Tasmania Attractions
Tasmania Attractions Directory : Historical Sites and Heritage Locations
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1 on Park Art Gallery overlooks the surf at Park Beach in southern Tasmania. Enjoy views from the sandstone terrace with an organic coffee or tea amidst mosaic sculptures in the garden.
The gallery is a large Spanish style building, showcasing local artisans. There are monthly exhibitions specialising in painting, mosaics, photography, sculpture, fashions, ceramics and jewellery.
The directors are Patricia Turner Smith and her daughter Eve. Patricia is a graduate from The Tasmanian School of Art...1 On Park - Art Gallery
Dodges Ferry, South
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1842 is a furniture design gallery and showroom in Launceston, northern Tasmania.
Located in the city's central business district, 1842 specialises in making and exhibiting hand-crafted Tasmanian furniture, art and design. You can browse the range of furniture in the showroom, which is located in one of Launceston's oldest buildings - the original Counting House of Johnstone and Wilmot's wholesale grocery business.
1842’s workshop and exhibition space occupies an adjoining warehouse building, ...1842 Eighteen Forty-Two
Launceston, North - North East
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3 Windows - Art, Glass and Wares is a gallery showcasing Tasmanian artworks at Oatlands, in the Tasmanian midlands. Oatlands is a classified historic town, an hour’s drive north of Hobart (84 kilometres/52 miles).
3 Windows – Art Glass & Wares features a collection of glass art and recycled timber furniture made on the premises. You can browse the changing exhibits of work by Tasmanian artisans including contemporary textiles, paintings and jewellery. Located in a revamped 1850’s sandstone build...3 Windows - Art, Glass & Wares
Oatlands, South
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Anglesea Barracks in Hobart, built in the 1800’s, now houses the Military Museum of Tasmania.
Governor Macquarie ordered these barracks built when he visited the colony in 1811. When the last British regiment left Tasmania in 1870 the buildings were variously used as a school, reformatory, a home for old women and a gymnasium. With the federation of Australia in 1901, the barracks became Commonwealth property and passed back to full military control, in which they have remained ever since.
In t...Anglesea Barracks
Hobart, South
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The award-winning Annsleigh Gardens and Café is located at Burnie, on Tasmania’s northwest coast. The Gardens are a 10-minute (10 kilometre) drive south of Burnie’s city centre.
Described as the ‘garden of ideas’, the two-hectare (five-acre) English garden has been nurtured from the soil of a bare sheep paddock over a 17-year period. The garden features a profusion of flowering and ornamental trees, shrubs, plants and bulbs. You can stroll through landscaped walks of cherry blossom, camellia, w...Annsleigh Gardens and Cafe
Burnie, North West
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Kent and Kent Antiques, in Hobart, offers a range of authentic antiques. The store is located beside Constitution Dock on Hobart’s waterfront, a short walk from the city's central business district.
Kent and Kent has a fine selection of authentic antiques, including 18th and 19th century English and Tasmanian colonial cedar and Huon pine furniture. The collection also includes clocks, estate jewellery, silver, glass and ceramics, early curios and relics as well as maritime antiques and instrum...Antiques - Kent and Kent
Hobart, South
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The Artists’ Garret is a working studio and gallery in Deloraine, northern Tasmania.
At the Artists' Garret, you can see work by established and emerging Tasmanian artisans in a program of exhibitions which features paintings, drawings, ceramics, textiles, glass, wood and jewellery design. You can also participate in the studio’s regular arts and crafts workshops, conducted by recognised artists.
In addition to the studio and gallery, the Artists' Garret is the cellar door for Great Western Ti...Artists` Garret - The
Deloraine, North - North East
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The Australasian Golf Museum is located in the heart of Bothwell in a rural environment. It houses the most comprehensive collection of golfing memorabilia in the Southern Hemisphere including icons of Australian men and women champions and antique hickory woods.
Ratho Links, home of the annual Australian Golf Heritage Festival, is the oldest course in Australia. Ratho remains part of a working farm and the course is almost exactly as it was created 165 years ago.
