All Works by Peter MacFie
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Books
| Year(s) | Topic | Index |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | See No Evil: A childhood mostly on The Glebe, Hobart 1946 – 1953: Peter H. MacFie 2022 | ** |
| 2022 | The Wesleyans of Port Arthur: Peter H. MacFie 2022 | ** |
| 2020 | The Newsprint – A Social and Forest History of Maydena 1920 – 2020: Peter H. MacFie 2020 | ** |
| 2013 | A History of North West Bay and Margate, Tasmania 1792 – 2000: Peter H. MacFie 2013 | ** |
| 2010 | On the Fiddle from Scotland to Tasmania 1815 – 1863: Peter H. MacFie 2010 | ** |
| 2008 | Underground Hobart: The World Beneath the City: Peter H. MacFie, 2008 | ** |
| 2002 | Stock Thieves and Golfers: A history of Kangaroo Bay and Rosny Farm, Tasmania 1803 – 1998: Peter H. MacFie, 2002 | ** |
DVDs
| Year(s) | Topic | Index |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Pitt Water Fiddle Excursion: Peter H. MacFie et.al. 2016 | * |
Books – Unpublished
| Year(s) | Topic |
|---|---|
| Dulcot: A Surviving Colonial Community: Peter H. MacFie | |
| A History of Campania House: Peter H. MacFie, 2012 (early draft was for private commission). | |
| Mount Field book: Peter H. MacFie |
Book Entries
| Year(s) | Topic | Index |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Australian Newsprint Mills, entry, Alexander, Alison (ed) Companion to Tasmanian History. | * |
| 2003 | William George Crooke, founder of Mt Field National Park. Supplementary Volume, Australian Dictionary of Biography. | * |
| 2000 | Oxford History of Gardens, ed R Aitken, 2000. Entries for Royal Botanical Gardens, Port Arthur, Maydena/Lutana, Cascade Gardens, Peter MacFie |
Insights and Essays
Professional Papers
| Year(s) | Topic | Index |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Nugent Farm, Richmond: the history and restoration of the last Tasmanian home of William Smith O’Brien. 18th Australasian Irish Studies conference, National Museum of Australia. | |
| 2011 | From Cork, Ireland to Shamrock Valley, Van Diemen’s Land – The First Ten Irish Convict Family Reunions, 1818 & 1822. Galong History Conference, New South Wales. | |
| 2011 | Thomas Meagher, Sgt Daniel Murphy and the Bennett Family: Some Enduring Connections at Richmond, Tasmania. Tasmanian Historical Research Association. April 2011. | * |
| 2009 | John Curtin – a Tasmanian connection. 40 [degrees] South, No. 54, Spring 2009: 21-24. | * |
| 2008 | First World War Soldiers of the Richmond Municipality. Tasmanian Historical Research Association. December 2008, pp222-234. | * |
| 2008 | Popular Music Culture in Southern Tasmania 1950-1985. AIML Conference, Hobart, 2008 | *** |
| 2007 | Tasmania, Home for Tasmania’s Forgotten Rebels of 1848, in ed. Brownrigg et al, Echoes of Irish Australian – Rebellion to Republic, Canberra, 2007. | * |
| 2003 | ‘A Florentine Slice….. from Canada!’, Forest Practices News, Vol 5/3, June 2003, p18. | ** |
| 2003 | Harold Gatty: his Richmond Village and Cambridge Aerodrome connections, Tasmania. Peter MacFie, in Coal River Valley Historical Society Inc. Journal, No. 2, March 2003 | ** |
| 2002 | ‘Government Sawing Establishments of Van Diemen’s Land, 1817-1832’, in P&P of Australian Forest History Society, Australia’s Ever-changing Forests, ed Dargavel Gaughwin and Libbis. 2002, pp105-131. | ** |
| 2002 | Prize Fights, Profanities and Ploughing Matches: Making Past Times Acceptable in 19thC Tasmania, Tasmanian Historical Research Association, 2002. | ** |
| 2001 | Burtons Circus at Richmond 1855, Coal River Historical Journal, 2001 | ** |
| 2000 | Point Puer Boy Convicts’ Establishment, Van Diemen’s Land [Tasmania] : the first 68 boys, January 1834 – see “The Empire’s First stolen Generation, 1999”: Peter MacFie & Nigel Hargraves, c2000. | ** |
