In the latest instalment of The Haig Family’s female convict servants, follow the story of two more women who worked for Captain Haig. Grace Heinbury and Mary McVicar travelled together to Hobart in 1838, but did they follow similar paths? Find out in part three of Felicity Hickman’s convict women series. Click on the image above to read part three.
Image: Section of Thomas Evans Chapman (1789 - 1864), Campbell Street, Hobart Town
Read MoreCaptain Andrew Haig’s ship, the Sir John Rae Reid was testament to his skill as a navigator and merchant while his house, Narryna, spoke of his instinct for an excellent real estate investment and taste in architectural design. In this blog, Jon Sumby uncovers the story of this enigmatic ‘ship portrait’ which hangs in Narryna’s entrance hall. Click on the image above to read this stroy.
Read MoreOur first blog entry is topical. Narryna’s path to museum owed much to a world health pandemic. Tuberculosis was a scourge of society from medieval times, which health officials sought to eradicate in post WWII Tasmania.
Narryna was purchased by the Tasmanian Government in 1946 to allow patients to recuperate after treatment for the lung disease, tuberculosis. Click on the image above to learn more…
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