimmy Possum: History Voices from the Past and Mystery Exhibition Oral history - voices from local identities from the east coast region of Tasmania and audio visual This exhibition is the first public showing of Jimmy presentation about local east coast Tasmanian Possum chairs in almost 40 years. Who was Jimmy convicts. Possum? The short answer is we really don’t know. His memory lives, as he had lived his life, in the shadows of Deloraine. Can you help solve the mystery and give Date: 1 - 31 May 2017 Jimmy Possum a voice? Time: 10am - 4pm Venue: 22 Franklin Street, Swansea Date: 1 May 2017 Tickets: Gold coin donation Time: 9.30am to 4.30pm Daily Venue: 98 - 100 Emu Bay Road, Deloraine Tickets: Adult: $8.00 Conc: $6.00 Child: $2.00 Family: $18.00

Bruny Island Quarantine Station The Voice of a 1915 German Internee Among other collectables at the Visitor Centre, see a German diary (1915) by 4th Officer, Fritz Stegherr.

Date: Thursday to Monday Time: 10am - 3pm Venue: Quarantine Station, 816 Killora Road, North Bookings not required. Enquiries: (03) 6260 6287 Email: [email protected]

9 Tranmere–Clarence Plains Land and Coastcare Inc Oral History Tasmania Characters oftasmania South Arm Oral History Workshop Come and meet some extraordinary characters from The workshop will be conducted by Jill Cassidy, the past as we explore selected parts of South Arm President of Oral History Tasmania, and will cover with story teller James Parker, who vividly brings all aspects of oral history practice. Topics include: back to life convicts and early free settlers who came interview technique, possible pitfalls, use of digital to the South Arm Peninsula long before it was a recorder, ethics, transcription and publication. seaside holiday spot. Participants will be able to listen to interview excerpts and do practice interviews. Date: 19 May 2017 Time: 10am – 2.30pm at South Arm Date: 27 May 2017 (9.30am – 3pm Time: 10am – 4.45pm if travelling from & to Rokeby) Venue: Glenorchy LINC Venue: South Arm Community Centre, South Arm 4 Terry Street, Glenorchy Tickets: Tickets: Adults $10.00 Conc. $10.00 Oral History Members: $40 Child $5.00 Non-members: $50 Students: $30 Bookings: Phone: 0415 847 360 Bookings: Phone: 0418 178 098 Email: [email protected]

West Coast Heritage Centre From mines and memories to trains and treasures, the West Coast Heritage Centre offers a unique insight into the history of the West Coast of Tasmania. The centre features photographic galleries, classic locomotives, mining machinery, blacksmith and wheelwright workshop, marine display, world class mineral collection, Freemasons’ display, pioneer women’s gallery and the historic Gaiety Theatre, considered one of the West Coast’s grandest buildings.

Date: Open daily – 1 – 31 May 2017 Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm Venue: Main Street, Zeehan Tickets: Adults: $25.00 Concession: $20.00

Family: One adult and up to five children $30.00 Two adults and up to five children $55.00

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of Australia’. Little is known of Macquarie’s Entry Adult: $8.00 Conc: $6.00 National Automobile influence on Tasmania. Yet as ‘Governor in Child: $2.00 Family: $18.00 Chief’ he played a considerable role in this Museum of Tasmania BookinG Required No Date 1 - 31 May 2017 island colony’s development. Speakers will northexamine Macquarie’s role as Governor, Come and experience the history, his influence over the development elegance and style of one of Australia’s of Tasmania, and some of Tasmania’s most significant motoring collections. ‘Macquarie towns’. Soundings Venue 86 Cimitiere Street, Launceston VenuE York Cove Centre Date Every Sunday in May (Senior Citizens Rooms) Time 10am - 4pm The Low Head Foghorn, at the mouth Sorell Street, George Town of the , is a unique piece Entry Adults $14.00 Senior $11.00 TiME 9am registration for 9.30am of Tasmania’s maritime history. The Child $7.50 Family $35.50 start - 4pm foghorn was installed in 1929 and BookinG Required No decommissioned in 1973. It was restored Entry $35.00 (includes morning and in early 2000 by a group of volunteers afternoon tea and lunch). and is sounded every Sunday at noon. It BookinG Required Yes is the only operational G-type diaphone 50 Minute Cataract in the world. The building also houses a Gorge Cruises Chlo Martin, Treasurer very rare Gardner kerosene engine. Enjoy Ph: (03) 6382 1336 Date 1 - 31 May 2017 the beautiful sea views from the headland Email: [email protected] and feel free to have a chat with the Cruise past historical Kings Wharf, volunteers in attendance every Sunday Seaport and Launceston’s delightful at noon. riverfront precinct. The highlight of the Jimmy Possum: History experience is cruising into Launceston’s and Mystery Exhibition Venue 399 Low Head Road, Low Head spectacular Cataract Gorge, as we engage Time 12 noon the Lady Launceston’s unique silent Date 1 - 31 May 2017 electric drive. View the sheer cliffs from This exhibition is the first public showing Entry Free your comfortable seat, appreciate the of Jimmy Possum chairs in almost 40 BookinG Required No unobstructed views on the multi award years. Who was Jimmy Possum? The winning 1890’s style vessel and enjoy the short answer is we really don’t know. His skipper’s captivating commentary on the memory lives, as he had lived his life, in Convict Women of history of this fascinating area. the shadows of Deloraine. Can you help Venue End Home Point Parade, Launceston solve the mystery and give Jimmy Possum Franklin Village a voice? Date 14 May 2017 Time Hourly from 9.30am Venue 98 - 100 Emu Bay Road, Deloraine A thanksgiving service for convict women Entry Adults $29.00 Conc. $25.00 of the Franklin Village area, including Time 9.30am - 4.30pm 7 days Child $12.00 two from Franklin House (then known BookinG Required Yes Entry Adult: $8.00 Conc: $6.00 as Mr Keeler Hawkes’ Academy for Child: $2.00 Family: $18.00 Young Gentlemen). Ph: (03) 6334 9900 Email: [email protected] BookinG Required No Venue 413 Hobart Road, Youngtown Web: www.tamarrivercruises.com.au TiME 11am Church Service; 12.30pm Soup and sandwich lunch Yarns Artwork in Silk Adult $15.00 NT Member: $12.00 10th Biennial Date 1 - 31 May 2017 BookinG Required Yes Conference: Governor A not to be missed cultural and heritage Ph: (03) 6344 7824 Macquarie’s Legacy - The treasure. Yarns is the voice of the Tasmanian Connection Meander Valley. It speaks of a diverse community brought together to work in Date 21 May 2017 harmony on this exciting arts project. It Education, Flagellation , as Governor of NSW is the voice of the mountain cattlemen, and Recreation: The Story between 1810 and 1821, is remembered farmers, townies, tree changers and our of Royal Park flora and fauna, plus much more. for his progressive policies supporting Date 21 May 2017 economic development, his re-planning Venue 100 Emu Bay Road, Deloraine of Sydney and creation of his ‘Macquarie Hear about Launceston’s convict past towns’ which earned him the title ‘Father TiME Half hourly from 9.30am - 4pm daily on a walking tour of the Royal Park

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precinct conducted by the Launceston VenuE Deloraine & Districts Folk Museum For the first time in our history, large Historical Society. 98 - 100 Emu Bay Road, northnumbers of returned soldiers needed to Deloraine be supported, employed and housed. This VenuE Meet at Launceston College, display tells the story of the dwellings 107 - 119 Paterson Street, Time 9.30am - 4.30pm built for Australian soldiers or their Launceston Entry Free widows and dependents. Time 2pm - 4pm BookinG Required VenuE Town Hall, Civic Square, Entry Walk is free. Gold coin donation Email: [email protected] Launceston for afternoon tea. TiME Monday - Friday To avoid overcrowding, numbers are 8.30am - 5pm limited. Bookings cannot be made in Voices of the Entry Free advance. Places will be allocated on first come first served basis. Please come early Norfolk Plains and collect a token on arrival to secure DatE Every Thursday and Friday, plus your place. Saturday or Sunday in May A Yarn with a Farmer Date 15 - 19 May 2017 Features site of former gaol at Many of the original settlers in the Launceston College. Norfolk Plains area were deported to The Tasmanian Wool Centre is having a Van Diemen’s Land from week to celebrate wool from 15 to 19 One hour walk followed by afternoon tea and and settled in the area now known as May 2017. Every week day there will be slideshow in the Launceston College Hall. Longford. Come and hear their story. a guest speaker who will sit in the wool VenuE Clarendon Estate, exhibition area from 11am to 12.30pm 234 Clarendon Road, Nile and chat to visitors about their role in the The Voices of Animals at Via Evandale industry. Clarendon Time 10am - 4pm VenuE Tasmanian Wool Centre Date 14 May 2017 Church St, Ross Entry Gold coin donation Experience the history of Clarendon Time 11am - 12.30pm through the voice of animals. Look, feel BookinG Required No and touch the many animals that will be on Entry Free display within this magnificent property. There will be both static and live displays, Discovering interactive events, stalls, food vans and 100 Years of the entertainment for this heritage event. Launceston Synagogue Date 28 May 2017 Majestic Theatre See comment under significant event. Date: 1- 31 May Launceston Synagogue is Australia’s VenuE 234 Clarendon Station second oldest, and is built in the Egyptian On our mezzanine just next to the cafe is a Road, Nile Revival style. This rare and significant site carbon arc projector that was used in the theatre between 1929 and the 50s. Also Time 10am - 4pm provides an insight into the contribution of the Jewish community in Australia’s shown are some original film posters from Entry Adult:$5.00 Conc.: $5.00 diverse cultural heritage. the time. Family: $5.00 The projector was part of a private NT Member: $5.00 Venue 126 St John Street, Launceston collection and was donated to us in BookinG Required No Time 2pm - 3pm 2012. If you are lucky, Neil Mullins who Entry Donation towards the learnt his trade as a projectionist on this Synagogue’s Conservation Fund machine, will be in having a coffee in the Australian Vernacular café while you visit. Contact: National Trust Office Furniture Celebration (03) 6344 6233 Venue: Neil Pitts Menswear, Chairmaking Events 76 Brisbane Street, Launceston Date 5 - 7 May 2017 Time: 9am - 5pm The delivery of two chairmaking events Home from the War in the style of Jimmy Possum tradition. Date 1 - 31 May 2017 The chair making events will involve the The impact of the First World War descendents of the 19th century Jimmy on Australia was far reaching and Possum community chairmakers and the long lasting. carpenter, Anthony Rope.

