Springs Hotel



The Springs Hotel, Mt Wellington, looked like this ca.1910.
Source: Tasmaniana Library ADRI: au-7-0016-125412015.

In the aftermath of the fires on February 9, 1967, it looked like this when Don Stephens took photos for The Mercury:



This image was featured in Tasmania's online journal of arts and culture, Leatherwood Online in a tribute profile and portfolio of photographer Don Stephens who worked for the Hobart newspaper The Mercury for more than thirty years. A dozen or more of his images of the 1967 bushfires are held in the National Library of Australia's collections.

Images Copyright 2006 (c) Don Stephens & Leatherwood Online.