Beer, jam, stowaways and thylacines: Explore Tasmania's customs records

Customs, culture and the kitchen table. National Archives of Australia holds the records, but is your family in the files?
About this Event

For more than a century, Hobart's Customs Department recorded the movement of people, goods and trade through Tasmania.
From jam labels to the palm prints of Chinese market gardeners, these records offer a fascinating glimpse into life in the early decades of Federation.
As part of Family History Month, explore customs records from the National Archives of Australia's collection and discover stories of immigration, commerce, food and industry.
Join the Tasmanian team from National Archives of Australia to discover whether your family left a trace in the records, from ancestors who brewed beer and grew fruit to those who arrived by ship.

Image: Supplied, NAA: A6180, 27/3/87/44

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