With grazing sheep maintaining...Australasian Golf Museum
Bothwell, South
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Australia's Antarctic Headquarters at Kingston,near Hobart, houses historical and contemporary exhibits of Antarctic activities, photographs and models.
A sculpture at the entrance depicts life on an ice floe. Visitors can see the historical and contemporary exhibits of Antarctic activities, photographs and models in the museum and library. A 40-minute film can be shown to large groups that book in advance.
Open Monday - Friday (excluding Public Holidays) 0830 - 1630
Every expedition, piece of ...Australia`s Antarctic Headquarters
Kingston, South
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The Bank House is located at Derby in Tasmania's north east.
The Bank House is a National Trust classified property circa 1888 and is the oldest remaining bank of timber construction in Tasmania. It ceased trading as a full-time bank on February 28, 1918. It remained a part-time branch until 1991. It now houses a large and diverse range of antiques, crafts, and bric-a-brac.
Derby became a mining boom town soon after the Krushka brothers discovered tin there in 1876. From then until 1945 ther...Bank House - The
Derby, North - North East
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Barrington General Store is located just south of Devonport city and offers a historic experience. It is situated on a direct route to Lake Barrington and Devils Gate Dam and is open seven days a week. We offer information about the area to visitors and locals alike and can advise as to what’s on and where best to go to see local tourist attractions.
Barrington has two murals, one on the Public Hall next to The Store which tells of a historical story about Barrington and the other is attached to...Barrington General Store
Barrington, North West
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The Bass and Flinders Centre is centrally located in George Town on Tasmania’s Tamar River. In 1798, the explorers Bass and Flinders were dispatched to ‘Van Diemen’s Land’ to ascertain if Tasmania was an island or not. They sailed with a crew of eight in Her Majesty’s Colonial Sloop Norfolk right into the Tamar River and anchored off what is now George Town.
In 1998, Bern Cuthbertson in the replica Norfolk, re-enacted the Bass and Flinders journey. Like Bass and Flinders, Bern established a rela...Bass & Flinders Centre
George Town, North - North East
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The Beaconsfield Mine and Heritage Centre is located in Beaconsfield, northern Tasmania.
The Centre allows visitors to experience a time when computers did not exist and when hard labour and machinery were used to hunt for gold. The hands-on, interpretive displays let you step back in time and capture the rich history of the Tamar Valley.
A feature display tells the story of the harrowing rockfall on Anzac Day, 2006, which trapped mineworkers underground. Brant Webb and Todd Russell were rescued...Beaconsfield Mine and Heritage Centre
Beaconsfield, North - North East
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The Bligh Museum is a privately-run history museum at Adventure Bay, Bruny Island. Bruny Island lies off the south coast of Tasmania and is accessed by a 15-minute car ferry from Kettering, 40 minutes south of Hobart (34 kilometres).
Built from thousands of convict-made bricks, the Bligh Museum of Pacific Exploration features a specialised collection relating to exploration in the South Pacific. A display of maps, documents, paintings and other artefacts offers an historical record of visits to...Bligh Museum of Pacific Exploration
Bruny Island, South
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The Bowman History Room offers a unique historic collection, located in Whitemark, Flinders Island.
The room was created to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Bowman Family business, E M Bowman & Co Pty Ltd, established in 1921. This amazing collection of shop items, photographs and account books from 1921 onwards traces both the development of one family and their business and also the growth of the town of Whitemark and Flinders Island as a whole. The most perused item is the huge scrapbo...Bowman History Room
Flinders Island, North - North East
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Brickendon Historic Farm and Convict Village is located just outside Longford, in northern Tasmania. Built by William Archer in 1824, the village is still owned by his descendents.
You have a rare chance to see the convict-built Gothic chapel, Dutch barns, chicken house, blacksmith shop and tool shed. There is a four hectare (10 acre) historic garden for you to explore. Close to the Georgian homestead there are garden beds featuring soft plantings of roses and perennials to complement the house'...Brickendon Historic Farm and Convict Village
Longford, North - North East
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Bruny Island Berry Farm is located on breathtaking Bruny Island south of Hobart. Enjoy delicious berries, either freshly picked or pick your own. Escape, relax and enjoy the picturesque landscape and stunning beachfront location. Savour our yummy berry ice creams as you wander along the tranquil creek banks or browse in our shop for assorted berry jams, sweets and berry-themed gifts.
