-1803: 3000-10000 aboriginals live in Tasmania.
Mouheneenner occupied the Domain
1642: Abel Tasman sights and names this island Van Diemen’s Land.
1772: French explorers land south of Hobart.
1777: Captain cook lands at Adventure Bay.
1798-1799: Bass and Finders sail Bass St saying Tasmania is an island.
1803: British settled at Risdon Cove.
1804: British move to Sullivans Cove. Settle around the fresh water of Hobart Rivulet.
1807: Settlers arrive from Norfolk Is and settle at New Norfolk.
1818: The beginnings of the RTBG.
1819: Population of Tasmania was 5000 British (four men to one woman) and 5000 Aborigines.
1820: Free settlers began arriving. They are given land and free convict labour.
1824: 200,000 sheep in Tasmanian. A main agriculture activity leading to conflict with aborigines.
1825: Van Diemen’s Land became a colony independent of New South Wales.
1830: Port Arthur penal settlement begins.
1832: Remaining Tasmanian aborigines begin being taken to Flinders Island.
1838: First annual Hobart Regatta
1842: First census:
57471 people live in Tasmania.
Australia’s population is 180,000.
Peak year for convict arrivals. 5329 convicts arrive.
1842: Peak year for convict arrivals. 5329.
1848: Peak year for whaling. 37 ships
1850: First secular high school in Tasmania on the Domain.
1853: End of transportation. A big festival when the last convict ship arrives.
1856: Self-government begins.
Van Diemen’s Land is renamed Tasmania.
1858: The Governor Sir Henry Fox Young gives the Domain (except for Government House) to the people of Hobart.
1853-58: Government House constructed in Victorian Gothic style
1859: New government house opens at the Domain.
1868: The first Royal Visit in Tasmania was that of the Duke of Edinburgh in 1868
1876: Railway line from Hobart to Launceston begins. The beginnings of isolating the Domain.
1876: Truganini dies in Hobart. She has been described as last Tasmanian full blooded Aboriginal.
1891: Quarry sites restored using prison gangs
1890: University of Tasmania opens on the Domain
1900: End of whaling from Hobart.
1901: Six colonies unite to from the Commonwealth of Australia. Federation.
1901: Tasmanian soldiers In South Africa win two Victoria crosses. First awarded to Australians.
1911: Douglas Mawson docks in Hobart on way to Antarctic.
1911: Phillip Smith Teachers College opens on the Domain
1912: Amundsen arrives in Hobart after being the first man to visit the South Pole.
1936: Last known thylacine dies at Beaumaris Zoo.
1943: Floating bridge across Derwent begins.
1954: Queen Elizabeth 2 become first reigning monarch to visit Tasmania.
1964: Tasman Bridge opens
1967: Bad bush fires in Tasmania.
1973: Australia’s first legal casino. Wrest Point.
1975: A ship (Lake Illawarra) crashes into and destroys the Tasman Bridge.
1977: Tasman Bridge re-opens
1996: Port Arthur massacre. Lone gunman kills 35 people. Australia’s gun laws changed.
1997: Hobart Aquatic Centre opens.
Mouheneenner occupied the Domain
1642: Abel Tasman sights and names this island Van Diemen’s Land.
1772: French explorers land south of Hobart.
1777: Captain cook lands at Adventure Bay.
1798-1799: Bass and Finders sail Bass St saying Tasmania is an island.
1803: British settled at Risdon Cove.
1804: British move to Sullivans Cove. Settle around the fresh water of Hobart Rivulet.
1807: Settlers arrive from Norfolk Is and settle at New Norfolk.
1818: The beginnings of the RTBG.
1819: Population of Tasmania was 5000 British (four men to one woman) and 5000 Aborigines.
1820: Free settlers began arriving. They are given land and free convict labour.
1824: 200,000 sheep in Tasmanian. A main agriculture activity leading to conflict with aborigines.
1825: Van Diemen’s Land became a colony independent of New South Wales.
1830: Port Arthur penal settlement begins.
1832: Remaining Tasmanian aborigines begin being taken to Flinders Island.
1838: First annual Hobart Regatta
1842: First census:
57471 people live in Tasmania.
Australia’s population is 180,000.
Peak year for convict arrivals. 5329 convicts arrive.
1842: Peak year for convict arrivals. 5329.
1848: Peak year for whaling. 37 ships
1850: First secular high school in Tasmania on the Domain.
1853: End of transportation. A big festival when the last convict ship arrives.
1856: Self-government begins.
Van Diemen’s Land is renamed Tasmania.
1858: The Governor Sir Henry Fox Young gives the Domain (except for Government House) to the people of Hobart.
1853-58: Government House constructed in Victorian Gothic style
1859: New government house opens at the Domain.
1868: The first Royal Visit in Tasmania was that of the Duke of Edinburgh in 1868
1876: Railway line from Hobart to Launceston begins. The beginnings of isolating the Domain.
1876: Truganini dies in Hobart. She has been described as last Tasmanian full blooded Aboriginal.
1891: Quarry sites restored using prison gangs
1890: University of Tasmania opens on the Domain
1900: End of whaling from Hobart.
1901: Six colonies unite to from the Commonwealth of Australia. Federation.
1901: Tasmanian soldiers In South Africa win two Victoria crosses. First awarded to Australians.
1911: Douglas Mawson docks in Hobart on way to Antarctic.
1911: Phillip Smith Teachers College opens on the Domain
1912: Amundsen arrives in Hobart after being the first man to visit the South Pole.
1936: Last known thylacine dies at Beaumaris Zoo.
1943: Floating bridge across Derwent begins.
1954: Queen Elizabeth 2 become first reigning monarch to visit Tasmania.
1964: Tasman Bridge opens
1967: Bad bush fires in Tasmania.
1973: Australia’s first legal casino. Wrest Point.
1975: A ship (Lake Illawarra) crashes into and destroys the Tasman Bridge.
1977: Tasman Bridge re-opens
1996: Port Arthur massacre. Lone gunman kills 35 people. Australia’s gun laws changed.
1997: Hobart Aquatic Centre opens.