A hero to millions who adored his portrayals of Robin Hood and Fletcher Christian, Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn (1909-1959) lived a life that far surpassed any adventure he ever acted out on screen: exotic travels, criminal exploits, passionate love affairs, violent confrontations, scandals, and international fame.
Bob Casey, a founder of the Errol Flynn Society of Tasmania, sets out to correct the many myths surrounding Hollywood's most famous swashbuckler — Hobart-born Errol Flynn (1909–1959) — drawing on Flynn's own not-always-reliable autobiography, My Wicked, Wicked Ways, and Earl Conrad's 1978 memoir.
A biography of Errol Flynn written by Patricia O'Brien and published in 2026. Flynn was born in Hobart in 1909 and grew up in Tasmania before heading to New Guinea and eventually to Hollywood, where he became one of the biggest stars of the 1930s and 1940s — known for swashbuckling roles in films like Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Sea Hawk, and for a personal life that generated as much attention as his films.
Post World War Two life as a cattle farmer on Three Hummock Island, Bass Strait, off the north west coast of Tasmania.
Henry Button (1829–1914) was one of 19th-century Launceston's most prominent figures — rising from cub reporter to sole proprietor of the Launceston Examiner by 1887, and serving as Launceston alderman and mayor. He married Emma Glover, granddaughter of the celebrated colonial artist John Glover.