Bring your lunch and enjoy a picnic or barbecue amidst the native bush and learn about the farm’s history and di...Bruny Island Berry Farm
Bruny Island, South
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Burnie Pioneer Village Museum reflects Burnie's historic streetscape in the 1890's.
Visit Burnie's famous indoor street and experience the sights and sounds of 100 years ago. The Pioneer Village was the first indoor historical street to be recreated in Australia and is still ranked among the best. A spectacular display with thousands of rare and interesting objects displayed in authentic commercial, and domestic settings.
The Village is designed to interpret the environment of the period 1890 - ...Burnie Pioneer Village Museum
Burnie, North West
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Cadbury is located at suburban Claremont approximately 12 kilometres north of the city of Hobart. At the Cadbury visitor centre, an access fee of $5.00 per adult (children free) entitles you to view an informative DVD in a theatrette, where you can talk to guides about the chocolate-making process. At the end of the viewing, each person will receive a small gift of chocolates and be invited to relax in the café and browse the great range of gifts, t-shirts, souvenirs and, of course, chocolates. ...Cadbury
Hobart, South
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On the heels of George Bass and Matthew Flinders, who in 1798 had established that there was a strait between Van Diemens Land and New South Wales, came the sealers. Soon ships en route from English and Indian ports were using the strait, but quickly experienced its dangers and decided it would be wiser to travel via the longer route and as a result Hobart became a popular calling place.
In 1835 three ships were wrecked in DEntrecasteaux Channel and consequently it was recommended to build a lig...Cape Bruny Lighthouse
Bruny Island, South
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The Cascade Brewery is Australia’s oldest continuously operating brewery, in South Hobart, Tasmania. The brewery is located in the foothills of Mount Wellington, five minutes’ drive from Hobart’s central business district.
Cascade Brewery produces a range of fine Tasmanian beers and soft drinks. You can take a two-hour brewery tour to see all aspects of the beer-making process – from malting and brewing to packaging. Bookings are essential, and the tour involves plenty of stair climbing, but you...Cascade Brewery
Hobart, South
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Cataract Gorge Reserve is a unique natural formation within two-minutes’ drive of central Launceston, Tasmania. The Gorge, as the locals call it, is a rare urban reserve.
Within 15-minutes you can walk from the city centre along the banks of the Tamar River into The Gorge. You will follow a pathway along the cliff face, originally built in the 1890s, looking down onto the South Esk River. The Kings Bridge over The Gorge was floated into place in 1867. On the southern side is the First Basin, f...Cataract Gorge Reserve
Launceston, North - North East
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The Channel Heritage Museum aims to promote and preserve the history of the Channel area from Margate south to Gordon.
There are displays of memorabilia and information on fruit growing, the 1967 bush fires, local schools, sporting teams, the scallop and fishing industry, timber industry, shipping in the Channel and many items used in everyday life in the early days of Channel settlement. The museum has a unique collection from the Electrona Carbide Works. A colonial style kitchen, bedroom, bath...Channel Heritage Museum
Snug, South
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Clarendon is a National Trust property located near Evandale in northern Tasmania.
Set in 7 hectares on the banks of the South Esk River, Clarendon was the centre of a large pastoral enterprise developed by James Cox. Complete with servants wing and many farm buildings the House is surrounded by extensive gardens and parklands which can be explored. The grand colonial house, built in 1838, is beautifully designed with grand hallways and grand Roman columns at the entrance.
Wander the property, w...Clarendon
Evandale, North - North East
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Classwood specialises in finely crafted Tasmanian timber products, located at Ross in the Tasmanian midlands.
