Australian Towns

Find more info here on Australian Towns In North West Tasmania, Sheffield as four of the lots of early townships was settled in 1859. The town was named ‘Sheffield’, by Edward Curr after his home town in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Sheffield is a town situated 23 km inland from Devonport on the north-west coast [...]

Find more info here on Buying Australian Real Estate Is the largest township on the east coast of Tasmania, is the civic and municipal heart of the Glamorgan Spring Bay Council, and is located 84 kilometres to the northeast of the state capital Hobart. It is a coastal town situated on the Tasman Highway, and [...]

Find more info here on Australian Travel At the 2006 census, Ulverstone had a population of 9,760. Making it the state’s largest town as Kingston is a suburb of Hobart. The town is a part of the Central Coast Council. It is a town on the northwest coast of Tasmania, Australia. It lies at the [...]

Find more info here on Best Australian Beaches The economy of Smithton is agriculture based, consisting primarily of beef and dairy farming. Other major industries that contribute to the local economy are fishing, aquaculture, crop farming, timber plantations and tourism. Smithton is a town in the far north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It lies on [...]

Find more info here on Australian Holidays Latrobe Railway Bridge, Mersey River The area was first settled by B. B. Thomas in 1826 and, in 1861, the settlement was named for Charles Joseph Latrobe (1801-1875), the administrator of the colony of Tasmania. Latrobe is a town in northern Tasmania, Australia, situated on the Mersey River. [...]

Find more info here on Australian Towns The town’s pioneers were re-settled from Norfolk Island in 1808. They soon farmed the rich land around the town. Hops were introduced in 1846 & soon became an important crop. New Norfolk is a town on the Derwent River, in the southeast of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 35 [...]

Find more info here on Buying Australian Real Estate Wellington Street, Longford looking south Longford is located in Tasmania Longford is a town in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 175 m above sea level at the convergence of the Macquarie River and the South Esk River, 21 km south of Launceston. It is just south [...]

Find more info here on Australian Towns Hobart Central Business District and Wrest Point Casino in the foreground viewed from Mount Nelson The city is located in the state’s south east on the estuary of the Derwent River. The skyline is dominated by Mount Wellington at 1,271 metres high. Is the state capital and most [...]

Find more info here on Best Australian Beaches Big W Glenorchy Glenorchy is home to plenty of facilities of the northern suburbs. These include an outdoor swimming pool, a cinema, an Australian rules footy oval & a footy (soccer) ground (both part of the KGV Oval complex), a bowls club, & a public area called [...]

Find more info here on Australian Towns George Town is the third oldest settlement in Australia after Sydney & Hobart. It was the initial northern Tasmanian settlement in 1804, before the main site was moved to Launceston. Is one of the larger towns in north-east Tasmania, on the eastern bank of the mouth of the [...]