Launceston and Western Railway The railway which travelled between Launceston and Deloraine, a distance of 45 miles, was opened on Friday, 10 February 1871. Initially, it had a gauge of 5 feet, 3 inches but was later reduced to the narrow gauge of 3 feet, 6 inches. To cater for the different sized rolling stock […]
The Happenings of Nature
Dad (Eric Badcock) and other family members would often relate and reflect upon some of the extraordinary events that occurred through the acts of nature and how it touched their lives and that of others in Tasmania. FLOODS Floods were often year by year events with some floods being larger or having more dramatic effects […]
Telephone
Dad (Eric Badcock) made an application to have the phone connected in late 1945 or early 1946 as a reference is made to this in a letter dated 8th. January 1946 from the then Bishopsbourne Postmistress, Mrs. Mollie Chilcott. Bishopsbourne Jan. 8th. 1946 Dear Eric, I’m enclosing your telephone application […]
The Isaac Richardson Family
Mary Ann (nee Walker) (1849-1910) and Isaac Simeon Richardson (1843-1919) The Isaac Richardson family reached Hagley in 1909 when Isaac purchased the “Cripplegate” farm property which he soon renamed “Lenna”. The families association with the Hagley Methodist church commenced from that year with several generations becoming active members. By the time of arrival Isaac had […]
Francis French & John Badcock Families
175 Years in Australia (2006) As the Francis French family and John Badcock came ashore at Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land on the 23 August 1831, they probably felt their former home at Pelynt, Cornwall was a world away, for life at the settlement was very different. Fluttering from the masts of the whaling boats […]
Aeroplanes
Dad (Eric Badcock) was always interested in aircraft and flying and often related stories about them and various happenings over the years. A particular highlight for him was his first flight which occurred at the opening of the Western Junction airport near Launceston, Tasmania on the 28 February, 1931, Dad’s 20th birthday, the plane being […]
ANZ Latrobe Branch Closure
Sadly our ANZ Latrobe Branch closed its doors on Thursday, 18 February 2016, bringing to an end 140 years operating in the town apart from an ATM cash dispensing machine which continues. Some history of the Branch is to be found in the Launceston Examiner newspaper of Monday, 13 September 1926 which records, “LATROBE BANK […]
Self-drive tour guide
Longford to Liffey Falls (52kms) via Bishopsbourne & Bracknell Experience Outstanding scenery that constantly changes throughout the trip Farmlands with varying crops, cattle and sheep Two centuries of history, centring around free settlers, convicts and bushrangers A large variety of birds and animals living in their natural habitats Spectacular mountains and valleys, rainforest and waterfalls […]
James (1807-1869) and Charlotte (1815-1907) Hogg
Charlotte Hogg was one of the significant members of the Methodist Church at Hagley and Westbury, Tasmania from its commencement in the area in 1837 until her death in 1907. She was born at Whites Hill, near Strand, Gloucestershire on 3 January 1815, her father William Bendall. Her mother died when she was four years […]
Hagley Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (now Uniting Church in Australia)
Beginnings Michael Walker in his memoirs notes, “In 1846 I came to Hagley. There was no church of any kind and we used to meet at Mr. Montgomery’s farm house and hold services and class meetings.” Mr. Walker and Mr. Montgomery were both living in Hogg’s Lane at the time. Hogg’s Lane received its name […]