Australian Heritage Festival Tasmania inspires booklet about convict Britton Jones

Tess Brunton
April 28 2018 - 9:33am
CONVICT ENTREPRENEUR: Franklin House volunteers Fairlie Ogilvie, Lucille Gee and Denise Baden prepare for the Australian Heritage Festival Tasmania, which was launched on April 18. Picture: Tess Brunton
CONVICT ENTREPRENEUR: Franklin House volunteers Fairlie Ogilvie, Lucille Gee and Denise Baden prepare for the Australian Heritage Festival Tasmania, which was launched on April 18. Picture: Tess Brunton

A former convict turned entrepreneur is the star of a new booklet to be launched for the Australian Heritage Festival Tasmania.

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Tess Brunton

Tess Brunton

Journalist

I recently returned from across the ditch where I worked at New Zealand Fairfax paper The Timaru Herald and developed a love of mountains. Originally I'm a mainlander from an area known for cheese, the Bega Valley, who also dabbled in radio at ABC RCAFF before finding a place in newspapers. I can often be found hiking, caving or climbing when I'm not cursing at my work computer or technology in general.

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