| 1999 | Maydena, the Rise & Fall of a Logging Town, P & P, 4th Australian Forest History Society Conference, Gympie, Queensland. | ** |
| 1999 | The Empire’s First ‘Stolen Generation’; The First Intake at Point Puer 1834 – 39, Peter MacFie and Nigel Hargraves, Tasmanian Historical Studies, Vol 6, No.2, 1999. | ** |
| 1997 | ‘Young Hopeful Men’; Henry Hector MacFie 1869-1957, Biennial Local History Conference, Tasmanian Historical Research Association Papers & Proceedings, Vol. 45, No 2, June, 1998. | ** |
| 1996 | Coach-building & Related Crafts in Tasmania, Peter Macfie, Biennial Local History Conference, Tasmanian Historical Research Association, 1996. | ** |
| 1996 | Before and After Sunday Afternoon – Reflections on the Port Arthur Massacre, Island Magazine, 1996. | ** |
| 1995 | Silent Impact – the Irish in the Richmond District, Tasmania, P & P Biennial Irish- Australian History Conference, Hobart, 1995. | ** |
| 1994 | William Crooke, journalist, conservationist and ‘father’ of Mt Field National Park. Tasmanian Historical Research Association. | ** |
| 1994 | Irish-Catholics in the Coal River Valley, Richmond, Tasmania, Canberra Historical Society Conference, Galong, NSW. | * |
| 1993 | ‘The Historian as Trouble-maker’ – Cultural Heritage, Tourism & the Public Historian. Peter MacFie. The Future Role of the Historian Symposium Papers, Tasmanian Historical Studies, History Department, University of Tasmania. | ** |
| 1992 | Whose Past? Whose Present? Tourism & Local History, Peter MacFie. Tasmanian Historical Research Association, v 39, No. 1 March, pp 54-60, 1992. | ** |
| 1991 | Cultural Tourism or Tourism Culture? A Survey of the Impact of Tourism on Tasmanian Sociey 1860 – 1991: Peter MacFie. Centre for Tasmanian Studies, UTAS August, 1991. | ** |
| 1990 | Carnarvon Cemetery, 1877-19…?: Peter MacFie. Tasman Peninsula Chronicle No 5, Nubeena, 1990. | ** |
| 1989 | ‘Fruits of an Evil System’ – Some Notable Failures of the Pt Puer Juvenile Prison, Port Arthur, Tasmania: Peter Macfie. Paper presented to the Australian History Teacher’s Conference, Port Arthur, August, 1989. (unpubl) | ** |
| 1989 | Changes and Continuations: The Post-Penal Settlement of Tasman Peninsula, 1877-1914, in Symposium Papers, ed. S. Smith, Is History Enough? Royal Society of Tasmania. | ** |
| 1988 | Dobbers and Cobbers: Informers and Mateship Among Convicts, Officials and Settlers on the Grass Tree Hill Road, Tasmania 1830-1850. Tasmanian Historical Research Association Papers & Proceedings. Sept. 1988. | ** |
| 1988 | The Rare Retreat of Alexander North, Tasman Peninsula Chronicle No 4, Nubeena, 1988. | ** |
| 1988 | Eagle Hawk Neck – Prison or Pleasure?: Tasman Peninsula Chronicle No 4, Nubeena, 1988 | ** |
| 1988 | Letters from Lufra c 1900, Tasman Peninsula Chronicle No 4, Nubeena, 1988. | ** |
| 1987 | 40th Battalion Database Handbook: Tasmanian Education Department.Tasmanian Education Department, 1987. (Peter MacFie, Major Contributor). | |
| 1987 | Schoolboy Tourist at Port Arthur 1889, Tasman Peninsula Chronicle No 2, Nubeena, 1987 | ** |
| 1987 | Point Puer lads : Tried and transported, the Point Puer lads and their prison, 1833-1849: Peter H. MacFie, Robin Maclachlan, Malcolm H. Mathias. State Computer Centre, Moorabbin, Vic, 1987 | ** |
| 1987 | Seventy Birds of Tasman Peninsula, Tasman Peninsula Chronicle No 2, Nubeena, 1987. | ** |
| 1987 | Knowing the Past – the Use of Local History and Personal Records for Cultural Awareness, Conference Papers, Australian School Librarians Association, Hobart. 1987. | |
| 1986 | The Impact of World War One on the Tasman Peninsula, Tasman Peninsula Chronicle No 1, Nubeena. | ** |
| 1986 | The Point Puer Lads – A Reappraisal with the Aid of a Computer, Tasmanian Historical Research Association P & P, June 1986. | ** |
| 1985 | The Royal Engineers in Colonial Tasmania, in Papers of the Second National Conference on Engineering Heritage. | ** |
