The Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (TAHO), formerly known as the Archives Office of Tasmania, is a part of

Libraries Tasmania Libraries Tasmania, formerly LINC Tasmania, is the Government of Tasmania, Tasmanian state government-run organisation that operates the State Library of Tasmania, state's reference library, a network of lending library, public lending libraries ...

, located in Hobart. The Archives Office of Tasmania had been a separate entity from the Tasmanian state library, despite being housed in the same building. The W E Crowther collection was a special component of the State Library prior to the amalgamation, and was frequently referred to as being the major part of the ''Heritage Collections of the State Library''.https://libraries.tas.gov.au/about-us/Pages/crowther.aspx Library overview of the Crowther donation in 1964 TAHO was established in 2008, as an amalgamation of the various existing services, to provide a single entry point into Tasmanian

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, government records and

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s. Among its holdings are the

Tasmania Police Tasmania Police is the primary law enforcement agency of the Australian state of Tasmania. Established in 1899, the force has more than 1,300 officers policing Tasmania's population of over half a million people. History Colonial history Prior ...

records from the Port Arthur massacre and information on the state's lighthouses and military history.

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