During the seventies football in Tasmania had capitalised on
the "Golden Era" of the 50's and 60's. Representative football between the three main bodies the NTFA, NWFU and the TANFL
was played on
a regular basis throughout the seventies except for 1974. Other associations
including the Fingal and the Huon also played in representative fixtures.
Visiting interstate rep sides and club teams were regular
visitors during this decade with Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia,
Queensland, WAFL side South Fremantle and VFL sides Fitzroy and Footscray all travelling to Tasmania to play representative football.
SEVENTIES FOOTBALL LEGENDS
Some of the other significant events in Tasmanian history during
the decade are displayed below;1970 - Parliament legislates
for permanent daylight savings
1970 - State marine research laboratories at Taroona open
1970 - Electrolytic Zinc Company opens $6 million residue treatment plant
1971 - First woodchip shipment leaves Tasmanian Pulp and Forest Holdings' mill
at Triabunna
1971 - APPM Ltd's Wesley Vale paper plant opens
1971 - First state Aboriginal conference held in Launceston
1972 - Conservationsts lose battle to prevent flooding of Lake Pedder in
South-West for hydro-electric scheme
1972 - Liberal-Centre Party coalition government collapses
1972 - Tasmanian College of Advanced Education opens in Hobart
1972 - Ferry Princess of Tasmania makes last Tasmanian voyage
1972 - Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre opens at Tasmanian Aboriginal Information
Centre
1973 - Coastal freighter Blythe Star sinks with loss of three men, seven
survivors spend eight days adrift in lifeboat before coming ashore on
Forestier Peninsula
1973 - Australia's first legal casino opens at Wrest Point
1973 - Sir Stanley Burbury, formerly chief justice, becomes first
Australian-born governor of Tasmania
1974 - Three die when boller explosion demolishes laundry at Mt St Canice
Convent, Sandy Bay
1974 - Tasmanian workers under state wages board awards get four weeks annual
leave; woman awarded equal pay
1974 - Hobart suburban rail services cease
1975 - Freighter Lake Illawarra crashes into Tasman Bridge, causing 12 deaths
and bringing down part of bridge; temporary Bailey bridge put across Derwent
1975 - Police academy completed at Rokeby* 1975 - Hotels allowed to open for
Sunday trading
1975 - TAB begins operating
1976 - Members of Aboriginal community ritually cremate Truganini's remains,
scatter ashes in D'Entrecasteaux Channel
1976 - Tasmanian Wilderness Society formed
1976 - Freight equalisation scheme subsidises sea cargo to and from state
1977 - Repaired Tasman Bridge reopens to traffic
1977 - Royal visit, during which Aboriginal activist Michael Mansell presents
the Queen with land rights claim
1977 - Tasmanian Film Corporation launched
1978 - Australian National Railways takes over Tasmanian rail system; Tasman
Limited ceases operations, ending regular passenger train services in state
1978 - Hydro-Electric Commission proposes power scheme involving Gordon,
Franklin and King rivers
1979 - Tasmanian College of Advanced Education moves to Launceston
1979 - State's first ombudsman begins duties
1979 - Hobart gets increased Saturday morning shopping
1979 - Government expands South-West conservation area to more than one-fifth
of state's total area
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