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Launceston is the second most populous city in Tasmania after the state capital, Hobart. [6] Launceston is the fifth-largest inland city and the ninth-largest non-capital city in Australia. Launceston is regarded as the most livable regional city, [7] and was one of the most popular regional cities to move to in Australia from 2020 to 2021. [8]
X 7in. (71mm. X 68mm.) stereo card, was included in Alfred Abbott's Album of views of Hobart, Launceston and Victoria. [4] A Woolley photo, Rocking Stone on Mt. Wellington. Another wet-plate image, "The Old Theological Institute" was taken around the 1860s in Hobart Town, and can be found in the Archives Office of Tasmania.
They put their woodworking skills to good use, building a bridge and new wharf at Launceston. In Tasmania John came increasingly into his own, building small vessels and sailing on them on sealing expeditions into Bass Strait and engaging in bay whaling at Portland and Port Fairy on the coast of Victoria. By 1835 he was building warehouses on ...
The history of Tasmania begins at the end of the Last Glacial Period (approximately 12,000 years ago) when it is believed that the island was joined to the Australian mainland. Little is known of the human history of the island until the British colonisation of Tasmania in the 19th century.
It is defined as a list of areas currently identified as having historic cultural heritage importance to Tasmania as a whole. The Register [ 1 ] is kept by the Tasmanian Heritage Council [ 2 ] [ 3 ] within the meaning of the Tasmanian Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995. [ 4 ]
Launceston City Park is a park in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. Established in the 1820s by the Launceston Horticultural Society and handed over to the Launceston City Council in 1863. [ 1 ] It is now an important part of cultural life in Launceston and also a heritage park.
Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration and colonisation of Australia in the 19th century. The island, inhabited by Aborigines, was first encountered by the Dutch ship captained by Abel Tasman in 1642, working under the sponsorship of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.
Tasmania (/ t æ z ˈ m eɪ n i ə /; palawa kani: lutruwita [14]) is an island state of Australia. [15] It is located 240 kilometres (150 miles) to the south of the Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th-largest island in the world, and the surrounding 1000 ...