The colourful, resilient characters of colonial Tasmania come to life at the Cascades Female Factory Historic Site ...

For more than 100 years visitors to Hobart’s Playhouse Theatre have kept warm through heated oil running through pipes under ...

The manager of a 200-year-old World Heritage site has warned that it could be closed to the public and fall into disrepair if ...

Convict era nails were also found during the renovations. Convict nails found in the floorboards. Picture: The Playhouse Theatre In the foyer the original terrazzo was found under the carpet ...

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.

From Shakespeare to the Australian Constitution (almost), mate is a short word with a long history. So how has the term ...

A Hobart jury hearing the case of a Tasmanian woman accused of siphoning $100,000 from her then-partner’s bank account more than a decade ago has retired to consider its verdicts.

Strahan is the place to go to cruise Macquarie Harbour and the Gordon River, visit the state’s oldest convict ruins at ... gold nugget ever found in Tasmania – a whopping 7.5 kilos – was ...

known for her success rather than her convict past. She had 25 grandkids, one of which went on to be the Governor of Tasmania. And since 1994 her image has appeared on Australia's $20 note a ...

Irish convict Clare Carroll, portrayed by Aisling Franciosi, is assaulted by members of the Colonial forces of Tasmania, who also murder her family. Clare seeks justice but no one is willing to ...

Think haunted houses are creepy? Try entire cities where the past refuses to rest. These seven places are drenched in ghostly ...