Classwood is housed in a heritage-listed drill hall (circa 1900) originally used during World War One for Light Horse Brigade training. Now, it features a display of wall murals, fine timber work and crafts. You can browse the range of products which include handcrafted kitchenware, vases, decorative timber boxes, wood-turned platters, bowls and carvings. Many of the pieces use specialt...Classwood
Ross, North - North East
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Here you can wander freely among the ruins of the Saltwater River convict station, with its cramped and gloomy underground cells. Nearby there are walks on the beaches and through the coastal heathlands of Lime Bay, where wildflowers are prolific in summer. Lime Bay has a camping area with basic facilities. Turn right off the Arthur Highway (A11) at Taranna, then turn right at Premaydena towards Saltwater River. The convict station ruins are about 20 km from the highway at Taranna.Coal Mines Historic Site and Lime Bay
Saltwater River, South
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The Copping Colonial Convict Exhibition is a collection of convict memorabilia at Copping, southeast Tasmania. Copping is an hour and fifteen minutes southeast of Hobart, and an hour’s drive north of Port Arthur.
The Exhibition features a diverse range of convict-era relics and antiques. The collection incudes childhood treasures and one of only three cars manufactured in Australia in the 19th century. You can browse through the array of authentic artefacts and gain an insight in the Tasman Peni...Copping Colonial and Convict Exhibition
Copping, South
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The Court House Museum is located in Latrobe on Tasmania's beautiful north west coast. It tells the story of Latrobe and surrounding areas since European settlement began in the mid nineteenth century.
The centre of a rich agricultural and forestry district the town has also been a major port on the north west coast, the site of the Tasmania’s oil shale industry and birthplace of competitive wood chopping in Australia.
The Museum tells its stories through changing displays and rich photographic...Court House Museum
Latrobe, North West
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Craigie Knowe is a boutique vineyard at Cranbrook on Tasmania’s east coast. Cranbrook is located between Swansea and Bicheno, two hours north east of Hobart (144 kilometres/89 miles).
Established in 1979, Craigie Knowe vineyard has five hectares of vines, producing a range of fine cool climate wines including pinot noir, cabernet sauvignon and some Bordeaux varieties. The vineyard opens by appointment for tastings and sales from their range.
Tasmania has over 200 vineyards, producing more than ...Craigie Knowe
Cranbrook, North - North East
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Culzean Gardens offers visitors the enjoyment of a delightful garden in Westbury, northern Tasmania.
The tranquil garden’s centrepiece is a 1.2 hectare (3 acre) lake surrounded by thousands of water irises and water fowl in season. During summer there are also beautiful water lilies. The Anglo-Indian style house on the property was built in 1841. Mature exotic trees and hundreds of different conifers are the background to a changing display.
If you come in the Spring time you will see hectares...Culzean Gardens
Westbury, North - North East
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The spacious cellar door area overlooks an amphitheatre of manicured rows of grapevines that yield chardonnay, pinot noir and sauvignon blanc grapes which are made into award-winning wines.
Marketing/Sales manager Jill Mitchell extends a warm welcome to visitors every day.Dalrymple Vineyards
Pipers Brook, North - North East
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Derby Tin Mine Centre is located on the main street of Derby, north-east Tasmania.
Derby became a mining boom town soon after the Krushka brothers discovered tin there in 1876. From then until 1945 there were many famous mines around the town.
In the old school grounds at Derby a mining shanty town has been created, complete with general store, blacksmiths shed, mine office, butchers shop, a printing office, the gaol and huts and cottages. The school houses a museum, with old photographs and di...Derby Tin Centre
Derby, North - North East
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The Design Centre of Tasmania, Launceston, features Australia’s only museum collection of contemporary wood design. The Centre is located on the edge of City Park, a short walk from Launceston’s central business district.
The Centre houses the Tasmanian Wood Design Collection. This is a collection of innovative work by Tasmanian designer/makers, including Kevin Perkins, Mark Bishop, Toby Muir Wilson, Brendan Sharpe, Stuart Houghton, John Smith, Brad Latham, the Indeco group and Axiom Design. Pie...Design Centre of Tasmania
Launceston, North - North East
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The museum is attractively and aptly situated at the Pilot Station, in the residence built for the Devonport Harbour Master in 1920. It has a view of Bass Strait and the restored pilot signal mast which stands at the entrance to the Mersey River. This was used to communicate with ships until quite recently.
