LINKS TO SITES ABOUT TASMANIA AND TASMANIANS

 

 

HISTORY, ART & GENEALOGY

TASMANIAN MUSEUM & ART GALLERY

TASMANIAN ARCHIVES
History, genealogy, photography and film.

TASMANIA HERITAGE COLLECTION
Searchable database of images.

THE NATIONAL TRUST OF TASMANIA

JOHN MITCHEL & THE YOUNG IRELANDERS

BOTHWELL HISTORICAL SOCIETY

HISTORY OF BOTHWELL

 

CONTEMPORARY ARTS

THE TASMANIAN WRITERS' CENTRE
Information for, and about, Tasmanian writers.

ISLAND
Literary magazine.

SCREEN TASMANIA
The State Government's screen development body.

THE THEATRE ROYAL
Australia's oldest theatre.

THE PEACOCK THEATRE

SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE

THE AUSTRALIAN SCRIPT CENTRE

TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

CHRISTOPHER KOCH
Author of 'The Year of Living Dangerously', 'Out Of Ireland' and 'The Doubleman'.

GARETH KOCH
Classical guitarist

PETER DOMBROVSKIS
Wilderness photographer and environmentalist.

PETER CONRAD
Writer, Professor of English at Christ Church, Oxford.

GEOFF DYER
Painter, winner of the Archibald Prize for portraiture.

THE STUART PIANO
Made by a Tasmanian, with Tasmanian timbers and a superior mechanism.

 
 

STAGE & SCREEN

BOMBAY DREAMS
London musical starring Hobart's Zehra Naqvi.

JOHN CLARKE - 'The NIDA Book'
Recently retired director of NIDA, responsible for starting the careers of many well-known actors, including Tasmanian Robyn Nevin, Judy Davis, Mel Gibson, Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett.

 

Essie Davis and Simon Russell Beale in 'Jumpers'.

ESSIE DAVIS
Actress

Articles and interviews:

TASMANIAN ACTRESS ESSIE DAVIS THE TOAST OF LONDON
Streaming audio interview with Tim Cox.
ABC Radio Tasmania, 19th February, 2003.

ESSIE A PORTRAIT OF SUCCESS
By Danielle Wood
The Sunday Tasmanian, 7th March, 2004
 

Errol Flynn

ERROL FLYNN SOCIETY OF TASMANIA
Errol Flynn, Tasmanian Devil.

 

KATE GAUL
Prolific ex-Hobart theatre director.
(Also a cousin of mine, unsurprisingly.)

Articles and Interviews:

BEYOND THE COMFORT ZONE
'Coup d'Etat', Melbourne Theatre Company.
The Age, 20th August, 2003

'Confidentially Yours' at the Hothouse Theatre, November 2002:
DIRECTOR'S DIARY - KATE GAUL
ARTISTIC MEMBERS' DIRECTORY

LONG TIME COMING, AND KATE'S NOT LEAVING
'Frozen', Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney.
Sydney Morning Herald, 28th May, 2003.

MATURE REFLECTION
'Wicked Sisters', Stable Theatre, Kings Cross, Sydney.
Sydney Morning Herald, 5th April, 2002. 
 

Tara Morice

TARA MORICE
Star of 'Strictly Ballroom' and 'Metal Skin'.
 

'WILDNESS'
Award-winning documentary film about the great Tasmanian wilderness photographers Olegas Truchanas and Peter Dombrovskis.  Includes gallery of their original photos.

 

NEWS & INFORMATION

THE HOBART MERCURY
Newspaper site.

ABC TASMANIA
Radio and television

RADIO FOR THE PRINT HANDICAPPED
Volunteer readers turning print into sound.

 

TRAVEL, TOURISM & EVENTS

TOURISM TASMANIA

SPIRIT OF TASMANIA
Ferry services to Tasmania, from Melbourne and Sydney.

INTERACTIVE TOUR OF TASMANIA

PORT ARTHUR HISTORIC SITE

SYDNEY TO HOBART YACHT RACE

AUSTRALIAN WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL

TASTE OF TASMANIA
Food festival.

THE NEW SYDNEY HOTEL
Irish music and hostel accommodation.

THE SHOT TOWER

 

 


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