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rigger and air adventurer, Wiley Post, to Artisan Gallery Campbell Town Museum & Elizabeth Town fly around the world. They set off from Date Daily Visitor Information Centre Collectibles Museum Roosevelt airfield on 23 June 1931 and Date Daily The gallery is a showcase for some Date Mon - Sat re-landed there on 1 July. of Tasmania’s best artists and Campbell Town Museum and Visitor In 1978 Ken Cooper’s parents, who were avid collectors, established a Venue Harold Gatty Memorial, craftspersons.north The potter study of Information Centre is located in the private museum. Their son continues to Midlands Hwy & Pedder Rudolph Sibrava and Lisa Boyter is also centre of Campbell Town in the Town collect for and manage the museum. The St, Rosedale Airfield, housed in the building and the potters Hall, relocating to this building in collection has a wide variety of objects Campbell Town are on hand to show you their studio October 2014. The Museum exhibits from men’s shed tools to children’s toys. Entry Free and explain their work processes. many artefacts and items pertaining to Venue Elizabeth Town Collectibles Venue Artisan Gallery, 32 Deviot Rd, Campbell Town and the surrounding Museum, Bass Highway, Robigana area. Elizabeth Town James Boag Brewery Date Daily Time 10am – 4pm Time 10am - 5pm Venue Campbell Town Museum & Tour of the brewery followed by Entry Free Visitor Information Centre, Entry Gold coin donation tasting of Boag’s beers matched 75 High St, Campbell Town with Tasmanian cheeses. Café and Time 10am – 3pm Entally House tours available. Bass and Flinders Centre Date May Venue James Boag Brewery, 39 Date Daily Entry Donations welcome Entally House is a historic homestead William St, Launceston The Bass and Flinders Centre is a with various outbuildings, including Time Mon - Fri 9.30am - 5pm museum of beautiful wooden boats. Cataract Gorge Australia’s oldest conservatory, a Sat & Sun 10.30am - 5pm Time 10am -4pm Date Daily chapel, stables & a carriage house. The Entry Charges apply property encompasses grand, park like Venue 8 Elizabeth Street, Cataract Gorge has a long history surroundings with magnificent gardens and has been described by several George Town and a vineyard. (03) 6382 3792 generations as the heartbeat of Launceston Tramway Venue Meander Valley Road, Hadspen Launceston and central to its lifestyle Museum Time Thursday to Monday Date Daily and sense of community. The Gorge 10am - 4pm Tour of museum and 20 minute train Ben Lomond Ski Village features walking trails, lookouts, the Entry Adult: $15.00 ride. Open every day. Date Daily world’s longest single span chairlift, Conc: $12.00 Venue Launceston Tramway Museum, Ben Lomond takes its name from the a suspension bridge and an open air Family: $35.00 Inveresk Precinct Scottish mountain of the same name swimming pool. and was given by Colonel Paterson who Entry Charges apply Venue Cataract Gorge, Launceston founded the first European settlement Evandale Pioneer Cemetery Entry Free Date Daily in Northern Tasmania in 1804. The Longford RSL Museum Northern Tasmanian Alpine Club Wander through this amazing record of Date Tue - Fri Tasmanian forebears and gain an insight was formed in 1929 and constructed The Longford RSL Museum contains a a chalet ‘Carr Villa’. The Australian Community of Mathinna into the social and cultural fabric of our Date Daily unique pioneering heritage. James Cox, wide variety of memorabilia relating to National Ski Championships were Mathinna takes its name from that of an who established nearby ‘Clarendon’, is service people in the area. Especially held at the site in 1955. Always open, highlighted is the journey of Mary aboriginal girl befriended by Governor buried here alongside his wife and other weather permitting. Ransom, who was a nurse during WWII. and Lady Franklin. On the outskirts of family members. Venue Ben Lomond Ski Village Mathinna is Evercreech Forest Reserve, Venue Evandale Pioneer Cemetery Venue Longford RSL Museum, 78 Wellington St, Longford Entry National Park fees apply home to the tallest White Gums in Entry Free the world. Time Tue - Fri 3pm - 7pm Sat 10am - 7pm or Bolt Sculpture Venue Mathinna & Evercreech Forest Evandale Tourist and by appointment Date Daily Reserve Park Information Centre The Bolt Sculpture, created by Entry Free Date Daily Provides visitor information and Low Head Foghorn local sculptor, David Hamilton, was Date Daily commissioned by the School of Visual accommodation bookings in Evandale Every Sunday at 11am the fog horn at and Performing Arts, University Dr Pugh and surrounding areas as well as Date Daily general information on attractions the historic Low Head is of Tasmania, to mark the City of throughout Tasmania. blown. Bring a picnic along and enjoy Launceston’s 2006 ‘It’s About Us’ Dr William Russ Pugh (1806 - 1897) Time 10am - 4pm the fantastic views out into , celebrations. ‘It’s About Us’ was a year- was a medical practitioner credited up the Tamar and across to East Beach. Venue 18 High Street, Evandale long celebration that marked 200 years with administering the first surgical Be amazed by the incredible sound (03) 6391 8128 of European settlement of Launceston anaesthetic in the southern hemisphere. of the foghorn as it eerily bellows and recognised more than 35,000 On 7 June 1847 he performed two and echoes. A great activity for all years of Aboriginal settlement in the operations at St John’s Hospital, Harold Gatty Memorial the family. Tamar area. Launceston using ether anaesthesia. The Harold Gatty Memorial Park Venue Low Head Light House, Low commemorates the extraordinary Venue UTAS Academy of the Arts, Venue Princes Square, St John & Head Road, Low Head achievements of the Campbell Town 2 Invermay Rd, Inveresk Elizabeth St, Launceston born adventurer. Gatty’s assistance was Time 11am - 11.30am Entry Free Entry Free sought by the one-eyed stuntman, oil Entry Free

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during the 18th and 19th centuries. Sat 2pm & 3pm 1870s from the efforts of Chinese Entry Charges apply prospectors. Date Daily Venue Mt Direction Historic Site, East Tamar, 25km north of northVenue Storey’s Creek Built in 1888, the current lighthouse Launceston replaced the original, built by convict QVMAG Science Collection Entry Free labour, which was demolished due to Entry Free Date Daily falling into a state of disrepair. The The QVMAG scientific collections have Supply River Mill current double brick structure was national and international significance. designed by Marine Board architect, Painted Poles of Lilydale Historic Site Date Daily Venue QVMAG Inveresk, Date Daily Robert Huckson. The power poles along the main street 2 Invermay Rd, Inveresk The site was first inhabited by Venue Low Head Lighthouse, of Lilydale have been painted by local Time 10am – 4pm Tasmanian Aboriginal Panninher people Low Head Road, Low Head for gathering shell fish and swan eggs artists to depict scenes from the Entry Free Time 10am - 6pm and camping. The first Europeans to the rich and diverse agriculturally-based site were probably Bass and Flinders Entry Free heritage of the district. Richardson’s Harley in 1798. A flour mill was constructed Venue Lilydale Rd, Lilydale Davidson Motorcycle on the site in 1825. The land was Low Head Pilot Station Entry Free Museum purchased by the West Tamar Council Date Daily Richardson’s Harley Davidson is a large and Parks & Wildlife Service and local Low Head Pilot Station is the oldest motorcycle museum. Walk your way residents in 1995. group of pilot buildings in Australia. Pearn's Steam World through our History Boards of nine Venue Supply River Mill Historic Site, While it was the first station to operate, Date Daily decades. Read old newspapers and Deviot Rd, West Tamar it is the third oldest pilot service after General agricultural history dating back see our old workshop set out for easy Entry Free the private operations of Sydney and to the 1860s. viewing. Hobart. It is the only one operating on Venue Pearn’s Steam World, 65- Venue Richardson’s Harley Davidson, Tasmanian Wool Centre its original site. The pilot service dates 67 Meander Valley Hwy, 468 Westbury Rd, Prospect Date Daily from 1805, with the appointment of The Tasmanian Wool Centre is a leading William House as Harbour Master at Westbury Time Mon – Fri 9am – 5.30pm Sat 9am – 3pm attraction in Ross and promotes the Port Dalrymple. The first building on Time 10am - 3pm qualities of wool to visitors. Together the site was probably built in 1806. The Entry Charges apply Entry Gold coin donation with one of Tasmania’s largest retail pilot service still operates from this areas devoted to woollens, it houses site today. Ross informative, well presented museum Venue Low Head Pilot Station, Low QVMAG Fine Arts, Date Daily galleries to explore the beginnings of Head Rd, Low Head Decorative Arts & the wool industry and the history of the Originally the site of a male punishment Time 10am – 4pm Design Collection vibrant village of Ross. Date Daily station, from 1847-1848, the buildings Entry Charges apply were adapted for use as a probation Venue Tasmanian Wool Centre, 48 QVMAG collects and displays fine art station for women. Known as the Ross Church St, Ross and decorative arts principally from Female Factory, it housed between 60 Time Mon - Fri 9:30am to 4:30pm Malua Memorial Australia with particular reference to and 120 women at any one time, as well Sat & Sun 10am to 4pm Date Daily Tasmania. as accommodating the inmates’ babies. Entry Gold coin donation Visit the Malua Memorial and journey Venue Art Gallery at Royal Park, It operated as a hiring depot, nursery, through the life of this highly successful, 2 Wellington St, Launceston probation and punishment station until versatile racehorse. 1855. Further information can be obtained Time 10am – 4pm The Vintage Tractor Shed Venue Great Western Tiers Visitor at the Tasmanian Wool Centre. Date Daily Centre, Entry Free Venue , Bond St, The Vintage Tractor Shed is home to 100 Emu Bay Rd, Deloraine Ross over 90 machines in working order, owned by father and son team Hedley Entry Free Time 9.30am – 4.30pm QVMAG History and Glenn Shaw. Collection Entry Free Date Daily Venue The Vintage Tractor Shed, ‘Methode Tasmanoise’ QVMAG History Collection represents Veterans Row, Westbury Date Daily both Tasmania’s place in Australia and Sculpture Trail Time 9am - 4pm The story behind the Jansz Vineyard the world, and brings the world to Date Daily Entry Charges apply and how it came to produce one of the Tasmania. A unique encounter with the region’s best selling premium sparkling wines in Venue QVMAG Inveresk, creativity, diverse culture, community Australia. 2 Invermay Rd, Inveresk and rich natural, historic heritage. Val D'Osne Fountain Date Daily Venue Jansz Wine Room, 12168 Time 10am – 4pm Venue Deloraine Riverbank Pipers Brook Rd, Pipers Brook Entry Free & Streetscape The Val D’Osne Fountain was erected Time 10am – 4pm to commemorate the opening of Entry Free Launceston’s reticulated water supply. Entry Free QVMAG Planetarium Date Tue - Sat It is a bronze copy of the original and was officially turned on in 1859. An The Planetarium presents shows on Storey's Creek historical Engineering Marker, which a range of astronomical topics and Date Daily Mt Direction Historic Site was placed on the fountain in 2007, also Date Daily includes a segment on the current Nestled at the foot of the crags of commemorates this event. Mt Direction Historic Site is important night sky Ben Lomond is Storey’s Creek (now as it is one of the only remaining Venue QVMAG Inveresk, a ghost town), a region rich in mining Venue Princes Square, Elizabeth & examples of the communications 2 Invermay Rd, Inveresk history and magnificent natural beauty. Charles St, Launceston systems used in British military colonies Time Tue - Fri 12noon & 2pm, Mining at Storey’s Creek began in the Entry Free

