Northern Courier

Nine-day marathon for Black Dog riders

28/09/2026

They rode, they saw Cairns and they conquered their goal to raise awareness of depression and suicide – a die-hard group of Tasmanian riders who joined the national Black Dog Ride this September.

Royal Flying Doctor Service charity golf day a hit

17/09/2026

Every time someone pays a green fee at the Longford Golf Club this year, they are supporting health care on the ground and in the air across Tasmania.

Division 1 putting winners Menno Van Der Mollen and his daughter Laura from Mowbray Golf Club.

National freight award for Page Transport

08/09/2026

Customised software has Tassie business leading the way in technology

Arrest made following berry farm burglary

07/09/2026

A 27-year-old man was this morning arrested and has been charged with burglary, stealing and driving offences.

Fences cut and defibrillator stolen at berry farm

02/09/2026

Damage to locks, fencing and loss of a defibrillator has upset owners.

The Grange owners find 200 year warrant at historic home

01/09/2026

The new owners of a historic Campbell Town’s homestead have stumbled across a rare piece of correspondence authorising a local constable to use a cat o’ nine tails whip on a convicted criminal.

Hallet Shueurt of The Grange, Campbell Town with the historic warrant

Final section of the pipeline laid for the Northern Midlands Irrigation Scheme

12/08/2026

The final section of the pipeline has been laid for the Northern Midlands Irrigation Scheme.

The sHedway crew will be at the Heritage and Bullock Festival

sHedway holding workshops during Heritage and Bullock Festival

04/08/2026

Mental health workshops aimed specifically at the wool industry and extending to the broader midlands community will be held in conjunction with the Heritage and Bullock Festival Sports Shear Competition next weekend.

Rare engines wind their way back home

21/08/2026

A pair of 100-year-old steam engines have come back home after 50 years interstate

Westbury Preservation Association treasurer Robert Hill, left, and president Brenton Heazlewood with The Lion and The Lioness - a rare pair of Fowler winding engines which have returned to Tasmania this week after a 50-year absence.

Preservation Matters - Visionary in the power game

28/09/2025

Askin Morrison was one of Tasmanian’s oldest colonists who perhaps did more than any other man to advance the commercial interests of early Tasmania.

Campbell Town rises to Merino wether challenge

25/09/2025

Campbell Town District High School is celebrating its first overall win in the Tasmanian Merino Wether Challenge.

City kids get a taste of hi-tech agricultural tools

22/09/2025

Students at Kings Meadows High School had a taste of life on the land through an innovative project that connected them with the latest farming technology in a learning environment.

Kings Meadows High School students Baxter Manshanden, Bryce Austin, Gypsy Fitzallan and Olive Keating watch on as Kings Meadows High assistant principal Brendan Poke, Hagley Agriculture Learning Centre co-ordinator Liam Fox and Ag Logic field officer Chelsea McDonald demonstrate the weather station

Councillor decrease not addressing farmer rates issue

16/09/2025

Proposale fails to address red tape and rates, according to TasFarmers

The Jim Osborne Memoirs - I have had a truly wonderful life

14/09/2025

Read the final instalment of the Jim Osborne Memoirs.

Longford's Penny Hooper receives Nuffield Scholarship for 2026

10/09/2025

Penny Hooper, Tasmania’s sole Nuffield Scholarship recipient for 2026, plans to use her funds to study how to make livestock and dairy farming compatible with a sustainable work-life balance.

Nuffield Scholarship 2026 recipient Penny Hooper

Longford ambulance station tenders called

01/09/2025

A greenfield site has beenchosen for a new ambulance station at Longford.

Artist impression of the new Longford ambulance station.

The Jim Osborne Memoirs - Who's who of new settlers

31/08/2025

Read the latest instalment of the Jim Osborne Memoirs.

Carol-Anne has a yarn to tell

21/08/2025

Carol-Anne Morrison has put a new spin on the wool from some of the oldest breeds of sheep in the world at her hobby farm in Loira, West Tamar.

The Jim Osborne Memoirs - Soldier settlers get to work

17/08/2025

Read the latest instalment of the Jim Osborne Memoirs.

Nine-day marathon for Black Dog riders

Royal Flying Doctor Service charity golf day a hit

National freight award for Page Transport

Arrest made following berry farm burglary

Fences cut and defibrillator stolen at berry farm

The Grange owners find 200 year warrant at historic home

Final section of the pipeline laid for the Northern Midlands Irrigation Scheme

sHedway holding workshops during Heritage and Bullock Festival

Rare engines wind their way back home

Preservation Matters - Visionary in the power game

Campbell Town rises to Merino wether challenge

City kids get a taste of hi-tech agricultural tools

Councillor decrease not addressing farmer rates issue

The Jim Osborne Memoirs - I have had a truly wonderful life

Longford's Penny Hooper receives Nuffield Scholarship for 2026

Longford ambulance station tenders called

The Jim Osborne Memoirs - Who's who of new settlers

Carol-Anne has a yarn to tell

The Jim Osborne Memoirs - Soldier settlers get to work

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