Chris Sayer caught up with Tyran Parke to talk about next year's Australian Musical Theatre Festival, to held in Launceston in May, 2026.

Chris Sayer caught up with Tyran Parke to talk about next year's Australian Musical Theatre Festival, to held in Launceston in May, 2026.

A range of local stories that have been previously broadcasted on Launceston's community radio station City Park Radio.

Stories from Launceston, the Tamar Valley and northern Tasmania.

Northern Tasmania Community Stories

Tyran Parke, from the Aust Musical Theatre Festival

Go inside the Tasmania Football Club as Matt and Macca catch up with Head of Content, Jacob Gaynor at half-time of the recent Devils v Richmond VFL clash at York Park. Fresh off a successful run with Greater Western Sydney, Jacob has landed in Tasmania at the centre of the game’s most talked about story, helping tell the Tasmanian football journey as it unfolds, from the VFL right through to the club’s AFL future.

Go inside the Tasmania Football Club as Matt and Macca catch up with Head of Content, Jacob Gaynor at half-time of the recent Devils v Richmond VFL clash at York Park. Fresh off a successful run with Greater Western Sydney, Jacob has landed in Tasmania at the centre of the game&rsquo;s most talked about story, helping tell the Tasmanian football journey as it unfolds, from the VFL right through to the club&rsquo;s AFL future.

Jacob Gaynor - Head of Content at the Tassy Devils

Meet this year's Lions Club Youth of the Year, Willow Cummins from Wynyard.

A student at Hellyer College, Willow now gets the thrill of representing Tasmania in the National Final in Adelaide later this year.

Meet this year's Lions Club Youth of the Year, Willow Cummins from Wynyard.
A student at Hellyer College, Willow now gets the thrill of representing Tasmania in the National Final in Adelaide later this year.

Lions Tasmanian Youth of the Year 2026 - Willow Cummins

In this year’s John West Memorial Lecture, Archeologist Brad Williams provides an overview of his team's work with the former Queenborough Cemetery exhumations and reburials 2024-25… and the stories of history sometimes forgotten.

The project involved the exhumation of nearly two thousand individuals from the cemetery, ending with the identification of 90% of those exhumed, their reburial and commemoration.

Along the way, Brad and his team made many discoveries about how the private cemetery owners a century ago used  "innovative" ways to use the limited space available for maximum returns.

As you listen to this podcast you may like to flip through the main report ... to follow the layout of the cemetery, what was discovered, how the remains were tabulated and treated with great respect.

https://www.hutchins.tas.edu.au/assets/Former_Queenborough_Cemetery_Report_on_Exhumations.pdf 

This annual lecture is part of the Launceston History Society monthly meetings - their March meeting was their 38th honouring the Rev John West. Through his writings in The Examiner in the early1800's, West contributed much to the debate on political, educational, religious and cultural issues of the day.

For more information

www.launcestonhistory.org.au

https://www.facebook.com/launcestonhistory/

If you are interested in family history research contact ....

https://www.tasfhs.org/

In this year&rsquo;s John West Memorial Lecture, Archeologist Brad Williams provides an overview of his team's work with the former Queenborough Cemetery exhumations and reburials 2024-25&hellip; and the stories of history sometimes forgotten.
The project involved the exhumation of nearly two thousand individuals from the cemetery, ending with the identification of 90% of those exhumed, their reburial and commemoration.
Along the way, Brad and his team made many discoveries about how the private cemetery owners a century ago used&nbsp; "innovative" ways to use the limited space available for maximum returns.
As you listen to this podcast you may like to flip through the main report ... to follow the layout of the cemetery, what was discovered, how the remains were tabulated and treated with great respect.
<a href="https://www.hutchins.tas.edu.au/assets/Former_Queenborough_Cemetery_Report_on_Exhumations.pdf">https://www.hutchins.tas.edu.au/assets/Former_Queenborough_Cemetery_Report_on_Exhumations.pdf</a>&nbsp;
This annual lecture is part of the Launceston History Society monthly meetings - their March meeting was their 38th honouring the Rev John West. Through his writings in The Examiner in the early1800's, West contributed much to the debate on political, educational, religious and cultural issues of the day.
For more information
<a href="https://www.launcestonhistory.org.au">www.launcestonhistory.org.au</a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/launcestonhistory/">https://www.facebook.com/launcestonhistory/</a>
If you are interested in family history research contact ....
<a href="https://www.tasfhs.org/">https://www.tasfhs.org/</a>

Tyran Parke, from the Aust Musical Theatre Festival

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