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a voice to and tell some of the stories Hearing the Stories of the Tasmanians who served this Sacred Harp Singing and Sounds of our country in a time of war - both officers, Workshop Spiritual Ancestors non-commissioned officers and the Date 7 May 2017 ordinary soldiers. Some did not survive to southDate 21 May 2017 We hope to spread the joy of community come home. Wesley Church has in the past been a singing through ‘Sacred Harp’ (Shape Note strong voice to the community. Come Venue Keopang Lines Derwent singing). This is an acapella style of singing and hear about some of the pillars of the Barracks, Glenorchy in four-part harmony. The Sacred Harp Hymnal was first published in 1844. Join faith whilst enjoying the sound of the pipe Time 10am - 4pm organ that gives a voice to the hymns of us in song, community and friendship. No the past. A black and white film without Entry Free experience necessary. Come and hear the sound featuring 1950s rural Tasmanians unique sound. BookinG Required Yes will also be shown. Venue 30 Cromwell Street, Email: [email protected] Battery Point Venue 56-58 Melville Street, Hobart Phone: 62473892 or 0429 929 291 Time 10am - 11.30am Time 3pm - 5pm Entry Gold coin donation Entry Free Characters of South Arm BookinG Required No BookinG Required No Date 19 May 2017 Come and meet some extraordinary A Pint of History - characters from the past as we explore Heritage Bush Timber selected parts of South Arm with story Crafts: Voices from Telling Tales teller James Parker, who vividly brings Date 18 May 2017 back to life convicts and early free settlers the Bush Date Come and share a pint with some of who came to the South Arm Peninsula 13 May 2017 Hobart’s leading historical researchers, long before it was a seaside holiday spot. Learn about traditional heritage bush and listen to them telling tales about the Venue South Arm Community Centre, timber crafts including split timber hidden voices of history. Listen, discuss South Arm roofing shingles, and post and rail fencing and challenge the ideas shared, with including shingle splitting deomonstration both speakers and each other, all in the Time 10am - 2pm at South Arm by Graham Green, one of the last casual atmosphere of Hobart’s Shambles (9.30am-3pm if travelling craftsman practising shingle roofing Brewery. from Rokeby) in Tasmania. Venue 222 Elizabeth Street, Hobart Entry Adults $10.00 Conc. $10.00 Venue 6 Mill Lane, Oatlands. Time 6.45 - 8.30pm Child $5.00 Event will be taking place at Callington Mill. Entry Free BookinG Required Yes Time 11am Phone: 0415 847 360 BookinG Required Entry Free No - but can be booked online. Vintage Tractor and BookinG Required No Tasmanian Machinery Display Battalions Heritage Date 27 May 2017 Scouting around Tasmania Date 6 - 7 May 2017 A number of vintage tractors and for One Hundred Years agricultural equipment will be displayed - Date Jan - Dec 2017 The exhibition will be a unique collection of photographs, uniforms and some will be running, including a very rare Stories of personalities, memorabilia, accroutrements, memorabilia and some Bates Steel Mule from the 1920s. Sausage displays. A free personal or group visit weaponry among other artefacts - all sizzle free of charge. and walk through the Tasmanian Scout with a connection to the 12th and 40th Venue Hall Road, Collinsvale Heritage Centre. Hear about Tasmanian, Battalions. All housed at the Keopang Australian and International connections Lines at Derwent Barracks, Glenorchy. Time 10am - 3pm with scouting history. Approx. one hour This collection is not usually open to plus required. Located at Scouts Tasmania Entry Free the public due to security constraints. headquarters at ‘The ‘Lea’ site near Through this exhibition we hope to gave BookinG Required No Kingston in Hobart. Facilities are also

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available for youth and school groups, Time Mon - Thurs: 9am -4pm Golf Course caravans, cabin accommodation, on-site (Closed 12 - 1pm) adventure base, bush activities etc. in Time 10am - 2pm Entry Free south conjunction with your visit. Entry Adult: $5.00 Conc: $3.00 BookinG Required Not required Venue The Lea Scout Campsite, 330 Child: $2.00 Family: $10.00 Proctors Road Kingston Hobart NT Member: $5.00 Time Every Wednesday Pontville Heritage Walk BookinG Required Yes: Online Date 7 May 2017 10am to 3pm - By arrangement www.eventbrite.com.au/e/glover-in- in advance. Other days A walking tour of historic Pontville, a arcadia-heritage-festival-tour-and-talk- as required. township settled in early 1800s. A guided tickets-32875603816 Entry Free - donations welcome walk featuring some of the history of the area, buildings and people of the time, BookinG Required Yes ending at the Brighton Heritage Museum where light refreshments will be provided. Open Day at Your Stories from Venue 371 Brighton Road, Pontville the Archives Time 1 - 3pm Date 14 May 2017 Afternoon tea included Date 24 May 2017 Come and discover the stories of the Date Adults: $15.00 Child: $7.50 convict women and their children who We’re bringing the archives to life by matching records with stories from the Venue Phone: 0402 956 692 spent time at Cascades Female Factory people who know them best. You might be Email: at our Open Day, to be held symbolically a researcher or a records donor. You may [email protected] on Mothers’ Day. Various events and have found a crucial piece of information demonstrations are planned for the day for your family history. We record these including children’s activities, a bonnet stories, combine them with photos, letters Pontville Heritage display and an appearance by the Matron. and films then share them online. If this Association Museum interests you, come along, see what Venue 16 Degraves Street, South Hobart stories have already been done and find Date 1 - 31 May 2017 out how to make a time to record your Every Sunday in May the Brighton Time 9.30am - 4pm own. Heritage Association opens its museum Entry Entry to the site is free on the Venue LINC Tasmania 91 Murray Street, doors. Come along and enjoy the day. Heritage tours: Hobart artefacts, photos and memorabilia relating to Brighton, Pontville and surrounding Adult: $15 Child/Conc: $10 Time 1pm - 2pm areas. BookinG Required Entry Free Venue 371 Brighton Road, Pontville Phone: 1800 139 478 Email: BookinG Required Time 1pm - 3pm [email protected] Booking required: (03) 6165 5539 Email: Entry Free - donations are appreciated [email protected] BookinG Required No Richmond Convict Gaol John Elliott Historic Site Classics Museum Glover in Arcadia Date 1 - 31 May 2017 Date 1 - 31 May 2017 Date 6 May 2017 Australia’s oldest convict gaol still in Search among artworks and artefacts Discover the sites of iconic paintings of original condition. from Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome for Hobart via a walk with experts, and meet echoes of the silent voices of their makers the artists behind ‘Glover in Arcadia’, an Venue 37 Bathurst Street, Richmond and owners. These cultural products are exhibition curated around contemporary vital in the recovery and reconstruction responses to the works of John Glover, Time 9am - 5pm of the stories of individual ancient people and meet some of the artists involved. and the worlds in which they lived. Refreshments will be supplied. Entry Adult: $9.00 Child: $4.00 Family: $22.00 Venue University of Tasmania Churchill Venue Please meet at the Rosny Farm Avenue, Sandy Bay car park, next to the Rosny BookinG Required No

