"Tasmanian" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the end of 1842, and then the anti-stump warfare began. My friend Henry Condell, like so many other early birds a Tasmanian (a Vandemonian was the ill-omened name at that time), was the first mayor. The times were bad, and the shilling rating caused a growl, but the new body held its way. John Charles King, an Ulster man, and of good abilities, was the first ...
— Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne & Victoria • William Westgarth |
