Telegraph Hotel

the gold rushes in California, Victoria, and New South Wales created much business for the Hobart port in the 1850's and many hotels/pubs were built for the travelers. Only 2 remain today though, the Telegraph and Customs House.

The Island Under the Land Down Under

February 14th 2007
Now that I finally made the decision to leave Melbourne...well it wasn’t that I really needed to make that decision, just actually book something to make leaving the city concrete and not something to do next week…Tasmania became the next stop on my trip. Tasmania is similar to Newfoundland in Canada, or any other state/province that can lay claim to the fact it is their countries whipping bo ... 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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