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Hadspen, Tasmania
Hadspen is a town on the South Esk River in the north of Tasmania, Australia, south west of Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston. Hadspen has few commercial establishments and is primarily a residential suburb of nearby Launceston. Most of the town's buildings are residential, and relatively recent. The town's population of just over 2000 has grown rapidly from only a few hundred in the 1960s, and there are development plans that call for its doubling. Settlement began in the early 19th century as a cluster of houses on the Launceston side of the river, near a frequently-flooded ford. Over time various bridges were built, largely on the same site, across the river. Though it had been settled for some time Hadspen was only officially declared in 1866. Hadspen was originally on the main road from Launceston to Devonport, Tasmania, Devonport but the town's centre was bypassed in the late 20th century. There have been schools, both secular and religious, in its history, though there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meander Valley Council
Meander Valley Council is a Local government in Australia, local government body in northern Tasmania. It covers the western outskirts of Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston, and further westward along the Meander River, Tasmania, Meander River. Meander Valley Council is classified as a rural local government area and has a population of 19,713. Major towns and localities of the region include Elizabeth Town, Tasmania, Elizabeth Town, Mole Creek, Tasmania, Mole Creek, Westbury, Tasmania, Westbury and the principal town of Deloraine, Tasmania, Deloraine. History and attributes On 2 April 1993, the municipalities of Deloraine and Westbury were amalgamated to form the Meander Valley Council. Meander Valley is classified as rural, agricultural and very large under the Australian Classification of Local Governments. Localities The municipality includes the localities of Bracknell, Tasmania, Bracknell, Carrick, Tasmania, Carrick, Chudleigh, Tasmania, Chudleigh, Hagley, Tasmania, Hagle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hadspen House And Garden
Hadspen House of Hadspen, Somerset, England is built of Cary stone, mined from Hadspen Quarry. The stone is a soft limestone known for its deep burnt-orange colour. It is an inferior oolite of the Garantiana Beds and dates to the Middle Jurassic. The house has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building. House Hadspen House is said to have begun as a farmhouse, purchased by the London lawyer William Player in 1687 on the Hadspen estate, Player "built the forefront of a gentleman's house in Byfleet Close, a barn, two stables and ox house." Player's expansion continued for 10–12 years. It included building walls around a court, adding a service wing, "a stall for 24 cattle, a farm baliff's house, a brewhouse" and modern plumbing, with a lead pipe water supply. Player also began the garden, planting extensively on both sides of the house and trees, behind, south and north of the house, that included beeches, elms, poplars, ashes and cherries. Hadspen is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bulletin (Australian Periodical)
''The Bulletin'' was an Australian weekly magazine based in Sydney and first published in 1880. It featured politics, business, poetry, fiction and humour, alongside cartoons and other illustrations. ''The Bulletin'' exerted significant influence on Australian culture and politics, emerging as "Australia's most popular magazine" by the late 1880s. Jingoistic, xenophobic, anti-imperialist and Republicanism in Australia, republican, it promoted the idea of an Australian national identity distinct from its British colonial origins. Described as "the bushman's bible", ''The Bulletin'' helped cultivate a mythology surrounding the The bush#The Australian bush, Australian bush, with bush poets such as Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson contributing many of their best known works to the publication. After federation of Australia, federation in 1901, ''The Bulletin'' changed owners multiple times and gradually became more conservative in its views while remaining an "organ of Australianism" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malua (horse)
Malua was the most versatile Australian thoroughbred racehorse in history. Malua won over distances ranging from furlongs to miles (1,100–5,200 metres). Breeding He was a son of St. Albans (GB) from Edella by Peter Wilkins (GB). Malua was bred by John Field of "Calstock" in Deloraine, Tasmania, and as a yearling was sold to Thomas Reibey the former Premier of Tasmania. Racing record As a two-year-old the colt raced in Tasmania, where his name was Bagot. He won on three different tracks, but was then sold on the mainland for 500 guineas to J. O. Inglis, who changed the colt's name to Malua.Cavanough, Maurice, "The Melbourne Cup", Jack Pollard P/L, North Sydney, 1976 In 1884, Malua won the Newmarket Handicap () and Oakleigh Plate () carrying . Malua's jockey set a precedent when he took him to the outside (grandstand side) rail to win the Newmarket, a tactic not used before. The term "Malua's track" was coined to name that portion of the Flemington Racecourse. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is an annual Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia, at the Flemington Racecourse. It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and older, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club that forms part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. It is the richest two-mile handicap in the world and one of the richest turf races. The event starts at 3:00 pm on the first Tuesday of November and is known locally as "the race that stops the nation". The Melbourne Cup has cemented itself as a part of Melbourne and Australian culture, having been run every year since 1861 (except for an intermission during World War I and World War II). The day of the race has been a public holiday for much of Victoria since 1876. It was originally run over but was shortened to in 1972 when Australia adopted the metric system. This reduced the distance by , and Rain Lover's 1968 race record of 3:19.1 was accordingly adjusted to 3:17.9. The present record holder is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Tasmania
Metro Tasmania, commonly called Metro, a Tasmanian Government government-owned corporation, business enterprise, is the largest bus operator in the state of Tasmania, Australia, with operations in three of the four largest urban centres of Hobart, , and . Urban services in Devonport are provided by a private operator, Kinetic Group, Kinetic. Services are provided by Metro under a range of urban and non-urban contracts with the Transport Commission, a division within the Department of State Growth. History The history of Metro Tasmania dates back to 1893, when the ''Trams in Hobart, Hobart Electric Tramway Company'' (HETCo) was founded by a London consortium. The HETCo was one of the earliest such operators in the world, and was the first electric tramway in the Southern Hemisphere. The company also operated two Dennis Specialist Vehicles, Dennis motorbuses prior to being taken over in 1913 by the Hobart City Council, who renamed it to ''Hobart Municipal Tramways'' (HMT). In 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westbury, Tasmania
Westbury is a town in the central north of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 30 km west of Launceston on the Bass Highway, and at the had a population of 2,272. It is part of, and the headquarters of, the Meander Valley Council area. The town of Westbury uses its location, within 2 hours drive of most tourist attractions in north and north west Tasmania, and its heritage buildings and scenery to promote the concept of Westbury as a unique place for tourists to stay in Northern Tasmania. Westbury has a range of accommodation providers from high quality bed and breakfast style, colonial inn style and country hotel style. The St Patrick's Festival is a major annual cultural activity that celebrates the historical links with Westbury and its early Irish community. The Festival celebrates via song and dance as well as a street parade and other family activities On 30 September 2019 Westbury was named as the preferred location for the new Northern Tasmanian prison. The original si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hagley, Tasmania
Hagley is a rural locality and town in the local government area of Meander Valley Council, Meander Valley in the Launceston LGA Region, Launceston region of Tasmania. The locality is about north-east of the town of Westbury, Tasmania, Westbury. The 2016 Australian census, 2016 census has a population of 335 for the state suburb of Hagley. The area was used by the Port Dalrymple—an early name for George Town, Tasmania, George Town in Northern Tasmania—Aboriginal Tasmanians until they were driven from their lands by European settlement. Land grants from the 1820s, to William Thomas Lyttleton, William Bryan and Sir Richard Dry, led to the first buildings, and later gazetting of the town in April 1866. Lyttleton was associated with Hagley Hall in England; his naming of his estate led to the town's name, and he is believed to have bequeathed the town's land. Hagley is an agricultural centre sited on largely alluvial soil near the Meander River, Tasmania, Meander River. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redline Coaches
Redline Coaches was one of Tasmania's largest coach operators. It operated both route and charter services. As of late 2022, Redline coaches has changed its name as part of a business re-brand by the parent company, Kinetic, and has now been incorporated into the Kinetic brand with its fleet of buses reflecting this change. History Redline Coaches and the Larissey family business dates back to 1929 when Percy and Stella Larissey commenced trading as bus operators in Cressy Tasmania. 2. They were later joined by Percy's son Francis (Frank) to become P. Larissey & Son. The current company, Redline Coaches, was formed in July 1963 when Frank Larissey purchased Sutton's Motor Service, Launceston with four buses and renamed it Redline Coaches.Tasmanian Redline Coaches Bus Australia"Tasmania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travellers Rest, Tasmania
Travellers Rest is a rural/residential locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Meander Valley (98%) and Northern Midlands (2%) in the Launceston and Central LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about east of the town of Westbury. The 2016 census recorded a population of 305 for the state suburb of Travellers Rest. It is a settled semi-rural area at the edge of Greater Launceston. History Travellers Rest is a confirmed locality. In the 19th century the area was largely uninhabited. At the junction where the road from Launceston branches — the branches lead now and led then to Longford and Hadspen — a hotel was built in 1833 by G & T Burnett. The hotel was initially called the Travellers Rest Hotel. It burned down in March 1930 due to a hotel employee's accident; he was filling a motorcycle with petrol while holding a lit storm lantern. By 1941 only the front wall remained, a state that led to a call for its demolition. The remaining ruins were finally remov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bass Highway, Tasmania
The Bass Highway is a highway in Tasmania, Australia. It connects the three cities across the north of the state – Burnie, Devonport, Tasmania, Devonport and Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston. The road was named due to its proximity to the Bass Strait. It is a part of the National Highway (Australia), National Highway, designated as National Highway 1, together with the Midland Highway (Tasmania), Midland and Brooker Highway, Brooker highways in Tasmania. The highway passes through or past the following localities: *Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston * Prospect, Tasmania, Prospect and other Launceston suburbs * Hadspen, Tasmania, Hadspen * Carrick, Tasmania, Carrick * Hagley, Tasmania, Hagley * Westbury, Tasmania, Westbury * Exton, Tasmania, Exton *Deloraine, Tasmania, Deloraine * Elizabeth Town, Tasmania, Elizabeth Town * Sassafras, Tasmania, Sassafras * Latrobe, Tasmania, Latrobe *Devonport, Tasmania, Devonport * Forth, Tasmania, Forth * Ulverstone, Tasmania, Ulverstone * Peng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deloraine, Tasmania
Deloraine is a town on the Meander River (Tasmania), Meander River, in the central north of Tasmania, Australia. It is 50 km west of Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston and 52 km south of Devonport, Tasmania, Devonport along the Bass Highway (Tasmania), Bass Highway. It is part of the Meander Valley Council. Deloraine recorded a population of 3,035 in the . Deloraine, like most Tasmanian towns, has a temperate and wet climate. History The region was explored in 1821 by Captain Roland, who was searching for farm land. The land was granted to new settlers, and the town is now a major agricultural centre, with a large number of farms of all types in the area. Deloraine is named after a character from the poem ''The Lay of the Last Minstrel'', written by Sir Walter Scott. Deloraine Post Office opened on 29 October 1836. The town won the State Tidy Towns award in 1992, 1993 and 1995, and the Australian Community of the Year award in 1997. Economy While Deloraine is a predomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
