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Nicole and Ricks' Wedding @ Shene, Pontville, Hobart, Tasmania
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The Tasmanian Magic Project
About The Tasmanian Magic Project
The Project has been established to find and record evidence of the material culture of magic in the State during the nineteenth century.
Magic left no contemporary documentary record but its role in the lives of Tasmanians is evident in the evil-averting (apotropaic) marks on their houses and other structures and in objects concealed in buildings.
Concealed objects including shoes and garments have been found in houses and other buildings in many locations throughout Tasmania.
Apotropaic marks have been found at Shene, Pontville, at Woodbury, Antill Ponds, at Redlands, Plenty, in the Courthouse at Richmond, at the former Rose and Crown Inn at Lewisham, at Dysart and Lonsdale at Kempton, and at Narynna, Battery Point, Hobart. Marks found to date include hexafoils, merels, a consecration cross, concentric circles and burn marks.
Numerous caches of concealed shoes and other objects have been found throughout Tasmania. The most notable discovery, that of 39 concealed shoes and a variety of other objects, occurred at Woodbury, north of Oatlands.
The use of magic appears to have been an aspect of cultural practices brought from England by settlers, convicts, the military, and members of the Colonial administration.
The fear of attacks by escaped convicts, bushrangers and Indigenous Australians may have played a part in the use of protective magic.
The Project’s survey of Tasmania is expected to produce results that will be applicable Australia-wide and of international significance. Several international scholars with expertise in this field have expressed their support for the Tasmanian Magic Project.
These include Professor Ronald Hutton of the University of Bristol and Professor Owen Davies of the University of Hertfordshire. The Project has the endorsement of the Government of Tasmania.
The Tasmanian Magic Project is the first of its kind in the world and will provide a template for similar surveys both in Australia and overseas.
The Project is open to participation and/or affiliation with University schools and departments. Places will be available for senior students in history, archaeology, architecture or anthropology. The Project is seeking funding to enable work to start as soon as possible.
The Project will be based near Oatlands in the Midlands and will carry out a survey of historic houses and associated outbuildings in areas between Hobart and Launceston.
Teams of researchers will visit houses by arrangement with their owners. Houses and outbuildings will be carefully examined and any identified magic marks will be photographed and recorded.
The Project needs funds to begin fieldwork in 2017. We are also looking for volunteer researchers with expertise in photography (and their own cameras) as well as people who can do measured drawings of buildings where marks have been identified.
Contact Dr Ian Evans: evansthebook@gmail.com
Brighton Tasmania Freight Train
My youngest boy loves trains. It's a very popular subject for a lot of people on the Autism Spectrum. We don't see a lot of trains in South East Tassie, so he was very excited when a freight train came along on the way home from the shops.
BRIGHTON | Co-Op Toyota | STJFL Club of the Year Profile 2014
The winning club of the Co-Op Toyota STJFL Club of the Year program will receive a club visit by Shane Crawford in 2015 plus 2 x tickets to a Toyota AFL Finals Series game.
The Brighton Junior Football Club is an integral part of the fast growing Brighton community and its surrounds. We are fortunate to have strong support from our council and we are lucky to be at the fantastic 3-oval Pontville complex.
The Robins has over 300 players, both boys and girls from Auskick to Under 16s. We make every effort to have a friendly and welcoming environment for all our players and their families and encourage everyone to get involved on game day.
We have two teams competing in the STJFL finals this year, our U16s and U12s – we believe they will have what it takes to go all the way to the flag.
We also had two players, Liam Wakefield and Jye Menzie selected for their respective State Teams, well done boys!!
Like any club, we have a committee of volunteers who work tirelessly throughout the year to keep all facets of the club running smoothly.
Most of our Coaches are dads and we have been lucky to have some of the Brighton Senior players take up coaching roles with our youth teams.
Game days during the season at Pontville can be big days keeping our canteen and volunteers on their toes serving a range of hot food and drinks to keep the footy fans warm whilst they watch their children play.
We have been extremely busy this year hosting Gala Days as well as fundraising to purchase new jumpers for next year.
Our focus at Brighton Junior Football Club is for children to enjoy playing and learning to play the game they love. It's A Grand Old Flag at Brighton and our future is looking bright.