Ross

To Hobart and the Wooden Boat Show

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February 8th 2013
We were surprised just how dry the country was as we drove further south on the Midland Highway. We stopped at the dear little old town of Ross, home of the Female Factory where women convicts were housed. At the corner of the crossroad in the centre of town are the stone buildings known as recreation (the town hall), temptation (hotel), damnation (the old jail) and salvation (the Catholic church) ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more