P006719 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2019-11-26 human Elizabeth Daniels updated 2025-09-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006719b.htm corporateBody Colony of Tasmania AACR2 1856 1901 Lutruwita has been home to multiple Indigenous peoples and nations since around 35,000 years ago. British settlers referred to Lutruwita as Van Diemen's Land until 1855 when they changed the name to Tasmania. This change was in part due to growing public desire amongst settlers to distance themselves from the convict past of Van Diemen's Land. Lutruwita was referred to as the Colony of Tasmania until the Federation of Australia in 1901. In 1901 the colony of Tasmania became the State of Tasmania. This entry refers to the colonial government of Tasmania not the land or people themselves. Colony of Van Diemen's Land (1803 - 1855) Perrin, George Samuel (1849 - 1900)

Conservator of Forests 1886 - 1887

 Lefroy, John Henry (1817 - 1890)

Governor 1880 - 1882

 Backhouse, James (1794 - 1869)

James Backhouse provided the Colony of Tasmania with a number of reports on conditions in penal settlements (including Macquarie Harbour and Port Arthur) and Indigenous "establishments".

 Archer, William (1820 - 1874)

William Archer served as a Member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council and House of Assembly.

 Denison, William Thomas (1804 - 1871)

Lieutenant-Governor 1847 - 1854

 Tasmanian Mines Department, Colony and State of Tasmania (1894 - 1989) Tasmanian Council of Agriculture, Colony and State of Tasmania (1891 - 1909) Tasmanian Public Works Department, State of Tasmania (1835 - 1977) Tasmanian Mines Branch, Colony of Tasmania (1883 - 1894) Tasmanian Government Railways, Colony and State of Tasmania (1872 - 1939) Tasmanian Lands and Surveys Department, Colony of Van Diemen's Land, Colony and State of Tasmania (1804 - 1970) Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Colony of Van Diemen's Land and Tasmania, and State of Tasmania (1828 - ) Tasmanian Central Board of Health, Colony and State of Tasmania (1886 - 1904) Tasmanian Department of Agriculture [I], Colony and State of Tasmania (1898 - 1903) State of Tasmania (1901 - ) 'Colony of Tasmania', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Colony of Tasmania Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Aboriginal and Dual Names Aboriginal and Dual Names Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre c.2019 Aboriginal and Dual Names of places in Iutruwita (Tasmania) Resource Section: Van Diemen's Land Haynes, Ros Van Diemen's Land University of Tasmania 2006 The Companion to Tasmanian History Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies