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- Most of the soldiers and convicts moved across the river to Western Arm to establish a new settlement called York Town.
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Most of the soldiers and convicts moved across the river to Western Arm to establish a new settlement called York Town. 1805 – 4 March, York Town became the headquarters of the Port Dalrymple settlement. On 19 March the Sydney arrived with 612 Bengal cows, ten calves and 34 ewes.
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The history of the European settlement of Launceston and the Tamar Valley dates back to 1798 when Bass and Flinders were sent to explore Van Diemen's Land Tasmania) and determine if there existed a strait between what we now call the mainland and continent and Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania).
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The geographical area in which Launceston is now located was previously occupied by the Letteremairrener people. The Letteremairrener country encompasses most of the Tamar Valley region. In 1804, reports from Early European voyagers describe a number of Letteremairrener camps, consisting of up to ten bark huts located on either side of the Tamar Ri...
The first significant colonial settlement in the region dates from 1804, when the commandant of the British garrison Lt. Col. William Paterson, and his men set up a camp at Outer Cove, the current site of George Town. A few weeks later, Paterson deemed their camp site to be unsuitable for the new settlement and established across the river on West ...
Initially, the new settlement was called Patersonia; however, Paterson later changed the name to Launceston in honour of the New South Wales Governor Captain Philip Gidley King, who was born in Launceston, Cornwall. The name still survives in the tiny hamlet of Patersonia 18 kilometres north-west of Launceston. Paterson himself also served as Lieut...
Buried away in the Archives Office of Tasmania, the Sharland Map was compiled in 1826 by surveyor William Stanley Sharland and is one of the earliest and most detailed survey maps of the then fledgling settlement of Launceston. Sharland had joined the Survey Department under Surveyor-General George Evans in 1823, and this was one of his first proje...
In February, 1807, a party of 5 men led by Lt Thomas Laycock, mounted an expedition to cross the State from North to South and back again. The expedition opened up the Midlands to settlers, explored the route which would later become the Midlands Highway, and ultimately led to the end of separate government administration in Northern Tasmania. The ...
A few weeks later, the settlement was moved across the river to York Town, and a year later was moved to its definitive position where Launceston stands. [13] Initially, the settlement was called Patersonia; however, Paterson later changed the name to Launceston in honour of the New South Wales Governor Captain Philip Gidley King , who was born ...
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Lieutenant-Colonel Paterson led the British settlement to Port Dalrymple in 1804. Port Dalrymple is the current site of George Town. They eventually moved 40km down the Tamar River to the site that was to become Launceston.
North East Tasmsnia: History. Early European Settlement in the Tamar Valley. The history of the European settlement of Launceston and the Tamar Valley dates back to 1798 when Bass and Flinders were sent to explore the possibility that there existed a strait between the great continent and Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania).
February 9 2024 - 8:00pm. Comments. Launceston from Westbury Road circa 1850s, by artist Frederick Strange. Picture by QVMAG Collection. Shortly after Lieutenant-Governor George Arthur arrived in Van Diemen's Land in May 1824 he ordered the removal of the colony's northern headquarters from George Town to Launceston. Comments. Ad.