| 1982 | Oral History and the Demise of Folk Culture in the Richmond District, Tasmania. Tasmanian Historical Research Association P & P, Nov. 1982. | ** |
Historical Databases
| Year(s) | Topic | Index |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Contributor, 40th Battalion Database and Handbook, Tasmanian Education Department. | |
| 1986 | The Point Puer Lads – A Reappraisal with the Aid of a Computer, (Peter MacFie, with Dr Robin McLachlan) Tasmanian Historical Research Association Papers & Proceedings. June 1986. | |
| 1985 | The Point Puer Lads Database, McLachlan & MacFie, (National Parks & Wildlife Service & Mitchell CAE, Bathurst, NSW.) (90 pp) | ** |
Playscripts
| Year(s) | Topic | Index |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | A fiddler, a Juggler and Mrs Champ: Peter H. MacFie (2011) | * |
| 1985 | Branded – A Point Puer Story: Peter H. MacFie, contributor, playscript, Salamanca Theatre Co & Port Arthur Conservation Project, 1985 |
Heritage Reports
| Year(s) | Topic | Index |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Evolution of Some Historic Sites – Recherche Bay, Tasmania 1792 to 2006, Tasmanian Heritage Council. (65 pp) | * |
| 2006 | From Dublin to Tasmania, the Family of John Quinn and Catherine Nelson. (15pp) (Private contract) | |
| 2002-2004 | Bellerive to Richmond Convict Trail, signage documentation, Clarence City Council. (55 pp approx) | |
| 2002 | Military Drill Halls in Tasmania, parts 1-5, Department of Defence, Brisbane, (100 pp) | |
| 1999 | Subterranean Hobart Study, Hobart City Council. (71 pp) | |
| 1998 | Port Arthur Visitors Centre Interpretation, Carnarvon Era Proposal. | |
| 1997 | Pt Puer Conservation Study: Peter MacFie Background notes, for Freeman & Assoc.1997 | |
| 1997 | A Brief History of Human Use in the Meehan Range: Peter MacFie, for the Meehan range Management Plan. Clarence City Council (5pp) | ** |
| 1995 | The Pontville Historic Environment study. Part 1, A social history of Pontville, Part 2, Management recommendations: MacFie, Morris-Nunn & Dudley | |
| 1995 | Cultures of the Wellington Range, Mt Wellington Range Study, Part II. (with DeGryse & Hepper) (29 pp) | * |
| 1993-94 | An Historical Survey of the Port Arthur Garrison and Military Barracks (Peter MacFie with Dr Robin McLachlan, for Fox & Assoc., Canberra, and the Port Arthur Management Authority) (105 pp) | * |
| 1994 | All One: A History and Analysis of the the Derwent Distillery and Artillery Brewery, Hobart Rivulet. (for Cripps & Assoc.) (25pp) | ** |
| 1994 | Clarence historic site survey. Part 1, Part II, Photographs and sites / Audrey Hudspeth with Lindy Scripps, Public History Partners, and with Peter MacFie, 1994. | |
| 1993 & 1999 | Stock Thieves and Golfers: A History of Rosny Farm and Kangaroo Bay, Tasmania 1803-1998. (City of Clarence) (Museum text & publication) (72 pp) | |
| 1992 | Valley Farm & Saw-mill, National Park, Tasmania. (D. P. W. & H.) (28 pp) | |
| 1992 | A History of Corinna & the Pieman River (D. P. W. & H.) (130 pp) | * |
| 1992 | Mt Field – The Evolution of Tasmania’s First National Park. (D. P. W. & H.) (155 pp) | |
| 1991 | The First Cement Works & Brickfields Industrial Site, Maria Island, Tasmania, (1888-92) (D. P. W. & H.) (187 pp) | |
| 1991 | The Iron Cliff Mines including Thoresby’s Tunnel, Ferndene Reserve, Penguin, Tasmania. (D. P. W. & H.) | * |
| 1991 | A History of Schouten Island (Department of Park Wildlife & Heritage, Tasmania.) (87 pp) | * |
| 1989 | ‘Fruits of an Evil System;’ some notable failures from the Pt Puer Juvenile Prison, Port Arthur, Tasmania, 1834-48, unpublished paper given at the Australian History Teacher’s Conference, Port Arthur, 1989. (15 pp) | ** |
| 1987 | Historical Research for the Foreman of Works House, Norfolk Island. (Council for Norfolk Island. ) (49 pp) | |
