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State Library of Tasmania > Current Exhibitions > Drawing the Line

Drawing the Line: Tasmania on the map

An exhibition of fascinating maps from the State Library of Tasmania’s Heritage Collections.

Come on a journey from the fanciful to the inspired, from history to the modern day. Explore depictions of Tasmania, our island on the edge of the world, where every inch of every map tells a story. This beautiful exhibition invites you to ponder the mapping of Tasmania and asks is what you see Myth or reality? Art or science? Boundary or connection?

Venue:
Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts
Ground Floor (enter Rear Foyer)
State Library of Tasmania
91 Murray Street, Hobart.

Tasmaniana Library
2nd Floor (enter through reference library)
State Library of Tasmania
91 Murray Street, Hobart.

Exhibition Hours:
Monday to Friday: 9.30am - 5.00pm
Thursday (Tasmaniana) 1.00pm - 9.00pm
Last Saturday of each month 9.30am – 2.30pm
Enquiries: 6233 7484

Exhibition Dates:
18 May 2006 – 30 September 2006

This exhibition is presented as part of the nationwide celebration of Australia on the Map 1606-2006.

Links to other Australia on the Map exhibitions:

  • Tasmania
  • National
  • National Library

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Plan de la baie de L'Adventure (Adventure Bay)

Field plan of movements of the military

Health map : location of diseases

Asiae pars Australis...

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Plan van de Avontuur-Baai aan Van Diemens-Land

City of Hobart - sketch plan showing proposed sewerage

Map of Hobart Town

A map of Stanley...

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Map of the settled part of Van Diemen's Land...

Victoria - Tasmania air service

Polus Antarcticus

Orchard sites on River Tamer

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