Brave settlers

Who gave up all they had at home in the hope of a better life in the colonies. It was hard to find anyone who survived past the age of 35. Gravestones in one of Hobart's attractive parks.

Bass-hopping

November 18th 2006
Bass Strait, as I touched on in earlier entries, is a particularly nasty piece of work. Australia's southern coastline is a treacherous place at the best of times, but the Strait's tally of sunken ships is, perhaps, second to none in this part of the world. The first European to lay eyes on this stretch of water was Matthew Flinders (him again... - he appears to have given his name to most places ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Hobart

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

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