8th July, 2018 The Battle of Salamanca – not a local pub brawl. Salamanca Place, at the foot of Battery Point, was named after the famous Battle of Salamanca in Spain, one of many battles in the Peninsular Campaign (1807 Read more…
26th April, 2018 If you were at the dawn commemoration of ANZAC day in Hobart yesterday, you may have wondered why the monument has the date for WW1 as 1914 – 1919, when so many others use the end date Read more…
2nd March, 2018 As you walk along Elizabeth Mall, from Liverpool St end up to Collins St, on the left hand side you’ll notice an opening to the rivulet below. This is part of the Wellington Bridge, constructed in 1816, Read more…