Hobart has always been a place of unique attraction, but qualities which make it such can be better indicated by touching upon the atmosphere of the place than by an attempt to define the qualities themselves. It is the busy capital of an ever-developing State, set among surroundings of distinctive and great natural beauty; yet despite its modernity, there exists—it might be by reason of a certain similarity in climate and the mountainous formation of the country, or the insular postition of the country, or none of them—a decidedly old-English ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 2,576 wordsWheat was the cause of the construction of the first railway in Tasmania. In the 'sixties Launceston folk stood at their doors at harvest time and watched the endless procession ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 5 Jul 1924, Page 34
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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