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Vitreology  talk  16:40, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Vitreology  talk  16:37, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

talk 16:28, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Concise history of Smooth Island

 * Prior to the 1800s, Smooth Island was infrequently visited by the Pydairrerme band of the Oyster Bay (Paredarerme) tribe of Aboriginies.
 * In 1792, Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez became the first Anglo-Saxon to discover the island.
 * In 1798, Matthew Flinders became the first Anglo-Saxon to set foot upon the island.
 * Smooth island was classed as agricultural Crown land until it was sold as a land grant in 1864. It was purchased for £155 by Thomas Gabriel Reid, who had just been rewarded for initiating the Otago gold rush.
 * in 1804, Captain Bowen marooned eight insubordinate Irish prisoners on the island for one month.
 * in 1837, Captain Charles O'Hara Booth (commandant of Port Arthur penal settlement) participated in a

Tasmanian government departments
DPIPWE in Hobart, Tasmania (access to historical articles, either "ONLINE" or "IN PERSON") I've put considerable time into researching the History of Smooth Island (Tasmania).

I wanted to improve the article by being able to describe what activities have occurred on the island since the early 1800s, but have not come up with anything substantive.

I have completely exhausted all resources available to me, include Trove, Google Books as well the historical and newspaper sections of the State library of Tasmania (LINC Tasmania)[1].

The DPIPWE (Department of Primary Industry, Parks, Wildlife and Environment), located at 134 Macquarie Street, Hobart, Tasmania,[2] is likely to hold information which is essential for this project.

Specifically, the following agencies likely have invaluable information:

Land Tasmania (Titles and Survey office) Department of Corporate, Heritage and Lands (Natural and Cultural Heritage Division) Crown land services branch Land Tasmania (Geodata services branch) Office of the surveyor general Office of the valuer general

Is there any way of accessing their historical records online? Does anyone work in these departments, or is familiar with how the public access their records? Does anyone visit the DPIPWE in Hobart regularly?

Thank you

Vitreology (talk) 03:39, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

https://www.linc.tas.gov.au/archive-heritage/Pages/default.aspx https://goo.gl/maps/da9uT9rvFa42