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Highway. In this two hour workshop, Phone: (03) 6278 1269 Oral History Workshop young writers aged 8 - 14 will explore Email: [email protected] Date 27 May 2017 souththe fascinating stories about a place that many of us encounter every day without The workshop will be conducted by thinking much about it. Jill Cassidy, President of Oral History The Voice of a 1915 Tasmania, and will cover all aspects of Venue 65 Hopkins Street, Moonah German Internee oral history practice. Topics include: Date 1 - 31 May 2017 Time 1pm - 3pm interview technique, possible pitfalls, use A German diary (1915) by 4th Officer, of digital recorder, ethics, transcription Entry Free and publication. Participants will be able Fritz Stegherr, among other collectables to listen to interview excerpts and do BookinG Required Yes at the Visitor Centre. practice interviews. [email protected] Venue Quarantine Station, 816 Killora Road, North Bruny Island Venue Glenorchy LINC 4 Terry Street, Glenorchy Pandemonium Time 10am - 3pm Time 10am - 4.45pm Date Thursday, Friday and Saturday Entry Free Entry Oral History Members: $40 Between 1806 and 1946, 221 people BookinG Required Not required Non-members: $50 were hanged in Van Diemen’s Land. The Enquiries: (03) 6260 6287 Students: $30 Penitentiary Chapel Site, shortened by Email: [email protected] BookinG Required inmates to ‘the Tench’, was the dark heart of the convict system in Tasmania. Behind Phone: 0418 178 098 these walls, 55,000 men ate, prayed, Email: [email protected] Oral Histories slept and were punished. ‘Pandemonium’ Date 1 - 31 May 2017 the film, is an immersive audio-visual experience within the original Penitentiary Our Family Tree section has a collection The Henry Jones IXL Art Chapel where convicts actually sat. of oral histories depicting early pioneer and History Tour years. Venue 6 Brisbane Street, Cnr Brisbane Date Sunday: 7, 14, 21 & 28 May 2017 and Campbell Streets, Hobart Venue Bruny Island History Room, Alonnah, Bruny Island Through the rise and fall of various Time 5.30pm industries, and most notably as the home Time 10am - 3pm daily of Henry Jones’ IXL jam empire, our Entry Adult: $15.00 Conc.: $10.00 harbour side location has been central Child: $10.00 Family: $40.00 Entry Free to Hobart and its people. Witness the NT Member: $10.00 BookinG Required Not required continuing IXL legacy of community BookinG Required Enquiries: (03) 6260 6287 illustrated by our gallery of emerging Email: [email protected] Tasmanian artists, complimented by www.nationaltrustpandemonoim.com.au classic Glover landscapes and Glover prize Phone (03) 6231 0911 Walk-in subject to availability winners. Stories from the People Venue 25 Hunter Street, Hobart of the Great Lake Power Time 2pm High Teas in the Scheme (film presentation) Entry Gold coin donation Drawing Room Date 16 May 2017 Date Tuesday : 2, 9, 16 May 2017 BookinG Required Yes Waddamana Power Station, commissioned Sunday: 7, 21, 28 May, 2017 in 1916, was the centrepiece of the Phone: (03) 6210 7700 Great Lake Power Scheme, paving the Email: [email protected] Traditional High Tea served in the beautiful Drawing Room at Runnymede. way for eight decades of hydro electricity Fine china, beautiful food and the developments in Tasmania. The station company of friends. and scheme were added to the Heritage Stories of the Register in 2014, recognising their Brooker Highway Venue Runnymede, 61 Bay Road, important contribution to Tasmania’s New Town Date 20 April 2017 heritage. Join us to experience stories Entry Adults: $30.00 Child: $25.00 (7 - from the people of Central Highlands, Come along and discover true stories sharing their memories of working 16) NT Member: $25.00 unearthed by the Story Island Project and living in the Central Highlands about life around Hobart’s Brooker BookinG Required Essential community that powered a mighty

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hydropower scheme and helped create selected properties around New Norfolk today’s Tasmania. that are identified as relevant to Laing’s Mick Thomas Book fiddle tunes and, while at each property, Venue Hydro Tasmania Level 1 southLaunch Hobart Gaol the fiddle tunes that are relevant to that Auditorium, 4 Elizabeth Street, Date 25 May 2017 property are played, and the . Plus showing regularly Alexander Laing’s connection to the site Raconteur, troubadour, balladeer and at Waddamana Power Station is told, along with a short history of the poet, Mick Thomas is best known as the Heritage Site from 16 May property. song master of pub-rock icons Weddings 2017 onwards Parties Anything. His ever-evolving See p4 for more details. Time 1pm - 2pm talents as a writer and performer define a Venue St Matthews Anglican Church career as intriguing as it is enduring. Entry Free 6 Bathurst Street, New Norfolk Venue The Tench (Old Hobart Gaol) BookinG Required Time 10am - 3.30pm 6 Brisbane St Bookings are encouraged to ensure Cnr Brisbane & Campbell Sts, adequate seating is available. Entry $85 Hobart Phone: 1300 360 441 BookinG Required Time Doors open 6:30pm Email: [email protected] eventbrite.com.au 7pm Book Launch with guest Enquiries: Anne 0419 213 232 moderator Anthony Morgan Unearthing Glenorchy and a live set from Mick Thomas accompanied by The Roving Stories Variety Bay Pilot Station Commissioners Squeezebox Date 2 - 20 May c1831 and Church c1846 Wally and Ayleen O’Hanlon A section of video stories and recorded Date 16 April 2017 8pm Book and CD signing audios told by local residents, video Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy finding out interviews with local residents and Entry Tickets $30 + BF Online about the history of St. Peters Church, key figures from local events and $35 at the Door Variety Bay, the first Church south activities with a strong emphasis on the of Hobart for many years which was Booking Required migrant experience. stabilised by the Bruny Island Historical https://www.trybooking.com/book/ Venue The Moonah Arts Centre, 23-27 Society with the assistance of funds event?eid=275068 Albert Road, Moonah. made available by the Commonwealth Parking opposite Moonah of Australia under the 2001/2 Cultural Arts Centre Heritage Projects Programme. Also Oak Lodge ’s $6,000 Time Continuous program from Date 1 – 31 May 2017 contribution for the $ for $ raised by the 10am - 4pm weekdays & from Bruny Island Community. Join the guided Oak Lodge is a highly regarded Georgian 11am - 3pm Saturdays tours at the church every 90 mins where house in largely original condition, owned Entry Free Suzanne will take you back to the past and by the National Trust and run as a local the life of yesteryear. museum by Historical Booking Required Society volunteers. [email protected] Venue Variety Bay, North Bruny Island, (03) 6214 7633 Bruny Island Main Road Built in 1831, Oak Lodge is in largely original condition, down to the cellar, Attendance limit: No Time 10am - 3pm unique staircases, door locks and cedar Entry Free joinery, original cobblestone paths, stables and garden. Alexander Laing New Booking Required No Norfolk Fiddle Excursion Venue 18 Bridge Street, Richmond Date 14 May 2017 Time 11.30am – 3.30pm The event that Friends of Willow Entry Adult: $4.00 Court is holding traces the history of Child:$1.00 Alexander Laing and the fiddle tunes he BookinG Required composed when he resided and worked in No New Norfolk, The Alexander Laing fiddle trail, hosted by FoWC, involves travelling by bus to

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damaged in a storm. The church in Adamsfield Cape Bruny Lighthouse Bridge Street was built in 1873. International Wall Date Daily Date Daily of Friendship Adamsfield was once a thriving Time Daily 9.30am - 4.30pm Date Daily osmiridium mining settlement with a Entry Free Copping Convict & The International Wall of Friendship southColonial Collection commemorates the contribution of migrants population of more than 1,000 people Date Thu – Mon in Tasmania’s remote south-west. Today to Tasmania. It was conceived as a lasting Copping Convict & Colonial Collection there is little left of this once-booming Chauncy Vale Wildlife memorial to the bonds of friendship and is situated halfway between Hobart town apart from a quiet valley with Sanctuary goodwill of the migrants from the many Date Daily and Port Arthur and began life as nations who have made Tasmania their scattered relics, which are gradually The Chauncy Vale Wildlife Sanctuary, a garage. It has an extraordinary home, and to their contribution and being reclaimed by the bush. of which Day Dawn is part, is the oldest display of memorabilia and inventions. commitment to the progress and wellbeing Venue Mt Field National Park private conservation area in the state Since November 2011 it has been of the state. and is open daily, except for days of rejuvenated by a local company, Entry National Park fee applies Venue Commonwealth Government total fire ban. It is open 9am to sunset. Vines and Designs, with a focus on Centre, 188 Collins St, Hobart Venue Chauncy Vale Wildlife highlighting local creativity and talent. Sanctuary, Baghdad Opens Thursday to Monday – group Bellerive History Room bookings on other days. Date Mon - Sat Time 9am – 8pm Isle of the Dead Venue Copping Convict & Colonial The Bellerive Historical Society Date Daily Entry Gold coin donation Collection, 2217 Arthur Hwy, was formed in 1990 with the aim of Between 1833 – 1877 around 1,100 Copping preserving the past for the future. people were buried at this settlement Time 9am – 5pm Bellerive played a major role in the cemetery. The Isle of the Dead is the Date Daily survival of the early colony of Hobart Entry Gold coin donation final resting place for military and civil Town by providing game meat. The Coal Mines Historic Site is a great officers, their wives and children and place to journey to and discover on foot. Later, cereals and fruits were grown convicts. The most common causes of Learn the history of this place as you walk Cygnet Living and transported to Hobart Town. History Museum death among convicts were industrial the paths and tracks around the site and Date Daily accidents and respiratory disease. The Bellerive Historical Society’s read the stories of some of the people Venue Port Arthur Historic Site, photographs and historical material who lived and worked here. Explore the The Cygnet Living History Museum Arthur Hwy, Port Arthur are available to the public in the former settlement ruins, which once included records the history of the area from watch house. stone prisoners’ barracks and punishment the first contact with the Aboriginal Entry Charges apply girl, Oura Oura, by Baudin’s 1802 cells, a chapel, bake house and store as Contact Call 1800 659 101 for Venue Bellerive History Room, 8 expedition, through European Cambridge Rd, Bellerive well as quarters for the commanding more information officer, surgeon and soldiers. Guided settlement to the present day. Cygnet Time Mon - Fri 9am - 4pm tours available by contacting Port Arthur was a centre for timber getting, apple Sat 9am - 12noon Historic Site. and small fruit growing and processing, Josephite Mission & and boat building. Entry Free Venue Coal Mines Historic Site, Coal History Centre Venue Cygnet Living History Date Mon – Fri Contact 6244 2925 Mines Rd., Saltwater River, Museum, 37 Mary St, Cygnet View and hear the story of the Entry Free Entry Gold coin donation Josephite involvement in Catholic The Bligh Museum of Contact Please call 1800 659 101 for education in Tasmania. Pacific Exploration more information Federation Venue Josephite Mission & History Date Daily Chocolate Factory Centre, 67 Clare St, New Town A specialised collection relating to Date Sun - Fri Time 9.30am – 4pm Colebrook Progress As an added attraction to the Chocolate exploration in the South Pacific. Entry Donation Association Factory, there is a museum of artefacts Time 10am - 4pm Maps and information regarding the to preserve local timber harvesting Venue 876 Main Road, Adventure Bay, Jerusalem Probation Station are and sawmill heritage. Visitors will see available for perusal. machinery from yesteryear as well as Kangaroo Bluff Battery South Bruny Island Date Daily (03) 6293 1117 Venue Colebrook History Room, equipment used by grandma in the From the time of the first official white Richmond Rd, Colebrook home as a reminder of our pioneering lifestyle. In the yard outside, a remnant settlement of the Derwent at in Time By appointment only of the old convict powered tramway 1803, there was concern over the possibility Callington Mill Entry $2.00 may still be clearly seen. Now heritage Date Daily of attack by sea. By 1836, it was thought that Contact [email protected] listed, it is one of the best remaining mutually supporting batteries on both sides Callington Mill showcases wind-driven examples of undisturbed line. See the of the Derwent could turn Hobart Town into 100 year old church just opposite with technology. Tours and cafe. a fortress. Kangaroo Point, with its steep bluff, Congregational Church an array of vintage timber harvesting Venue Callington Mill, Old Mill Lane, machines nearby. Open all of May. was an ideal site located on the eastern shore. Oatlands (1873) Richmond Date Daily Venue Federation Chocolate, 2 South Venue Kangaroo Bluff Battery, Gunning Time Open 9am - 5pm St, Bellerive The first Congregational Church was St, Taranna Tours on the hour 10am - 3pm built in 1844 in Torrens Street and Time 9am – 5pm Time 9am - 5pm Entry Charges apply was demolished in 1876 after it was Entry Free Entry Free

