This is a large amount of
,
well-documented documents, filling in the small gaps left by the current sources with minimal preliminary research. In particular we would like to thank:
• Staff of the Community History Museum of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery,
Launceston
• Staff of the Local Studies Library, State Library of Tasmania, Launceston
• Elspeth Wishart and Anne McConnell
• Staff of the Archives Office of Tasmania
• Staff of the Central Plan Room of the Department of Primary Industries Water and the
Environment
• Staff of the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts and the Tasmaniana Library, State
Library of Tasmania
• Paul Davies and David Parham
A B B R E V I A T I O N S
Allport Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania
AOT Archives Office of Tasmania
DPIWE Department of Primary Industries, Water and the Environment
HRA Historical Records of Australia
JPPP Journals and Printed Papers of Parliament
QVMAG Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
Tasmaniana Tasmaniana Library, State Library of Tasmania
Launceston Heritage Study: Thematic History
Paul Davies Pty Ltd
H I S T O R I C C O N T E X T
I N T R O D U C T I O N
After an uncertain foundation caused by divergent views concerning the appropriate site for
northern Tasmania’s major centre, Launceston developed into a city with a rich nineteenth and
early twentieth century industrial history and an outstanding built heritage of late Victorian
and Federation buildings. In particular, the Museum and Gallery of Art Queen Victoria was very active in
, in which they have carried out heritage research into many aspects of Launceston's history over the past 25 years.
The Launceston Historical Society is very active, publishing
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annual conference papers since 1990 and occasional papers since 1995.
A U T H O R S H I P
The Launceston Heritage Study—Stage 1: Thematic History was prepared by Ian Terry,
historian, heritage and interpretation consultant and Nathalie Servant, consultant historian, for
Paul Davies Pty Ltd, architect and heritage consultant. 1, 2.
In particular the thematic history of the study:
• analyses the history and historical geography of the study area, and
• identifies historical themes and the evolution of development of the City of Launceston. It uses as a framework the
core themes identified by the Australian Heritage Council's Australian History Project
. These papers, along with a further
,
papers, provided the main source of information for this study. The maps and plans of the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment have also been reviewed
,3
times.
