Kickstart Arts Centre

In the afternoon at St John’s Park, New Town, the Governor of Tasmania, the Honourable Barbara Baker, accompanied by Emeritus Professor Don Chalmers, delivered an address at the launch of ‘The Walkout Step’ and the repurposing of the former Orphan School for Boys as the Kickstart Arts Centre.

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