Today, the island of Tasmania lies across the Bass Strait from southern Australia, but once, the two were connected by a land bridge. When humans first reached Tasmania’s rugged coastlines and mixed ...

In 1830, the Palawa people were in the midst of their guerrilla war against the British colonists taking their land in what is now Tasmania. After flaring in the mid-1820s, intensifying violence had ...

For storytellers, as for real estate agents, so much rests on the location. Bestselling author Sarah Barrie reveals why Tasmania’s eerie landscape and violent history have become a go-to backdrop for ...

TO commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Society of Tasmania, the secretary, Mr. E. L. Piesse, has prepared a valuable sketch of its history. The society dates from ...

Tasmania's convict heritage was officially recognized by UNESCO last month, when 11 Australian convict sites, five of which are located in the southernmost state of Tasmania, were added to the UNESCO ...