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unexplained occurrences from real Ouse History Room people who lived and worked at Port Richmond Bridge Time Daily Date Tue, Wed & Thur Date Daily Arthur – and from more recent visitors Discover the layers of history. Walk A local collection of sporting trophies, southRichmond Bridge is a lasting symbol too. Port Arthur Ghost Tours run for freely among the historic buildings family photographs, Ouse School, 90 minutes and tours depart from the of Tasmania’s convict heritage. The of Darlington Probation Station - an information and other memorabilia. The Visitors Centre. Your tour time will be sandstone arches of Australia’s oldest Australian Convict Site World Heritage history group was formed in 2010 and confirmed when you book. known large stone arch bridge have is very active in recording, displaying spanned Tasmania’s Coal River since Property. View cement silos and the Venue Port Arthur Historic Site, and highlighting aspects of the history its completion in 1825. Built by convict Coffee Palace Museum. Arthur Hwy, Port Arthur of the area. labour, the Richmond Bridge reminds us Venue Maria Island National Park Entry Charges apply Venue Ouse History Room, 6947 Lyall of the forced migration that contributed Entry Charges apply Hwy, Ouse Contact Call 1800 659 101 for to the development of Australia’s more information society. Time 10am - 4pm Venue Richmond Bridge, Richmond Moorings Museum Entry Free John Sargent has been collecting Port Arthur Historic Site Entry Free items highlighting the rich history of Date Daily Bellerive for 40 years. Photographs Point Puer Boys' Site Entry includes interactive and documents include: Bridges of the Prison Tour experiences for all ages - a 25 Royal Tasmanian Botanical Derwent, The Disaster, Date Daily minute Harbour Cruise, 45 minute Gardens – French Memorial The Bellerive and Hobart Regattas and Operated from 1834 – 1849 and Introductory Walking Tour and access Garden & Fountain Date Daily the ferry link. Early whaling history in was the first purpose-built juvenile to the Convict Gallery, the Convict The Whaler’s Den is also included. reformatory in the British Empire. Study Centre and over 30 buildings and The French Memorial Fountain, created Juvenile offenders were separated from in 1972 by sculptor Stephen Walker, Venue Moorings Museum, 2a Victoria ruins as well as the historical grounds the older convicts to protect them from recognises the bicentenary of early Esplanade, Bellerive and gardens, Dockyard and the Convict criminal influence. Most of the boys Water Supply Trail. French exploration in Tasmania. Marc- Time By appointment only Joseph Marion du Fresne, on his voyage were aged between 14 and 17, with the Venue Port Arthur Historic Site, to explore the South Pacific, arrived Entry Free - by appointment youngest just 9 years old. Point Puer Arthur Hwy in Tasmania in 1772 followed by the Contact Bookings required – contact was renowned for its regime of stern Time Opens 9am daily expeditions of Bruni D’Entrecasteaux 0419 572 958 discipline and harsh punishment, but all the boys received an education while Entry Charges apply. Valid for 2 in 1792 and 1793. D’Entrecasteaux some were given an opportunity of consecutive days. established a base at Mt Nelson Signal Station trade training. Contact Call 1800 659 101 for to replenish supplies and undertake Date Daily Venue Port Arthur Historic Site, more information scientific research. Expedition botanist Arthur Hwy, Port Arthur Jacques Labillardiere collected many Built in 1811, the signal station at Mt plants including the type specimen of Nelson was the first to be constructed Entry Charges apply RAAF Association Museum the Tasmanian blue gum, Eucalyptus in Tasmania. Today, Mt Nelson Signal Contact Call 1800 659 101 for Date Wed – Fri globulus and Felix Delahaye established Station offers a fascinating insight more information RAAF Association Museum (Tas a food garden on the shore. Today, into the history of the early colony. Division Inc). A collection containing the plantings around the fountain are Informative panels describe the process objects and memorabilia associated representative of the plants collected of semaphore signalling, station life and Poltergeist Gin Tasting and with the Australian Flying Corps in and described by Labillardiere during the role the station played in reporting Tour of Shene Estate 1917 and the RAAF in 1921. those early voyages. Date Daily by appointment shipping, initially for the Port of Hobart Venue RAAF Memorial Centre, 61 Venue Royal Tasmanian Botanical Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour of and later for both Hobart and Port Davey St, Hobart Gardens, Queens Domain, Arthur. Shene Estate and share in a tipple of Hobart Poltergeist Gin. This tour is guided by a Time 9am – 4.30pm Venue Mt Nelson Signal Station Shene custodian and includes exclusive Entry Gold coin donation Time 8am – 5pm Entry Free access to the Distillery’s cellar door. Entry Free One hour duration. Recherche Bay New Norfolk Historical Venue Shene Estate, 76 Shene Road, Date Daily Pontville Royal Tasmanian Botanical Information Centre In the late 18th century, Britain and Gardens – Historic Walls Date Last Sat of each month By appointment only France were competing to chart and Date Daily New Norfolk Historical Information Entry $35.00 per person. Must be explore new worlds. The French visits to The Gardens are bordered on two sides Centre is a local collection highlighting 18+ years of age the north-east peninsula of Recherche by magnificent convict built heritage Bay were responsible for a wealth the community’s rich heritage through Contact All bookings must be made walls. Governor Arthur commissioned of new information about Tasmania. photographs, family history records, online at www.shene.com.au the brick and sandstone heated Arthur Recherche Bay can only be reached by documents and objects. Wall in 1829 to protect frost-tender boat. It is possible to land on the beach plants and aid the ripening of fruit. It Venue New Norfolk Historical but there are no walking trails through Port Arthur Ghost Tours was soon apparent heating was not Information Centre, Circle St, the area and it is best experienced from Date Nightly from dark needed in Tasmania’s climate but the New Norfolk the water. Journey back in time. Your professional wall, with its door on the southern end, Time 2pm – 4pm tour guide will vividly recount Time Open all times acted as the entrance to the Gardens Entry Gold coin donation documented cases of sightings and Entry Free for visitors until the main gates were

