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Longford, Tasmania

Index Longford, Tasmania

Longford is a town in the northern midlands of Tasmania, Australia. [1]

57 relations: Albert Solomon, Antiserum, Archer family, Australia, Australian Grand Prix, Australian National Heritage List, Bass Highway, Tasmania, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Bowls, Brickendon Estate, Buttress, Cressy, Tasmania, David O'Keefe (Australian politician), Denham Henty, Division of Lyons, Division of Lyons (state), Flora Reid, George IV of the United Kingdom, George Reid, Hobart, John Arthur (cricketer), Katharine Parker, Koppers, Lachlan Macquarie, Lancet window, Launceston, Tasmania, Longford (disambiguation), Longford Circuit, Macquarie River (Tasmania), Mary Stewart Kilgour, Midland Highway (Tasmania), Norfolk Island, Northern Midlands Council, Perth, Tasmania, Polyclonal antibodies, Premier of Tasmania, Ray Stokes, Richard Flanagan, Roderic O'Connor (land commissioner), Sandstone, Scrapie, Serum (blood), Slaughterhouse, South Esk River, State Library of Tasmania, Stucco, Tasman Series, Tasmania, Tasmanian Heritage Register, Thomas Laycock, ..., Thoroughbred horse racing, Tom Roberts, Van Diemen's Land, Walter Lee (Australian politician), Wetland, William Hartnoll, Woolmers Estate. Expand index (7 more) »

Albert Solomon

Albert Edgar Solomon (7 March 1876 – 5 October 1914) was an Australian politician.

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Antiserum

Antiserum (plural: antisera) is human or nonhuman blood serum containing polyclonal antibodies and is used to pass on passive immunity to many diseases.

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Archer family

The Archer family are a notable family in Tasmania, Australia, prominent in society, business and politics of Tasmania for the last two centuries.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Grand Prix

The Australian Grand Prix is a motor race held annually in Australia currently under contract to host Formula One until 2023.

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Australian National Heritage List

The Australian National Heritage List is a heritage register, a list of national heritage places deemed to be of outstanding heritage significance to Australia.

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Bass Highway, Tasmania

The Bass Highway is a highway in Tasmania, Australia.

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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy and fatal neurodegenerative disease in cattle that may be passed to humans who have eaten infected flesh.

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Bowls

Bowls or lawn bowls is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls called woods so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty".

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Brickendon Estate

Brickendon Estate is a farm estate located in Longford, Tasmania.

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Buttress

A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall.

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Cressy, Tasmania

Cressy is a small town south-west of Launceston, Tasmania.

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David O'Keefe (Australian politician)

David John O'Keefe, (21 August 1864 – 21 July 1943) was an Australian politician who served in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

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Denham Henty

Sir (Norman Henry) Denham Henty, KBE (13 October 1903 – 9 May 1978) was an Australian politician.

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Division of Lyons

The Division of Lyons is an Australian electoral division in Tasmania.

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Division of Lyons (state)

The electoral division of Lyons is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it is the largest electorate covering most of central and eastern Tasmania.

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Flora Reid

Dame Florence "Flora" Reid, Lady Reid GBE (10 November 1867 – 1 September 1950) was the wife of the Prime Minister of Australia Sir George Reid.

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George IV of the United Kingdom

George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover following the death of his father, King George III, on 29 January 1820, until his own death ten years later.

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George Reid

Sir George Houstoun Reid (25 February 1845 – 12 September 1918) was an Australian politician who led the Reid Government as the fourth Prime Minister of Australia from 1904 to 1905, having previously been Premier of New South Wales from 1894 to 1899.

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Hobart

Hobart is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania.

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John Arthur (cricketer)

John Lake Allen Arthur (7 April 1847 – 26 April 1877) was a first-class cricketer who played for Tasmania from 1866 to 1875.

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Katharine Parker

Katharine Parker (28 March 188628 March 1971) was an Australian composer, perhaps best known for her piano piece "Down Longford Way".

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Koppers

Koppers is a global chemical and materials company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States in an art-deco 1920s skyscraper, the Koppers Tower.

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Lachlan Macquarie

Major General Lachlan Macquarie, CB (Lachann MacGuaire; 31 January 1762 – 1 July 1824) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Scotland.

