Tasmania (District) Tartan
- Name of Tartan:
- Tasmania (District)
- ITI Number:
- 2498
- Category:
- Australian District
- Designer / Source:
- Shorrock, Isabella Lamont
- Date:
- 1988
- Slog:
- RRB:YNR
- Colour Sequence:
- RRBNBNBNRNY
- Thread Count:
- M10 CLR4 B48 LN4 B4 LN4 B12 LN16 M12 LN16 LY8
- Notes:
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Designed by Scottish born Isabella Lamont Shorock of Lamont Weaving (in the town of Bothwell, 70km NW of Hobart) in 1988 and recognised as the official state tartan in 1999. Cololurs close to web image (http://www.bothwellspinin.com/TARTANstory.htm)
and explained as follows: ‘The blue-green-grey, the rich red and the yellows found in Tasmania’s Highland and Midland landscapes with their deep red soils, the blue gums and the wattles all of which are all so familiar to people who live in Tasmania.’
Oct. 2009. Photo of Tasmania tartan being worn shows the tartan weith a vivid blue ground in place of what was originally khaki. Graphic changed to match that photo – now in archives.