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erected in 1878. The convict brick one was raised in 1972. Friday: 10am - 12 noon The Soldiers’ Eardley Wilmot Wall was constructed Venue St John’s Catholic Church, Entry Gold coin donation during the tenure of Governor Eardley Richmond Memorial Avenue south Time Daily Wilmot between 1843 and 1846 and Entry Free runs for 280m to what originally was Tasmanian Scout The Soldiers’ Memorial Avenue forms the shoreline. Heritage Centre part of the Queen’s Domain in Hobart. Venue Royal Tasmanian Botanical St Joseph’s Church An amazing collection of objects It is an Avenue of Honour comprising Gardens, Queens Domain, Date Daily with local, national and international 520 trees planted in 1918 and 1919 Hobart A display of Pugin church ware in significance. Rare items include the to commemorate soldiers, mainly from Time 8am – 5pm stained glass, glass, brass, wood, world’s first woggle, made for Lord Hobart, who died in World War I (The Entry Free precious metals and stone. Baden-Powell. Great War), 1914 - 1918. Venue St Joseph’s Church, Cnr Time During business hours or by Venue The Soldiers’ Memorial Macquarie & Harrington St, appointment. Avenue, Queen’s Domain, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Hobart Venue The Lea Scout Centre, 330 Hobart Gardens – 200 Years 2018 Time 10am - 3pm Proctors Rd, Kingston Date Daily Entry Free Entry Free The RTBG will celebrate its 200th By appointment Date Free anniversary in 2018 making it one The St Virgil’s College of the earliest continuously running St Luke’s Anglican Church Contact [email protected] heritage sites in Tasmania. This history Centenary History Centre (1834) Time Mon – Fri is apparent in the many heritage Date Daily structures and the mature trees that act The History Centre features interactive The foundation stone was laid in 1834 The Apple Shed & as a backbone to more recent plantings. and static displays documenting the by Governor Arthur. Designed by John Heritage Museum Early buildings and structures include Date Daily history of the College from 1911. Lee-Archer and built by convict labour, the Superintendent’s Cottage of 1829, the church was completed in 1835. This is one of Australia’s most extensive Venue St Virgil’s College, once divided to house convicts on James Thompson, the convict who was privately-owned museums, highlighting 195 Main Rd, Austins Ferry one side and the superintendent on responsible for the original timber work the rich history of the region from the the other and the original overseer’s Time 9am – 4pm inside the building, was granted his 1800s through to the 1980s. cottage built in 1845. Many of the Date Free freedom as a reward for his work. mature trees are conifers with the Venue The Apple Shed & Heritage Pinetum established above the Lily Venue St Luke’s Anglican Church, Museum, 2064 Huon Hwy, Pond in 1862 and the trees along the Cnr Church & Torrens St, Grove The Tasmania Fire Museum Arthur Wall planted as an avenue to Richmond Time 9am- 5pm (Argyle Street Hobart) the decorative cast iron main gates that Entry Free Date Free Date Monday – Thursday by were erected in 1878. appointment Venue Royal Tasmanian Botanical St Michael’s The Hutchins Archive & The Tasmania Fire Museum was Gardens, Queens Domain, established in 1979. On display are Hobart Collegiate School Heritage Collection Date Daily Date Mon – Wed fire engines, books, photographs and Time 8am – 5pm St Michael’s Collegiate is a K-12 boarding The collection contains items dating memorabilia. Entry Free and day school for girls. The school was from 1798. The school was founded Venue The Tasmania Fire Museum, opened in 1892 by the Sisters of the in 1846 and is one of Australia’s 77-79 Argyle St, Hobart Church, an Anglican order from England. Spring Bay Maritime & oldest independent schools for boys. Time 8am to 4pm The school archives are at the rear of Guided tours of the school and gallery Discovery Centre Cananore (c1860), Macquarie Street. Entry By donation Date By appointment only by appointment. There is an engaging collection that Venue The Hutchins School, 71 Contact [email protected] In late 2009 a group established the documents and preserves Collegiate’s Nelson Rd, Hobart Spring Bay Maritime & Discovery rich heritage. Centre. Members envisaged it would Venue St Michael’s Collegiate School, Time 8.30am – 4.30pm not only display items relating to the The Tasmania Fire Museum 218 Macquarie St, Hobart Entry Free rich history of the area, but also be a (Anfield Street) Date First and third catalyst for change in the Spring Bay/ Contact Bookings required – 6211 Sunday afternoons Maria Coast region of the state. 4911 The Old Congregation The Tasmania Fire Museum was Venue Spring Bay Maritime Cemetery & Discovery Centre, Date Daily established in 1979. On display are Tasmanian Cricket Museum fire engines, books, photographs 17 Esplanade, Triabunna Date Tue – Fri The cemetery is listed on the Tasmanian and memorabilia. Museum open Tuesday to Friday. There Heritage Register. A visit to the nearby are also tours of Blundstone Arena every St Matthews Church and Churchyard Venue The Tasmania Fire Museum, St John’s Catholic Church Anfield Street, Glenorchy Date Daily Tuesday at 10am (except game days and (1827), 22 North Parade Rokeby, is well public holidays). worth a visit also. Time Afternoons till 4.30pm St John’s Catholic Church (1837) and burial ground is the oldest Catholic Venue Blundstone Arena, 15 Derwent Venue Congregational Church, Entry Entry included in the entry fee Church still in use in Australia. The St, Bellerive Richmond for the Tasmanian Transport church has had 3 spires. The present Time Tuesday - Thursday: 10am - 3pm Entry Free Museum. $10 per adult

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Venue The Tasmanian Transport Venue Warship & Marine Corp The Tasmanian Museum, 2b Anfield St, Museum, 3400 Huon Hwy, Shot Tower Date May Parliamentary Museum Glenorchy Franklin & Collection southThe Shot Tower is situated beside Time 1pm – 4pm Entry Charges apply Date Mon – Fri in Taroona and is The Parliament has a small museum Entry Charges apply Contact Bookings required about an 11 km drive from Hobart. The housed in the basement, in a room contact 0439 581 701 distinctive circular tower stands 48 with a beautiful vaulted ceiling. Some metres tall and was built in 1870 for the of the bricks used in the construction Waddamana Power purpose of producing lead shot. of the ceiling can be readily identified Station Museum Waterway Trail Date Daily Date Daily Venue Channel Highway, Taroona as convict made with the insignia Waddamana is the site of Hydro Tasmania’s The Waterway Trail begins at Pioneers’ Time Open Every day of the broad arrow. The museum 9am - 4pm houses a collection of photographs of first hydro-electric power station. The Park and follows the Sorrell Rivulet. museum has faithfully restored original There are storyboards along the trail Café open 10am - 4pm except Government Ministries, Governors, Wednesdays Premiers and Members of Parliament as machinery, equipment from the old Shannon outlining the rich history of the Sorrell well as other items. Power Station, historic photographs and area. Adjacent to Pioneers Park. Entry Adult: $8.00 appliances and artefacts from the historic Child: $4.00 Venue Parliament House Venue Waterway Trail, Pelham St, Waddamana village. Sorrell Family: $20.00 Time 9am – 5pm Child Under 5: Free Venue Waddamana Power Entry Free Entry Free by appointment Station Museum Contact Bookings required Time 10am – 4pm contact 6212 2244 Entry Free Variety Bay Pilot Station & Convict Church Date Open by appointment The Tasmanian Wartime & Marine Remains of 1831 pilot station built by William Transport Museum Lawrence. Brick kiln remains, which were Date Sat & Sun Corps Museum Date Daily operated by convicts and 1846 convict The Tasmanian Transport Museum The collection was established in Mosman, church, supposedly designed by Bishop was formed in 1962 and was officially Sydney in 1960 with the aim of preserving Nixon. opened to the public in December, artefacts from government-related Venue Bruny Island 1983. It is situated 8km north of maritime organisations from around the Via Great Bay Bruny Island Hobart, in the city of Glenorchy. Train world. In 2002 it was moved to Tasmania, rides are available. On the first Sunday, Contact Suzanne Smythe: after the 1920 Commercial Bank was trains are operated by a diesel rail car 0409259118 or purchased and restored. At the rear of the and on the third Sunday, trains are [email protected] building is a library of more than 3,000 operated by a steam locomotive. There books. Guided tours by appointment – is also a display of fire engines from the charges apply Tasmanian Fire Museum.

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Join us for a series of free guided tours on Wander amongst the headstones and listen Highfield Historic Site Saturday evenings around local cemeteries. to stories of the lives and deaths of some of Date May 2017 Wander amongst the headstones and listen the region’s pioneers by torchlight. Highfield is the story of enterprise for folly, to stories of the lives and deaths of some of Venue Wivenhoe Cemetery north-westsuccess or tragedy, you decide! Wander the region’s pioneers by torchlight. 27-45 Pearl Street, Wivenhoe through Highfield’s rooms and hear the Venue Ridgley Cemetery 44 West Time 7.30pm voices of the people who lived and worked Ridgley Road, Ridgley Entry Free in this house and around the property. Read Time 7.30pm their first impressions and compare them BookinG Required No Entry Free with your own views. BookinG Required No Venue 143 Greenhills Road, Stanley Latrobe Courthouse Museum Time 9.30am - 4.30pm daily Date Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays Entry Adult: $12.00 Conc: $10.00 Ghosts and Graves Tour - and Fridays. Other times by Child: $6.00 Family: $30.00 Old Wynyard Cemetery appointment. BookinG Required No Date 13 May 2017 Discover the story of Latrobe’s pioneers at Gruesome tales of death and the Court House Museum, located just ten Set in Stone decomposition…come along if you dare and minutes’ drive from the Spirit of Tasmania join us for an evening of spooks and spirits! terminal in Devonport. Through changing Date 6 May - 2 July 2017 Join us for a series of free guided tours on displays and a fascinating photographic An exhibition of headstones from Burnie’s Saturday evenings around local cemeteries. collection, visitors to the Court House early View Road Cemetery. Hear voices Wander amongst the headstones and listen Museum can learn about the town of from beyond the grave and discover the to stories of the lives and deaths of some of Latrobe, and its role as the centre of a rich sometimes sorrowful, sometimes intriguing the region’s pioneers by torchlight. agricultural and forestry district. and sometimes gruesome tales of our Venue Old Wynyard Cemetery, 1 Jenner Venue 113 Gilbert Street, (next to the founding folks. Street, Wynyard Post Office), Latrobe Venue Little Alexander Street, Burnie Time 7.30pm Time 10.30pm - 3.30pm Time Mon - Fri: 10am- 4.30pm Entry Free Sat-Sun: 1.30pm - 4pm Entry Gold coin donation BookinG Required No Entry Free BookinG Required BookinG Required No Phone: 6426 1289 Ghosts and Graves Tour - Somerset Firelight17 Ghosts and Graves Tour - Date 6 May 2017 Penguin Cemetary Date 4, 5, 6 May, 2017 Gruesome tales of death and Kentish Arts, Tourism and Commerce is Date 27 May 2017 decomposition…come along if you dare and staging the Finance Brokers of Tasmania Gruesome tales of death and join us for an evening of spooks and spirits! Firelight Festival 2017 during the month of decomposition…come along if you dare and Join us for a series of free guided tours on May, 2017. join us for an evening of spooks and spirits! Saturday evenings around local cemeteries. Join us for a series of free guided tours on Wander amongst the headstones and listen The Festival’s featured event will be a laser Saturday evenings around local cemeteries. to stories of the lives and deaths of some of show “Firellight17” that will transform Wander amongst the headstones and listen the region’s pioneers by torchlight. the rock face of Mount Roland into a giant to stories of the lives and deaths of some of Venue Somerset Cemetery screen telling a story in bold line animations, the region’s pioneers by torchlight. 30 Pelissier Street, Somerset accompanied by original soundtracks broadcast on our own radio frequency. Venue Penguin Cemetery 1 Main Street, Time 7.30pm Penguin Viewing from designated sites, drive-in style Entry Free from cars. Time 7.30pm BookinG Required No Venue Mount Roland, Entry Free 773 Claude Road, Sheffield BookinG Required No Ghosts and Graves Tour Time Gate opens at 4pm Gate closes at 7.15pm - Wivenhoe Show starts at 7.30pm Ghosts and Graves Tour - Date 29th April 2017 Entry 45.00 per car Ridgley Cemetery Gruesome tales of death and Date 20 May 2017 decomposition…come along if you dare and BookinG Required Gruesome tales of death and join us for an evening of spooks and spirits! Prebooking required: decomposition…come along if you dare and Join us for a series of free guided tours on [email protected] join us for an evening of spooks and spirits! Saturday evenings around local cemeteries. Ph: (03) 6491 1179

