TUESDAY 24 - THURSDAY 26.1.2012: As we do, we searched for a location that we felt few people would want to spend Australia Day - found it! Hamilton - Governor Macquarie named the locality as 'Sorell Plains', and it became locally known as 'Macquarie' and 'Lower Clyde'. Governor Arthur finalised a name for the locality in 1824. Hamilton was once a bustling frontier town that contained many inns and several working breweries. It was once destined to be the capital of Tasmania despite its vast distance from any port. We took up residence on the Hamilton Common and prepared for Australia Day - yet again we seemed to be the only soldiers getting "into the spirit"! Visited the shops that were opened and supported the local potter.  |
| GLEN CLYDE HOUSE CIRCA 1846 |
The Old School House was designed to house 80 pupils. The building had classrooms for girls on one side and boys on the other, teacher and family lived upstairs. In 1935 a new weatherboard school was built next door.
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| THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE CIRCA 1858 |
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| 1935 Emma's cottage is part of a collection built between 1830 and 1845. Emma's is the oldest and has internal timber split-slab walls fastened with wooden pegs.  |
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| JACKSON'S EMPORIUM 1856 |
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