(80) York Schmidt & Co / The Don Co Store, Sheffield
This prominent heritage-listed building has always been Sheffield’s largest retail [...]
(79) Slaters Country Store – Life Behind the Counter
Having written the history of this store in a book [...]
(78) The Sheffield Hotel (2) Maddox’s (1896-1980) and Watson’s (1980–2023) Story
Following the reorganisation of the NW Licensing Board, on 3 [...]
(77) The Sheffield Hotel (1) First Turbulent Years
Like so many Tasmanian hotels, the Sheffield Hotel has an [...]
(76) Kentish on Fire (2) All Districts Disaster – Feb/Mar 1898
In the first months of 1898, Tasmanian residents faced the [...]
(75) Kentish on Fire (1) Panic in Paradise – 5 Feb 1898
The beginning of 1898 was preceded by the longest drought [...]
(74) James Hope’s Gigantic Flour Mill
When James Hope (53) bought the corner block on Main [...]
(73) Hope Family’s Input into Early Sheffield
Only residents who have lived in Kentish for more than [...]
(72) Sheffield’s Golden Era (1880-1900) Part 2
Towards the end of the 1880s, Sheffield had become the [...]
(71) Sheffield’s Golden Era (1880-1900) Part 1
The discovery of alluvial gold in the Minnow River at [...]