Tasmanian and Local maritime history is illustrated by an extensive collection of flags, paintings, charts and photographs. A feature is the collection of
photographs of warships with Tasma...Devonport Maritime Museum and Historical Society Inc.
Devonport, North West
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The Doll and Bear Cottage is a doll and bear lovers delight in Scottsdale, Tasmania. Since the 1980s the owners of the Doll and Bear Cottage have been collecting unique dolls and bears, and today you can see their display of more than 300. Each one is a collector's item with its own individual story.
The collection features original artist dolls and bears from around the world with childhood memorabilia and antiques, including Australia's largest collection of award-winning artist dolls by Still...Doll And Bear Cottage Of Scottsdale - The
Scottsdale, North - North East
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Passenger trains disappeared from Tasmania some time ago, except this one, a full size loco service from the Don Village Station to Coles Beach every day.
After leaving Don Village, the route of the Don River Railway winds its way along the Eastern banks of the picturesque Don River, passing Restoration Siding where old vehicles are awaiting their turn for restoration at the hands of the craftsmen. During the thirty minute return journey you will pass through a nature reserve and you will also s...Don River Railway
Devonport, North West
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The isthmus of land only a few hundred metres wide at Eaglehawk Neck is the reason Port Arthur was chosen as the site for a prison -- the tiny strip of land was easily patrolled, and in those times few were able to swim and make a break for it that way.
A line of dogs, tethered at short intervals, roused the soldiers if anyone tried to get by.
The Officers Quarters has been restored as a museum interpreting the history and life at Eaglehawk Neck. The 1832 quarters is reputed to be the oldest wo...Eaglehawk Neck Historic Site
Eaglehawk Neck, South
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endota spa hobart – day spa on the hobart waterfront - is less than a five minute saunter from dockside, city centre and every history and mystery-soaked corner of the old town.
Once a flour mill, now the old city mill is flowering in endota green. outer walls wood stacked in1865. inside, our renovated inner spa glows white and welcoming. Your soles can stop searching, endota body treatments are working wonders inside and out.
How better to end a wilderness trek? But book before you venture off ...endota spa hobart
Hobart, South
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Entally house is a lovely old house located in Tasmania’s north at Hadspen.
Entally Estate is named after a suburb of Calcutta, India, and built in 1819 for Thomas Reibey. While he lived there he was reputed to have the most extensive library in the colony. The house contains a magnificent collection of Regency furniture and fine silver. It is surrounded by superb gardens and grounds, in which there are a greenhouse, a chapel, a coach house and stables. It seems that Reibey preferred long-lastin...Entally Estate
Hadspen, North - North East
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The development of Queenstown and the West Coast are featured in more than 900 photographs displayed in the 23 rooms of this museum.
The pre-1940s photographs were collected and the museum established by Mr Eric Thomas.
There are also items of household equipment and personal effects,old documents, coins, cameras from the 1930s, a display of early theatre projectors, antique mantel clocks, a collection of kerosene lamps, medallions, badges and chinaware featuring the Royal Family from Queen Vic...Eric Thomas Galley Museum
Queenstown, North West
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Federation Chocolate is a chocolate factory and museum at Taranna, on the Tasman Peninsula. Taranna is a 75 minutes' drive from Hobart (88 kilometres/55 miles) and 15 minutes before the Port Arthur Historic Site (10 kilometres/six miles).
Federation Chocolate is a family-owned Tasmanian business producing fine handmade chocolates. In the Federation Chocolate Factory, opened in 2004, you can watch the fine art of chocolate making through purpose-built viewing windows. Taste samples from the tempt...Federation Chocolate
Taranna, South
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The Female Factory in South Hobart is arguably Australia’s most significant historic site for women.
You can take a self-guided tour of the Female Factory Historic Site which allows you access to the memorial garden and the historic site. Or take a guided one-hour tour, taking in the fascinating yet tragic history of the site.
