<Li> 1849: Tasmania gets first public library </Li> <Li> 1849: Tasmanian apple growers export to the United States of America and New Zealand </Li> <Ul> <Li> 1850: Prisoner Patrick O'Donoghue starts publishing' The Irish Exile', first Irish Nationalist paper in Australia . </Li> <Li> 1850: First secular high school built at Domain </Li> <Li> 1850: Constitution Dock officially opened </Li> <Li> 1851: O'Donoghue sent to a chain - gang, released, restarts his paper and sent again to a chain - gang . </Li> <Li> 1851: Black Thursday bushfires in February </Li> <Li> 1851: Influenza epidemic </Li> <Li> 1851: First election for 16 non-appointed members of Legislative Council </Li> <Li> 1851: Hobart Chamber of Commerce established </Li> <Li> 1851: Launceston host for first intercolonial cricket match (Van Diemen's Land v Port Phillip district) </Li> <Li> 1851: Maria Island's Darlington penitentiary abandoned </Li> <Li> 1852: Elections for first Hobart and Launceston municipal councils </Li> <Li> 1852: Payable gold discovered near Fingal </Li> <Li> 1853: Jubilee festival in Hobart celebrates end of convict transportation after arrival of last ship, the St Vincent </Li> <Li> 1853: First Tasmanian adhesive postage stamp issued </Li> <Li> 1854: Severe floods, fires hit city </Li> <Li> 1854: The Mercury founded as bi-weekly publication </Li> <Li> 1855: Horse - drawn "buses" (large carts) begin services, mainly on city--New Town route; they later become enclosed vehicles </Li> <Li> 1855: Henry Young becomes first vice-regal representative to have title of Governor </Li> <Li> 1856: Name of Van Diemen's Land officially changed to Tasmania after grant of responsible self - government </Li> <Li> 1856: New two - house Parliament opens after elections, William Champ becomes colony's first Premier </Li> <Li> 1856: Norfolk Island transferred from Tasmanian to NSW control </Li> <Li> 1857: Hobart's municipal Incorporation </Li> <Li> 1857: Hobart - Launceston telegraph line opens </Li> <Li> 1857: Hobart customers start using coal gas, streets get gas lighting </Li> <Li> 1858: First meeting of Hobarts Marine Board, Australia's oldest port authority </Li> <Li> 1858: Hobart and Launceston councils form municipal police forces </Li> <Li> 1858: Council of Education established </Li> <Li> 1858: Hobart Savings Bank founded </Li> <Li> 1858: Parliament passes Rural Municipalities Act </Li> <Li> 1859: Worries about public health prompt Hobart Town Council to appoint health officer </Li> <Li> 1859: New Government House at Domain occupied for first time, by Governor Henry Young and Lady Young </Li> </Ul> <Li> 1850: Prisoner Patrick O'Donoghue starts publishing' The Irish Exile', first Irish Nationalist paper in Australia . </Li>

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