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Some Notes On Freemasonry In Australasia .– –(Continued).
Some Notes on Freemasonry in Australasia . – –( Continued ) .
By Bro . W . F . LAMOXUY , P . D . G . M . of Victoria , and P . A . G . D . C . of England .
TASMANIA . ON the score of official and national seniority , Van Dieman's Land—as it was fust known , and for very many years
subsequently—is the second of the Australasian colonies . The island was discovered by Abel Jans Tasman , a famous Dutch navigator , in 1642 . He named it Van Dieman ' s Land in honour of his wealthy and enterprising patron , who provided him with ships and supplies ; but , late in the last
century , the British Government justly changed the name to Tasmania . Strange to say , it is recorded that Tasman
THK LATI- ; KKV . H . I ) . l'OtJM-I IT-HA It HI . 3 , M . A ., FIHST ( il ( AXI ) MASTKIl OK TASMANIA . did not at Iirst know the territory to be an island . It was on September 12 th , 1803 , that Van Dieman ' s Land was taken
possession of by the British Government , and in 1903 the centenary of the colony was fittingly celebrated . Up till 1824 Van Dieman ' s Land was part of Xew South Wales , and its rulers were designated commandants , Ihe Iirst of whom , Lieutenant John Bowen , R . N ., commissioned by Governor
King of New South Wales , was replaced the year after by Colonel David Collins , whose initial act was the selection of a capital for the settlement . The spot chosen was Hobait Town , or Hobait , as it has been known during the past twenty-five years . Hobait , it is no exaggeration to say ,
possesses one of the linest harbours in the world . Collins , however , had been singularly unfortunate in his expeditions , as prior to being sent to Van Dieman's Land , indeed , only six months before , he had reported to Governor King most
adversely as to the suitability of Port Phillip , to be subsequently named Victoria , for colonisation purposes , from every
Jlllfl . HARRY COXWAY , . 1 . 1 ' ., P . G . M . OF TASMANIA , I . C . point of view . In fact , he landed at a point , now known as Sorrento , and a favourite watering place , where he ordered
Hforririgterj ISItO . l'KTEIl KAKitKTT , D . tl . M . OK TASMANIA , IS . (; . a church parade , which solemnity was memorised on the very same spot exactly a hundred years after .
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Some Notes On Freemasonry In Australasia .– –(Continued).
Some Notes on Freemasonry in Australasia . – –( Continued ) .
By Bro . W . F . LAMOXUY , P . D . G . M . of Victoria , and P . A . G . D . C . of England .
TASMANIA . ON the score of official and national seniority , Van Dieman's Land—as it was fust known , and for very many years
subsequently—is the second of the Australasian colonies . The island was discovered by Abel Jans Tasman , a famous Dutch navigator , in 1642 . He named it Van Dieman ' s Land in honour of his wealthy and enterprising patron , who provided him with ships and supplies ; but , late in the last
century , the British Government justly changed the name to Tasmania . Strange to say , it is recorded that Tasman
THK LATI- ; KKV . H . I ) . l'OtJM-I IT-HA It HI . 3 , M . A ., FIHST ( il ( AXI ) MASTKIl OK TASMANIA . did not at Iirst know the territory to be an island . It was on September 12 th , 1803 , that Van Dieman ' s Land was taken
possession of by the British Government , and in 1903 the centenary of the colony was fittingly celebrated . Up till 1824 Van Dieman ' s Land was part of Xew South Wales , and its rulers were designated commandants , Ihe Iirst of whom , Lieutenant John Bowen , R . N ., commissioned by Governor
King of New South Wales , was replaced the year after by Colonel David Collins , whose initial act was the selection of a capital for the settlement . The spot chosen was Hobait Town , or Hobait , as it has been known during the past twenty-five years . Hobait , it is no exaggeration to say ,
possesses one of the linest harbours in the world . Collins , however , had been singularly unfortunate in his expeditions , as prior to being sent to Van Dieman's Land , indeed , only six months before , he had reported to Governor King most
adversely as to the suitability of Port Phillip , to be subsequently named Victoria , for colonisation purposes , from every
Jlllfl . HARRY COXWAY , . 1 . 1 ' ., P . G . M . OF TASMANIA , I . C . point of view . In fact , he landed at a point , now known as Sorrento , and a favourite watering place , where he ordered
Hforririgterj ISItO . l'KTEIl KAKitKTT , D . tl . M . OK TASMANIA , IS . (; . a church parade , which solemnity was memorised on the very same spot exactly a hundred years after .