The historic site was once the Cascades Female Factory, a euphemistic name for a terribly overcrowded prison in the 1820s and the setting for Bryce Courtenay’s novel The ...Female Factory Historic Site
Hobart, South
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The Forest and Heritage Centre is a forestry interpretation centre at Geeveston in southern Tasmania. Geeveston is 50 minutes south of Hobart (71 kilometres/44 miles) in the Huon Valley.
The Centre is comprised of four sections. The Forest Room presents displays of Tasmanian forest types, wildlife and past and present forest practices. Here, you can see how pioneer timber-getters lived and worked in the bush, learn about current forest management in Tasmania, and see demonstrations of woodturnin...Forest and Heritage Centre
Geeveston, South
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The Forest EcoCentre is a forest interpretation centre at Scottsdale, northeast Tasmania.
The Forest EcoCentre features a complex multi-media interpretation system. Interactive displays showcase many aspects of northeast Tasmania's forests, including their ecology, management, unique fauna and cultural heritage.
You can sample fresh Tasmanian produce in the Centre’s café, including a selection of wine from Tasmania’s Tamar Valley and Pipers River regions. Visit the gift shop to choose from a ra...Forest EcoCentre
Scottsdale, North - North East
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Franklin House is convict built and located in northern Tasmania at Franklin Village, Launceston. Built by former convict and successful businessman Britton Jones, Franklin House is notable for its rich use of imported Australian Red Cedar. Extended to accommodate one of the colonies leading private schools which operated there from 1842 until 1866 the house finally became the birthplace of the National Trust in Tasmania in 1960.
Franklin House survives with house, stables and garden. Nearby and...Franklin House
Launceston, North - North East
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The Furneaux Museum on Flinders Island showcases the history of the Furneaux Group of Islands. Relics from shipwrecks and other artefacts are housed in seven buildings which themselves are exhibits.
The museum has artefacts from some of Australia’s earliest European settlement, such as an anchor from the Sydney Cove, wrecked on Preservation Island in 1797. The dark history of the Wybalenna settlement is recorded in the Aboriginal Room, together with an exquisite collection of Aboriginal shell ne...Furneaux Museum
Flinders Island, North - North East
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Glen Clyde House is a gallery, gardens and café at Hamilton, in Tasmania’s Derwent Valley. Hamilton is an hour’s drive northwest of Hobart (70 kilometres).
The award-winning Glen Clyde House is a restored, convict-built 1840s coach inn. The craft gallery, which stocks only Tasmanian-made items, displays the work of over 100 local artisans. You can choose from a range of art and craft including pottery, leatherwork, woodcraft made from Tasmanian specialty timbers, and ironwork. Original artworks ...Glen Clyde House
Hamilton, South
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Grannie Rhodes’ Cottage offers a guided museum tour and live performance at Richmond, southeast Tasmania. Richmond is a 35-minute drive northeast of Hobart (26 kilometres).
The restored, early-1800s cottage includes a colonial museum and features ‘Turn the Key of Time’ - a 50-minute performance of the history of the cottage and its original occupant, Grannie Rhodes. Owner and actor Miriam Cooper takes on Grannie’s identity in the interpretive performance, which reveals the life of this remarkabl...Grannie Rhodes` Cottage; Turn The Key Of Time
Richmond, South
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Hawley’s Gingerbread House, located in Devonport East incorporates a café, restaurant and Hawley Vineyards Cellar Door. It also offers a gift shop. Listed with the National Trust, it is housed in one of Devonport’s oldest and most impressive architectural icons, located a short distance from the Spirit of Tasmania terminal, in the heart of the Devonport East shopping precinct. The distinctive Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture features include arched leadlight windows and decorative bargebo...Hawley`s Gingerbread House
Devonport, North West
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Heazlewood Seeds provide unique factory tours and a museum in Whitemore, Tasmania. Share in the rural heritage of a farming tradition dating back to the 1870s across five generations.
The museum and visitor reception centre is housed within a charming barn. The building has been restored to its former glory when it was once used for storing grain in the 1870s. Since then, Heazlewood Seeds have become the premier seed-cleaning operators of Tasmania. You can visit this abundant natural region, reg...Heazlewood Seeds
Whitemore, North - North East
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