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Time 10am – 3pm Australian Axeman’s Hall The Steppes Wilmot Museum of Fame Entry Gold coin donation The Steppes Historic Site is located Date Sat & Sun Date Daily Contact Glen Morse:north-west 0438 749 612 on the Lake Highway in the Central The Wilmot Museum is located in the Museum, cafe, gift shop – Makers Market Highlands of Tasmania about 35km township of Wilmot, the ‘Valley of Views’ (every Sunday) including horse and King Island Museum north-west of Bothwell. This state on the tourist route to Cradle Mountain. carriage rides. Date Daily reserve of 48 ha not only protects the The museum was originally a church and Venue Australian Axeman’s Hall of The King Island Museum is run by a site’s historic buildings but also helps schoolroom, built in 1897 by pioneer Fame, 1 Bells Pde, River Rd, group of volunteers who are members ensure that stories about a way of Henry Buxton. The original organ and Latrobe of the King Island Historical Society. It is life, now largely gone, are carried into pew are on display with antique desks Time 9am – 4pm housed in the former ’s the future. and learning objects of the time. Tools, Entry Free residence. Venue The Steppes, Lake Hwy objects, photographs and records of the Venue King Island Museum, early settlers of Wilmot can be seen. Lighthouse St, Currie Chocolate Museum, The Wilderness Gallery Venue Wilmot Museum, Main Rd, Time 2pm – 4pm Date Daily Wilmot Viewing & Tasting Entry Gold coin donation Date Daily Please see website for information: Time 11am – 2pm House of Anvers Factory – chocolate www.cradlemountainhotel.com.au Entry Gold coin donation museum, viewing and tasting. Lyons Cottage Historic Site Venue Cradle Mountain Hotel, Venue House of Anvers, 9025 Bass Lyons Cottage was the early home of the 3718 Cradle Mountain Rd, Hwy, Latrobe Honourable Joseph Lyons, Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain Wonders of Wynyard only Prime Minister. It contains antiques, Entry Free Time 9am – 7pm Exhibition Centre historical photographs and information Date Daily Entry Free on the Lyons family. Exhibitions display the work of local Circular Head Venue Lyons Cottage Historic Site, artists and include their paintings, Heritage Centre 14 Alexander Tce, Stanley Waldheim Chalet sculptures, photographs, textiles, etc. Date Mon - Fri Time 10am - 4pm Date Daily Weekend by appointment Venue Wonders of Wynyard Exhibition Entry Gold coin donation Waldheim Chalet provides visitors with Centre, 8 Exhibition Link, Circular Head Heritage Centre occupies an insight into the Cradle Mountain area one of the few remaining early settler Wynyard and the people who played a pivotal buildings which are more than 100 Time Summer: 9am – 5pm Norman Sykes role in the establishment of the Cradle years old in the township. The collection May-July: 10am – 4pm Memorial Statue Mountain - Lake St Clair National Park. reflects the life and journeys of the early Norman Sykes donated 15 ha of bush to Gustav and Kate Weindorfer built the Entry Free pioneers and the working life of the ‘The Young People of Railton’ to be used community. as a sanctuary for birds, fauna and for rustic home and guest chalet in 1912, naming it Waldheim, meaning ‘forest Venue Circular Head Heritage Centre, recreational purposes. Don River Railway home’. 8a King St, Smithton Venue Norman Sykes Memorial Statue, Date Daily Venue Waldheim Chalet, Dove Lake Time 10.30am – 4.30pm Railton The Don River Railway is the North Rd, Cradle Mountain Contact 6452 4863 Time Daily West Coast’s premier tourist attraction Entry Free Entry National Park fees apply and one of Australia’s finest heritage passenger carrying railways. Highfield Historic Site Date Daily Penguin History Group Inc Whisky Walk Time 9am - 5pm Date Daily, except public holidays Self-guided tour throughout the 5 acre Date Wednesdays Venue 31 Forth Road, Don property with detailed interpretation The Penguin History Group collects Enjoy a fully guided tour of Australia’s (03) 6424 6335 based on the story of the Van Diemen’s and collates information from historic largest boutique single malt whisky Entry Entry charges apply Land Company. records and also collects memorabilia distillery. Find out how our award Venue 143 Greenhills Rd, Stanley related to the region at Penguin winning whiskies are crafted and Railway Station. discover the origins behind the emerging Penghana Time 9.30am – 4.30pm Venue Penguin Historic Group Inc, brand. You can choose to pour and wax Date 1 – 31 May 2017 Entry Charge apply 4 Quinn St, Penguin seal your very own bottle of Hellyers This splendid Federation-style house Time 11am – 3pm Road Distiller’s Choice Whisky, complete dates from 1898 and was once the Jack Mason Entry Free with a signed Certificate of Authenticity. home of Robert Sticht, the first mine Memorial Museum After your walk, enjoy a coffee or manager of the Mount Lyell Mining and Date By appointment only delightful meal at the Visitor Centre cafe Railway Company. The Devonport RSL Sub-Branch – Jack Stanley Discovery Museum with views overlooking the picturesque Date Daily throughout May Sticht developed the company into Mason Memorial Museum holds a Emu Plains. Located in the St Paul’s Church Hall, the Tasmania’s largest industrial enterprise collection of war memorabilia donated by Venue Hellyers Road Distillery, display outlines what life was like for the of the early 20th century. local members or family members of war 153 Old Surrey Rd, Burnie veterans from the Devonport and North- first settlers who journeyed here on the Penghana now operates as a bed Time 10.30am, 11.30am, 2pm & 3pm West district of the state. The collection ‘Tranmere’ in 1826. and breakfast. contains items from the Boer War to Time 11am - 3pm Entry $17.50 per person Venue 32 The Esplanade, Queenstown present day conflicts. Venue Stanley Discovery Museum, Bookings recommended Phone: (03) 6471 2560 Venue Jack Mason Memorial Museum, Main St, Stanley Contact 03 6433 0439 or Email: [email protected] 16-18 MacFie St, Devonport Entry Charges apply www.hellyersroaddistillery.com.au Online: www.penghana.com.au

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Hatches, Matches and Voices from the Past Dispatches Date 1 - 31 May 2017 north-eastDate March - June 2017 Oral history - voices from local identities The St Helens History Room is pleased from the east coast region of Tasmania to present its latest temporary exhibition and audio visual presentation about local encompassing the ‘births, deaths and east coast Tasmanian convicts. marriages’ of archival files and collections. Venue 22 Franklin Street, Swansea These aspects of the life cycle displays those that do not normally ‘have a voice’ in Time 10am - 4pm historical society. Entry Gold coin donation Venue 61 Cecilia Street, St Helens BookinG Required No Time 9am - 5pm Entry Conc: $3.00 Family: $5.00 BookinG Required No

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Avoca Museum & Bicheno Motorcycle Bridestowe Estate East Coast Veterans’ Information Centre Museum Date Daily Information & north-eastDate Fri, Sat & Sun Date Daily The enduring vision and legacy of Support Centre The old Avoca State School was opened The private museum of Andrew Quinn Charles and Tim Denny is on display Date Mondays - Thursdays in 1908. This heritage listed building featuring vintage motorcycles. at Bridestowe Estate. Visit the famous Our centre houses a wide array of has been restored by Greater Esk Venue Bicheno Motorcycle Museum, distillery and explore the technology War/Armed Forces memorabilia dating Tourism to promote the Fingal Valley 35 Burgess St, Bicheno and agricultural practices that make back to WWI and WWII through region. The building houses a museum, a Bridestowe Estate the world’s leading to the Vietnam War, up to present Time 9am – 4pm visitors information centre and a gallery producer of fine lavender oil. day conflicts. Entry Charges apply that enables the many local artists to Venue Bridestowe Estate, Venue Veterans’ Information and exhibit their work. 296 Gillespies Rd, Nabowla Support Centre, 35a Quail St, Venue Avoca Museum & Information Bowman History Room, Time 9am – 5pm St Helens Centre, 16 Blenheim St, Avoca Flinders Island Entry Mar-Nov: Free Time 10am - 2pm Time Fri 1pm – 3pm Date Daily Dec-Feb: Charges apply Entry Gold coin donation Sat & Sun 11am - 3pm The History Room is a tribute to the life Entry Free and work of the Bowman family. Daniel Bowman arrived on Flinders Island in Cornwall Coalminers’ Furneaux Museum Heritage Wall Date Saturdays & Sundays 1913. It displays family memorabilia and Cornwall Coalminers’ Heritage Wall is Bark Mill Museum early photographs of the settlement of in Cornwall Park in the centre of town The Furneaux Museum holds a wide Date Daily Whitemark. and contains some 1,200 names of men range of information and artefacts A fascinating and informative museum. Venue Bowman History Room, who pioneered the coal industry in the pertaining to the cultural and natural A step back in time to 19th century 2 Patrick St, Flinders Island Mt Nicholas Range. Here you can learn history of the Furneaux Islands region. Australia. Working original steam about how the early miners tunnelled Time Mon – Fri 9am – 5pm Venue Fowlers Rd, Emita, driven engines. into the mountain with nothing more Sat & Sun 9am – 12noon Flinders Island Venue Bark Mill Museum, than a pick, shovel, pit pony and a Entry Gold coin donation Time 1pm - 4pm 96 Tasmanian Hwy, Swansea stick of dynamite to win their prize of ‘black gold’. Entry Adults $5 Child under 10 Free Time 10am – 4pm Venue Cornwall Coalminers’ Heritage Entry Admission charge Wall, Cornwall Park, Cornwall Time Daily Entry Free

