The British Association in Tasmania

Abstract

THE Tasmanian contingent of the British Assuciation left Melbourne by the s.s. Loongana on Saturday, September 5, at 10.30 p.m., and arrived at Launceston about 5 p.m. on the following day. The party numbered twentyone. Owing to an unfortunate dislocation in the boat service it was impossible to carry out the Launceston portion of the original programme, although time was found to visit the Launceston Museum on Sunday evening, under the guidance of the curator, Mr. H. H. Scott, to whose zeal and energy this excellent little museum owes so much. On the following day there was just time for a brief visit to the beautiful Cataract Gorge before leaving by rail for Hobart. Tuesday, September 8, was occupied by receptions at the Hobart Town Hall, the museum, and the university, and a luncheon at Government House, and in the evening Dr. G. T. Moody gave a lecture on some commercial aspects of education. Wednesday, September 9, was devoted to a motor excursion to Mount Wellington, the party being entertained at lunch at the Springs Hotel by the Hon. Henry Dobson, who has done so much to open up Mount Wellington as a tourist resort. Some of the party proceeded on foot from the Springs to the summit, while others devoted themselves to the collection of natural history specimens, including the remarkable “mountain shrimp,” Anaspides tasmaniae, so characteristic of the mountain streams of the island.