| 1986 | Interpretation Training Programme, Port Arthur Historic Site, Port Arthur Conservation Project. (50pp) | |
| 1986 | Conservation Study of Mt Pleasant Homestead, Devonport, Tasmania: Peter McFie, Co-Author (Port Arthur Conservation Project & National Trust Tasmania) | |
| 1986 | The Moral Lever : education & teachers of convicts & free children at Port Arthur & Point Puer Juvenile Prison, Tasman Peninsula, 1830 – 1877. Fiona Burton, Ed. Peter MacFie, National Parks & Wildlife Service, 1986 (61pp) | |
| 1985 | The Signal House, Mulgrave Battery. (Australian Heritage Commission) (30 pp) | |
| 1985 | Convict Health & Diet at Port Arthur & Tasman Peninsula, MacFie & Bonet, (Port Arthur Conservation Project) (49 pp) | ** |
| 1985 | Contributor, Port Arthur Alive Education Kit, (National Parks & Wildlife Service & Tasmanian Education Department.) | |
| 1985 | The Point Puer Lads Database, McLachlan & MacFie, (National Parks & Wildlife Service & Mitchell CAE, Bathurst, NSW.) (90 pp) | |
| 1984 | The Tower Windmill & Miller’s Cottage, Richmond, Tasmania. (National Trust, National Estate.) (42 pp) | |
| 1984 | Henry Laing, Convict Architect. (Port Arthur Conservation Project.) (36 pp) | |
| 1983 | Colonial Gardens of Port Arthur: an archival survey. (Port Arthur Conservation Project, NPWS.) (157 pp) | * |
| 1983 | A History of the Lower Cricket Ground – Hobart Railway Station. Historical Research & Site Report with Crawford, Cripps & Wegman, (Commonwealth Department of Administration Services.) (47 pp) | |
| 1983 | Stables & Stores, Anglesea Barracks, Hobart. (Commonwealth Department of Administration Services.) | |
| 1981-82 | The Use of National Estate Funds in Tasmania: Peter MacFie with Greg Young ( Historical Architect, NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service). Joint Report Commissioned by National Parks & Wildlife Service. (22 pp) | |
| 1981 | Tasmania’s Engineering Heritage. Six reports funded by the National Estate for the Institution of Engineers, Australia (Tasmanian Division) including: | |
| “Historic Roads & Bridges” | ||
| “Historic Wind, Water, Steam & Other Flour Mills” | ||
| “Breweries of Tasmania” | ||
| “Prominent Tasmanian Engineers” | ||
| 1980 | Historic Sites, Tasman & Forestier Peninsulas, Tasmania. Report based on Research, Field Work, Photography for National Parks & Wildlife Service. | |
| 1980 | The State of Historic Conservation in Tasmania, Report for the Australian Heritage Commission. ( National Parks & Wildlife Service.) 1979-80 (140 pp) |
Resources
| Year(s) | Topic | Index |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Point Puer Bench Book data Peter MacFie, 2018 | ** |
| 2016 | The Petition from Fourteen Fiddlers 1848 Peter MacFie, 2016 | ** |
| 2010 | The Teachers at the Dulcot School, 1870-1910 Peter MacFie, 2016 | * |
| 2003 | On the Canadian Patriot’s Trail. Peter H. MacFie, 2003 |
Historical Research and Studies
| Year(s) | Topic | Index |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | A History of the Two Dulcot Schools. (draft) | |
| 2010 | Launch of publication, On the Fiddle , (co-written with Steve & Marjory Gadd) at the National Folk Festival, Canberra (documenting the Life of Alexander Laing , Scottish convict, fiddler, composer & Sorell district resident. | |
| 2010 | Profile of the Boyer Newsprint Mill for Environmental Engineering Consultants. | |
| 2009 | Drafting Historical Text for Signage at Barilla Bay Restaurant. | |
| 2008 | Consulting Historian, Mace and Sword Project, Tasmanian House of Assembly. | |
| 2008 | Historical records consultant & tutor, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery. | |
| 2007 | A Short History of “The Carlton”, Southern Tasmania. See The Carlton | * |
| 2007 | State Library Fellowship: Establishing a Rock and Folk Memorabilia Collection. See Popular Music Culture | * |