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the intersection of Ruby Flat Road Rossarden & Storys Creek Scottsdale RSL Museum St Marys Cranks and the Tasman Highway, stands an Date Daily Mining Museum & Tinkerers interpretation marker where you can Date By appointment only The Scottsdale RSL Museumnorth-east has a Date Mon – Fri learn about Ah Moy, Ruby Flat and the Rossarden was once a thriving town, substantial military collection. Some An amazing eclectic collection of famous incident. as the local mine was Australia’s of the items on display include an objects, including models of aircraft Venue Branxholm Bridge, Derby major producer of tin. The Rossarden M60 machine gun, a self-loading and boats. Entry Charges apply Progress Association established a rifle, a display of rations and cooking Venue St Marys Cranks & Tinkerers, museum to house, protect and interpret utensils used during the Vietnam War, Railway Station, St Marys the history of the area. The museum Light Horse saddles and dead man’s Time 10am – 4pm is housed in the former Rossarden pennies. The centrepiece is a Vietnam Derby Schoolhouse Primary School and tells the story of era Iroquois helicopter. These were Entry Free Museum Date Daily those days, the miners, the families and used by Australian troops during the the mines. Vietnam War. Step into the past and explore the Trail of the Tin vibrant mining and social history of Venue Rossarden & Storys Creek Venue Scottsdale RSL, 30 George St, the picturesque township of Derby in Mining Museum, 1 Schell St, Scottsdale Dragon & Tin Dragon Interpretation Centre Tasmania’s North East. Rossarden Time 10am - 4pm Date Daily Time 10am - 4pm Entry Gold coin donation Entry Charges apply Branxholm is a key stop along the Venue 53 Main Street, Derby Contact Marlene Wood on 6385 2188 Trail of the Tin Dragon. See the 0457 281 257 or 0400 321 140 famous bridge, central to the miners’ confrontation in 1877. At the top of hill overlooking Branxholm, at

26 tasmania Our Volunteers It is often repeated that volunteers are the lifeblood of the National Trust, and this tenet could not be more apparent or more relevant than it is today. Yet it is not only the National Trust that draws deeply on a dedicated base of volunteers. Heritage organisations everywhere are built on the support of countless volunteers who generously give their time so that others may explore, experience and enjoy their unique heritage. Perhaps the answer as to why so many individuals choose to spend their spare time in this way lies in the importance that these places, and stories, hold for their communities. The Tasmanian Heritage Festival is a true testament to this passion and service. In almost every heritage organisation featured in the festival program, volunteers have been working behind the scenes, sometimes for decades. Tour guiding, gardening, maintaining cold and draughty heritage homes, cooking, manning shops, fundraising, managing, and curating - the list goes on. We wish to sincerely thank the volunteers across Tasmania, for the vitally important work that they do in the preservation, conservation and celebration of Tasmania’s heritage and for the invaluable contribution they have all made to our shared culture.

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The Old Umbrella Shop Twentieth-century visitors to the Umbrella Shop on George Street in Launceston, would surely have been amazed by the quality of craftsmanship available. Three generations and over a century later, this extraordinary little John William Robert Shott (1925-1978) was the last Shott to shop is still in operation, offering a rare glimpse into twentieth- inherit and operate the family business. century shop interiors and the fine work of the Shott family. He began working at the store as a teenager in the 1940s and In 1907, Robert Walter Shott (1858-1935), who had recently became an expert French polisher and machinist. moved from where he had operated a successful Assisted by his sister Dare, who repaired and sewed decorations umbrella shop since the late 1880s, opened his business at 60 onto the umbrellas, the two siblings continued to move the George Street. business from strength to strength with souvenirs from the shop Robert Shott had already gained a reputation in Melbourne for his regularly presented as civic gifts by the Launceston City Council. ingenuity and quality of work, having invented a folding umbrella In 1979 the National Trust acquired the Umbrella Shop following frame, which he sold to the Fox Umbrella Company. the death of John Stott and has continued to run the retail front Soon after commencing operations in Launceston, he quickly of the business, although umbrellas and wood souvenirs are no established a reputation in the community for his excellent longer manufactured on the premises. craftsmanship and started using Tasmanian timbers in his The Old Umbrella Shop is so much more than just a fascinating products, even presenting a walking stick to the Prince of Wales intact heritage shop interior, it is physical evidence of the during the Royal visit to Tasmania in 1920. remarkable legacy left by the Shott family and a wonderful By the mid 1920’s, Robert Walter’s son Robert Martin Shott example of why the National Trust strives to protect and present (1899-1964) began to take on a more active role within the historic places such as this one. business. Robert Jnr shared Robert Snr’s talent and exceptional Come in and explore The Old Umbrella Shop, open 9am to 5pm craftsmanship and expanded the business to include the Monday to Friday and 9am to 12noon Saturday, and help us production and sale of Tasmanian wood souvenirs. continue the tradition.

27 Preservingtasmania our State’s Heritage for Future Generations! Through the National Trust’s Tasmanian Heritage Conservation Appeal Program you can make a valuable contribution to securing our state’s unique heritage. Tax deductible donations can be made directly to the Trust or to a specific conservation project in your community. (See the National Trust web site for appeals currently in your area or call the National Trust on 6344 6233.) The Conservation Appeal Program is operated by the National Trust Tasmania working in partnership with individuals and corporate, government, and community organisations. Funds are raised for specific projects to protect and preserve Tasmania’s built, cultural and natural heritage. The program also partners with education and training organisations to develop the next generation of skilled heritage conservation professionals, preserving and passing on trade and artisan skills. All donations over $2.00 are tax deductible and go directly towards heritage protection, conservation, and restoration in your community.

28 tasmania Membership National Trust Tasmania membership provides a unique opportunity to explore Tasmania’s rich heritage.

MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES FREE entry into all National Trust properties worldwide Old Umbrella Shop - 60 George Street, Launceston Home Hill - 77 Middle Road, Devonport Franklin House - 413-419 Hobart Road, Launceston Penghana Gardens - 32 The Esplanade, Queenstown Clarendon & Australian Fly Fishing Museum Oak Lodge - 18 Bridge Street, Richmond - 234 Clarendon Road, Evandale Runnymede - 61 Bay Road New Town, Hobart Norfolk Plains Heritage Centre - 13 Smith Street, Longford ‘The Tench’ (Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site) Latrobe Court House Museum - 113-115 Gilbert Street, Latrobe - Cnr Brisbane & Campbell Streets, Hobart

National Trust Members also receive these added benefits: Pioneer Village Museum Burnie Markree House Museum & Garden Hobart Discount on admission with presentation of National Trust Discount on admission with presentation of National Trust Tasmania Membership Card Tasmania Membership Card Longford Longford Discount on admission with presentationW of National Trust Discounts on admission and accommodationW with Tasmania Membership Card presentation of National Trust Tasmania Membership Card West Coast Heritage Centre Zeehan Narryna Heritage Museum Hobart Discount on admission with presentation of National Trust Discount on admission with presentation of National Trust Tasmania Membership Card Tasmania Membership Card Highfield Historic Site Stanley Shene Pontville Discount on admission with presentation of National Trust Discount on admission with presentation of National Trust Tasmania Membership Card Tasmania Membership at time of booking & tour Historic Site Richmond Tasmanian Transport Museum Glenorchy Discount on admission with presentation of National Trust Discount on admission with presentation of National Trust Tasmania Membership Card Tasmania Membership Card Beaconsfield Mine & Heritage Centre Beaconsfield Don River Railway Devonport ‘Two for one’ adult discount on admission with presentation Discount on admission with presentation of National Trust of National Trust Tasmania Membership Card Tasmania Membership Card Callington Mill Oatlands Cascades Female Factory Historic Site Hobart Discount on admission with presentation of National Trust Discount on admission with presentation of NationalW Trust Tasmania Membership Card Tasmania Membership Card W World Heritage Listed Sites

29 Membership supports the work of the National Trust. Join today and know that your Membership will make a difference to our nation. Membership Options As a non profit organisation, the National Trust is almost entirely dependent Please tick your preferred Membership type on the support of the community, people like you, to fund our work in Individual $65 heritage protection. Household $95 Membership Benefits Concession Individual $45 • Australia wide benefits available to National Trust Tasmania Members: (Pensioner, Senior, Student) National Trust Tasmania Membership provides free access to National Concession Household $75 Trust Properties throughout New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, (x2 Pensioner, Senior, Student at same address) Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland. • International benefits available to National Trust Tasmania Members: Personal Details National Trust Tasmania Membership provides free access to National Member No: Trust Properties throughout Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, Title: Mr Mrs Miss Ms Dr Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, USA and New Zealand.      First Name/s: • A free regular National Trust magazine subscription Surname: • The opportunity to participate in National Trust social, educational activities, and special events Address: • Exclusive discounts at National Trust shops State: Postcode: Phone: (home) Phone: (work) Devonport Launceston Home Hill Franklin House Latrobe Old Umbrella Shop Email: Court House Museum Evandale Longford Clarendon Norfolk Plains  I would like to receive National Trust Tasmania enews. Heritage Centre Office use only

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