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Lancet window

A lancet window is a tall, narrow window with a pointed arch at its top.

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Launceston, Tasmania

Launceston is a city in the north of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River (Kanamaluka).

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Longford (disambiguation)

Longford is a town in Ireland.

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Longford Circuit

The Longford Circuit was a temporary motor racing course laid out on public roads at Longford, south-west of Launceston in Tasmania, Australia.

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Macquarie River (Tasmania)

The Macquarie River (Indigenous palawa kani: tinamarakunah(pron. teen.ner.mair.rer.koon.ner)) is a major perennial river located in the Midlands region of Tasmania, Australia.

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Mary Stewart Kilgour

Mary Stewart Kilgour (24 September 1851 – 1955) was a suffragist, educationalist, writer and campaigner for women's rights.

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Midland Highway (Tasmania)

The Midland Highway (also known as the Midlands Highway) is one of Tasmania's major inter-city highways, running for between Hobart and Launceston.

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Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island (Norfuk: Norf'k Ailen) is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia, directly east of mainland Australia's Evans Head, and about from Lord Howe Island.

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Northern Midlands Council

Northern Midlands Council is a local government body in Tasmania, extending south of Launceston into the northern region of the Tasmanian central midlands.

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Perth, Tasmania

Perth is a town in the Australian state of Tasmania.

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Polyclonal antibodies

Polyclonal antibodies (pAbs) are antibodies that are secreted by different B cell lineages within the body (whereas monoclonal antibodies come from a single cell lineage).

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Premier of Tasmania

The Premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania.

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Ray Stokes

Raymond Gordon "Ray" Stokes (21 May 1924 – 26 February 2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Richard Flanagan

Richard Miller Flanagan (born 1961) is an Australian novelist from Tasmania.

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Roderic O'Connor (land commissioner)

Roderic O'Connor (1784–1860) was an Irish Australian landowner and public official, most notable for his activities as a land commissioner in Tasmania.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) mineral particles or rock fragments.

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Scrapie

Scrapie is a fatal, degenerative disease that affects the nervous systems of sheep and goats.

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Serum (blood)

In blood, the serum is the component that is neither a blood cell (serum does not contain white or red blood cells) nor a clotting factor; it is the blood plasma not including the fibrinogens.

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Slaughterhouse

A slaughterhouse or abattoir is a facility where animals are slaughtered for consumption as food.

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South Esk River

The South Esk River, the longest river in Tasmania, is a major perennial river located in the northern region of Tasmania, Australia.

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State Library of Tasmania

The State Library of Tasmania is the main library of the library system in the state of Tasmania, Australia.

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Stucco

Stucco or render is a material made of aggregates, a binder and water.

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Tasman Series

The Tasman Series (Tasman Cup) was a motor racing competition held annually from 1964 to 1975 over a series of races in New Zealand and Australia.

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Tasmania

Tasmania (abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as Tassie) is an island state of Australia.

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Tasmanian Heritage Register

Tasmanian Heritage Register is the statutory heritage register of the Australian state of Tasmania.

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Thomas Laycock

Thomas Laycock (1786 – 7 November 1823) was an English soldier, explorer, and later businessman, who served in North America during the War of 1812, but is most famous for being the first European to travel overland through the interior of Tasmania (then known as Van Diemen's Land).

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Thoroughbred horse racing

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses.

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Tom Roberts

Thomas William "Tom" Roberts (8 March 185614 September 1931) was a British-born Australian artist and a key member of the Heidelberg School, also known as Australian Impressionism.

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Van Diemen's Land

Van Diemen's Land was the original name used by most Europeans for the island of Tasmania, now part of Australia.

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Walter Lee (Australian politician)

Sir Walter Henry Lee KCMG (27 April 18741 June 1963) was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly.

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Wetland

A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such that it takes on the characteristics of a distinct ecosystem.

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William Hartnoll

William Hartnoll (17 April 1841 – 11 July 1932) was an Australian politician.

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Woolmers Estate

Woolmers Estate is a farming estate located in Longford, Tasmania, founded in 1817 by prominent grazier and member of parliament Thomas Archer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longford,_Tasmania

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