| 2006-7 | A History of Pittwater, Barilla Bay Restaurant & Clarence Council | |
| 2004-5 | Oral History Project, Forestry Tasmania | |
| 2004-22 | Mill Cottage to Peppercorn Gallery: A History of the Military Pensioners of Richmond | *** |
| 2002-04 | Bellerive –Richmond History Trail, Clarence City Council. | |
| 1999-2000-05 | Underground Hobart Study, Hobart City Council. | |
| 1998 | Consultant, historical interpretation, Port Arthur Visitors Centre. | |
| 1995-2004 | Social History of the Maydena District; Oral and Archival Record of a Logging Community, for Australian Newsprint Mills. See Maydena – the Rise & Fall of a Logging Town | * |
| 1995 | Lambert Park and Skyline Reserve, Historic Review for the Hobart City Council. See Lambert Park & Skyline Reserve | * |
| 1994-5 | Team Historian, Mt Wellington Management Plan, part 2, (de Gryse & Hepper.) See Cultures of the Wellington Range) | * |
| 1994-5 | Pontville National Estate Study. (Historian/ project leader, with Morris-Nunn & Dudley) | |
| 1993-4 | Clements & Marshall Consolidated, Oral History Project. | |
| 1993 | Consultant, Clarence Regional National Estate Study, for Public History Partners. See Clarence Historic Site Survey | |
| 1988 | Co-ordinator (with Jerry deGryse) Cemetery Point, Impression Bay, Management Plan. | |
| 1987-92 | Historian/ Interpretation Officer, Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority. (Responsibilities included guide management and training, historical publicity, signs, and tourist industry liaison.) | |
| 1984-86 | Historian, Port Arthur Conservation & Development Project. | |
| 1983-4 | Tasmanian Interviewer for the Oral History Program, Federal Parliamentary Library’s Bicentennial Publication Project. | |
| 1981-3 | Part Time Teacher, Elizabeth College, Rosny Secondary College. | |
| 1979-82 | Public history research. |
Talks and Walks
| Year(s) | Topic | Index |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Alexander Laing New Norfolk Fiddle Excursion 2017 Peter MacFie for Friends of Willow Court, 14 May 2017 | * |
| 2016 | Alexander Laing Sorell Fiddle Excursion 2016 Peter MacFie | * |
| 2012 | Alexander Laing Sorell Fiddle Excursion 2012 Peter MacFie | * |
| 2007 | Round Pittwater Excursion | |
| 2006 | Richmond to Risdon via Grass tree Hill Road and Strath Ayr Farm | |
| 2004 | Bellerive Village Walk 2004 Peter MacFie, 2004 | * |
| 2003 | Inns & Hotels of Richmond | |
| 2002 | Campania House Weekend: Old Homesteads & New Wineries of the Coal River Valley, Tasmania | |
| 2002 | Prospect House Weekend: Old Homesteads & New Wineries of the Coal River Valley, Tasmania | |
| 2002 | Bellerive Excursion | |
| 2000 | Excursion to Strath Ayre, Glen Ayr & Weeroona | |
| 2000 | Point Puer Juvenile Establishment 1834-1849 Excursion | |
| 1999 | The Convict Coal Mines of the Tasman Peninsula | |
| 1999 | Barilla Bay Excursion | |
| 1999 | Richmond to Cambridge Excursion | |
| 1996 | Cartela Cruise 1996 Peter MacFie, 1996 | * |
| 1996 | Historic Pontville Excursion | |
| 1993 | Historic Walk Around Pontville | |
| 1993 | Everyday Life of Port Arthur Convict Patients & Doctors | |
| 1993 | Campania Village Excursion | |
| 1990 | Free Settler’s Homes of Tasman Peninsula | |
| 1986 | Tasman Peninsula at War 1914-1918. The Impact of World War I on the Local Community: Peter MacFie. ANZAC Day Presentation at Nubeena District School, April 1986 | * |
| 1985 | Excursion to the Coal Mines on Tasman Peninsula Peter MacFie, 1985 | * |
Founder or co-founder of the following:
| Year(s) | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1992 | Coal River Historical Society |
| 1991 | Glamorgan & Spring Bay Historical Society |
| 1990 | Bellerive Historical Society |
| 1989 | Hamilton Historical Society |
| 1988 | Bruny Island Historical Society |