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Did you ever
wonder what happened to the Tasmanian film industry or how tourists visited the
State in the last 100 years, or want to know what a typical Federation garden
was like? Or perhaps your interest is law, literature, science, the environment,
the history of mining and forestry, education or who the best artists in Tasmania
this century were. How did the Tasmanian Police Force catch all those criminals
before DNA?
To
celebrate the Centenary of Federation a cross section of our community in Tasmania
have contributed articles on their area of expertise to show the advances weve
made as a community, society and economy over the last 100 years, and Tasmanias
role in Federation in view of the future. Here you can access a wide section of
educational and entertaining articles that will be added to throughout the year.
If you wish to add your views opinions or even create your own article for inclusion
on this web site, then email us on centenary@federation100.tas.gov.au
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From
fingerprints to DNA,Geoff
Easton looks at ways The Tasmanian Police
Force has evolved over the century.
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| Attempts
to create a Tasmanian film industry have evolved over the Century. John Honey
discusses
the ups and downs of Tasmanian filmmaking.
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| Medical
research has come a long way in the last 100 years and one of the world's leading
medical research institutions can be found in Tasmania. Nicolas Turner profiles
the Menzies Centre for Population Health Research. |
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| By
the time of Federation tourists were discovering the delights of Tasmania. Helen
Thomas shows how the industry has developed over the last 100 years. |
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| Don
Frankcombe talks about the Tasmanian Forest Industry through the 20th Century. |
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| Tasmania
maintains a strong reputation in the studio crafts that can be traced back to
the Arts and Crafts Movement and the beginning of Federation. Peter Hughes discusses
the quest for a style in Arts and Crafts suited to this country that was not entirely
derived from Europe. |
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| In
the future Australia may no longer be dry and red but big wet and blue according
to Don Michel who argues that it is the ocean that holds out a promise of wealth
and prosperity to those nations that will learn to work with her in harmony. |
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| Change
was the norm in Tasmanian education for the whole century. New ideas were assimilated
from overseas and interstate and adapted to the Tasmanian setting but as Alistair
Home looks back over the last 100 years he realizes that education today and in
the future is faced with new challenges and issues. |
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Australia became a Commonwealth at the time of Federation new types of buildings
were to develop through the ensuing years which reflected the growth and development
of the Australian nation. Peter Cripps highlights the role of Post Offices in
Tasmania as an icon of Federation. |
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| A
number of Tasmanians of Irish descent have played an important role in their countrys
government. Dr Richard Davis explores the connection between the Tasmanian Irish
and Australian politics. |
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| When
looking back over 100 years Ian Pearce argues that the archives of the State are
one of the things that enable us to understand and reflect upon how we have shaped
our society. |
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| Tasmanian
inspired art works have been both innumerable and prodigious. Sue Backhouse discovers
that Tasmania has been and will continue to be an important sustaining influence
on creative output. |
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| Over
the summer period of 1894 - 95, Hobart held its first and only World Expo. Peter
Mercer argues that the staging of this event gives an understanding of the structure
and nature of Tasmanian society just prior to Federation. |
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| As
we celebrate the Centenary of Federation let us not forget the Federation
garden style and the specific plants that are such an important part of these
gardens. Ann Cripps shows how gardens changed and evolved at the turn of the century. |
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| Considering
the intolerable level of homelessness among young people and the numbers of children
on the streets today Dennis Daniels looks back over the century to see how far
we have come in our whole approach to vulnerable and disturbed children. |
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literary situation has changed considerably in the last twenty-five years throughout
the whole of Australia with the development of the cultural and arts industries
but Vivian Smith explains how poetry has been important in Tasmania from the beginnings
of white settlement in 1804. |
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| Today,
it does not surprise us that the courts decide whether legislation is constitutional
or not. However, in 1901, the people, politicians and judges were not used to
the courts exercising this power and hence did not accept their right to
do so without an argument. Michael Stokes discusses famous landmark cases and
changes to the justice system. |
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| What
well-guarded secret did Van Diemens Land hold that drew so many of the colonial
artists to our shores? Nevin Hurst profiles the prominent artists who contributed
to the recording and interpretation of our culture in a variety of ways. Following
Federation the art scene in Tasmania settled into a more organised and orderly
pattern interrupted, of course, by two world wars. |
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| Since
its foundation in 1890 the University of Tasmania has made a significant contribution
to the Australian and international community. A selection of profiles of people
associated with the University who have exercised a key influence in the level
and direction of change that has taken place since European settlement have been
compiled by a variety of prominent contributors. |
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| The
discovery of alluvial gold under Mt Lyell on the West Coast of Tasmania in 1883
marked the beginning of what Ron Bugg maintains was one of the most significant
destructions of an environment by mining. Today the centenary of destruction has
ceased. The final healing, however, will take many more centuries. |
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| Virtually
all of the Tasmanias leading politicians of the 1890s took part in the Federation
debate, and most of them wanted it to come about, or at least argued for conditions
which they saw as optimal, especially for Tasmanias interests. Professor
Michael Roe discusses Tasmanias involvement in Federation. |
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| Federation
in the Commonwealth of Australia has been crucial for Tasmania. Professor
Michael Roe points out the major events that shaped Tasmania in the last 100 years. |
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| Tasmanian
politics has always had a conservative cast in the sense that it has never moved
to the extremes of ideology or practice. At the turn of the century Tasmanians
voted overwhelmingly for federation but what happened after that? Dr Ralph Chapman
discusses Tasmania at the Political Crossroads. |
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| Jeff
Gordon investigates the changes to shipping in our ports and discovers that Federation
was only one of many factors that impacted on shipping to and from our Island
State. |
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| Well-known
Tasmanian composer Peter Sculthorpe shares his personal view of Tasmanias
music. He argues that Tasmania has a significant place in the history of Australian
music since Federation but too little is known about the breadth of our musical
heritage. Tasmania, he maintains is the birthplace of many distinguished performers. |
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| Design
- a word like love, means nothing, yet touches everything. Gary Cleveland argues
that Design is as integral to our very existence in 2001 as it was in 1901 and
says Tasmania is among the leaders in the world in finding ways of awakening our
society to how the people can benefit from applied design thinking. |
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| Tasmania
has been blessed with many marvellous athletes, both men and women, in a huge
array of sports and they deserve continued and lengthy accolades. But no-one has
commanded respect on the international stage for so long and with so many quality
performances as David Boon Ñ in a sport regarded as perhaps the most popular in
this country. This is why Mark Thomas believes Boon is a worthy subject to celebrate
Tasmania and the Centenary of Federation. |
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| At
the beginning of January 2001 ABC Broadcaster Chris Wisbeys grandmother
is dying. At a time when our country is celebrating the Centenary of Federation
Chris poignantly describes how his grandmother has few regrets from a life that
encapsulates our Nations first 100 years: two world-wars, depression and
emigration, life lived from the horse-drawn to the computer age. |
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| Given
the day to day hardships and toil required to survive the difficult and, in some
instances, primitive living and working conditions of the West Coast of Tasmania,
the inhabitants of this bourgeoning mining community could have been excused for
commemorating the event of Federation with as little fuss as possible. Lou
Rae takes us back to the days leading up to Federation in this isolated and at
times inhospitable part of Tasmania and highlights what really happened. |
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| Like
several other offshore islands Ireland above all Tasmania has produced
over the years a crop of literary talent quite out of proportion to its limited
population. Margaret Scott discusses the past but argues that over the past
two or three decades more and more poets have settled in Tasmania, more local
talent has been fostered and Hobart has been hailed as the poetry capital of Australia.
Tasmanias prose writing, especially its fiction, has also prospered in recent
years. |
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| Like
the rest of Australia, Tasmania has welcomed the settlement of people from other
countries throughout this century. In the hundred years since Federation, the
composition of Tasmania's population has changed enormously due to international
migration, but as Hilary Lovibond Johnston discusses, this process has not been
gradual and incremental. Two sharp points of change punctuate our population's
journey from the Tasmania of 1901 to the Tasmania of 2001 |
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| According
to Dr Bruce Felmingham the High Courts 1983 decision to forgo construction of
The Gordon below Franklin hydro- power scheme was the defining moment in the last
100 years of Tasmanias economic history. This article looks not only at
Tasmanias economy in the past but also forecasts Tasmanias economy
and employment opportunities in the 21st Century with claims that Tasmania
will not be able to maintain its status as one of the worlds best kept secrets. |
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| Today
world news reaches us within minutes via satellite communication but on January
1, 1901, the concept of mass media was as alien to Tasmanians, as was the idea
of a man landing on the moon. Nicola Goc discusses how the media in Tasmania viewed
Federation and shows how news gathering and news dissemination to large numbers
of people only happened through public meetings or through newspapers which often
took weeks or months to arrive. |
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| The
way people purchase and prepare their food has changed enormously over the century.
Judith Sweet discusses how Tasmanians today compared to those in 1901 have great
choice and diversity in what and how they eat. |
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On
Federation the new states handed customs administration to
the Commonwealth. Joan Beddoe discusses the history of customs
in Tasmania and how the transfer deprived Tasmania of a lucrative
source of income.
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