Devonport ( ;
Palawa Kani: ''Tiagarra'') is a city in northern
Tasmania
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, Australia, located on the lands of the Pannilerpanner clan of the
Palawa nation. It is situated at the mouth of the
Mersey River. Devonport had an urban population of 26,150 at the
2021 Australian census
The 2021 Australian census, simply called the 2021 Census, was the eighteenth national Census of Population and Housing in Australia. The 2021 Census took place on 10 August 2021, and was conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ...
.
History
The first European settlement before 1850 was on a block of land at Frogmore, near present-day Latrobe. In 1850, a settler named Oldaker occupied land at present-day Devonport.
Saw milling and coal mining developed with settlers arriving from England in 1854 on board the sailing ship 'Balmoral'. During the 1850s the twin settlements of Formby and Torquay were established on opposite banks at the mouth of the Mersey River. Torquay on the eastern shore was the larger community with police, post, magistrate, at least three hotels, shipyards and stores. A river ferry service connected the two communities. Between 1870 and 1880 the shipping industry grew and work was undertaken to deepen the mouth of the river.
When the mouth of the river could support a shipping industry the first regular steamer services commenced, operating directly between the Mersey and
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metro ...
.
In 1882 the Marine Board building was built and remains one of the oldest standing buildings in Devonport.
In 1889 the Bluff lighthouse was completed. The turn of the century saw the railway make a significant difference to the Formby community. It combined a railhead and port facilities in the one place. A wharf was created on the west bank, close to the railway and warehouses. The railway brought a building boom to Formby. In 1890 a public vote united Torquay and Formby, and the settlements became the town of Devonport.
The
Victoria bridge was opened in 1902 which enabled a land transport link between Devonport and East Devonport.
Devonport was proclaimed a city by
Prince Charles of Wales on 21 April 1981 in a ceremony conducted on the
Devonport Oval
Devonport Oval is an Australian rules football, cricket and athletics stadium in Devonport, Tasmania. It is the home stadium for the Devonport Football Club in the Tasmanian State League (TSL) and for the Devonport Cricket Club in the NWTCA ...
.
The cross river ferry service was discontinued in 2014 after 160 years of continuous service when the "Torquay" ferry was taken out of service. It has since resumed operating.
The town received national attention on December 16th 2021 when a
jumping castle
Inflatable castles (also called closed inflatable trampolines (CITs), bouncing castles, bouncy houses, bounce houses, jumping castles, jumpers, bouncy castles, moon bounces, or moonwalks) are temporary inflatable structures and buildings and simi ...
and two
zorbs were lifted into the air by a gust of a wind at Hillcrest primary school,
killing six children and injuring three.
Demographics
The population of Devonport is 26,150, of which 1,971 (7.5%) are
First Nations people.
The median weekly household income is $1,167, compared to $1,746 nationally. 24.6% of households total weekly income is less than $650 week, while 10.4% of households weekly income exceeds $3,000. This compares to national rates of 16.5% and 24.3% respectively.
34.3% of households renting, and 8.1% of owned households with a mortgage experience
housing stress Housing stress describes a situation where the cost of housing (either as rental, or as a mortgage
A mortgage loan or simply mortgage (), in civil law jurisdicions known also as a hypothec loan, is a loan used either by purchasers of real ...
, where rent or mortgage repayments payments exceed 30% of total income.
83.6% of residents were born in Australia. 2.9% were born in England, 0.8% in India and New Zealand and 0.6% in each Nepal, Philippines and Mainland China.
89.9% of people spoke only English at home. 6.3% of households use a non-English language, including Mandarin (0.8%), Nepali (0.7%), Punjabi (0.4%) and Vietnamese and Tongan (0.3%).
In the 2021 census, 51.1% of Devonportions nominated no religion. 38.8% specified a Christian religious affiliation (including 12.4% as Anglicanism and 11.6% Catholicism). Other religious affiliations include Hinduism (1.1%), Buddhism (0.9%), Islam (0.4%) and Sikhism (0.3%).
Suburbs
Areas within Devonport as a suburb include Highfield
Areas within East Devonport as a suburb includes Pardoe Downs, Rannoch, Panorama Heights
The full list of Suburbs of the City of Devonport are:
List of suburbs
Facilities and the arts
The main
Central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
(CBD) is on the west side of the Mersey River and includes a pedestrian mall, cinema, specialty stores, chain stores, hotels, local restaurants, and cafes. Stores in Devonport include
Coles,
Woolworths
Woolworth, Woolworth's, or Woolworths may refer to:
Businesses
* F. W. Woolworth Company, the original US-based chain of "five and dime" (5¢ and 10¢) stores
* Woolworths Group (United Kingdom), former operator of the Woolworths chain of shop ...
,
Kmart
Kmart Corporation ( , doing business as Kmart and stylized as kmart) is an American retail company that owns a chain of big box department stores. The company is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States.
The company was inc ...
,
Harvey Norman
Harvey Norman is a large Australian-based, multi-national retailer of furniture, bedding, computers, communications and consumer electrical products. It mainly operates as a franchise, with the main brand and all company-operated stores owned ...
,
Bunnings Warehouse
Bunnings Group Limited, trading as Bunnings Warehouse or Bunnings, is an Australian household hardware chain. The chain has been owned by Wesfarmers since 1994, and has stores in Australia and New Zealand.
Bunnings was founded in Perth, Wester ...
,
The Reject Shop
The Reject Shop Limited () is an Australian discount variety store chain selling a range of goods such as food, snacks, gift cards and party, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, storage, kitchenware, homewares and seasonal items in 356 st ...
,
Best & Less
Best & Less is an Australian retailer of clothing and household linens. As of 2020, Best&Less has 246 stores as well as an online platform.
History
Best & Less was founded by Berel Ginges in January 1965, by occupying part of the ground floor o ...
,
Cotton On
Cotton On Group is Australia's largest global retailer, known for its fashion clothing and stationery brands. As of 2020, it has over 1,500 stores in 18 countries employing 22,000 people across seven brands: Cotton On, Cotton On Kids, Cotton ...
and
Kathmandu
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. As part of nationwide restructuring,
Target
Target may refer to:
Physical items
* Shooting target, used in marksmanship training and various shooting sports
** Bullseye (target), the goal one for which one aims in many of these sports
** Aiming point, in field artillery, fi ...
closed its department store on Rooke Street on 27 March 2021, being the only closure of a Tasmanian Target store.
Local theatre and conventions are held at the Devonport Entertainment and Convention Centre in the city's CBD.
The Devonport Regional Gallery evolved from the inception of The Little Gallery, which was founded by Jean Thomas as a private enterprise in 1966. The Gallery presents an annual program of exhibitions, education and public programs including events and workshops. A broad range of selected local artisan works are displayed at the North West Regional Craft Centre and gift store in the CBD.
Tiagarra Aboriginal Culture Centre and Museum displays petroglyphs, designs in rock and exhibits that depict the traditional lifestyle of Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
The Bass Strait Maritime Centre housed in the former Harbour Master's House has objects, models and photographs that tell the stories of Bass Strait and Devonport.
A volunteer-run vintage railway and museum, the
Don River Railway, is situated at
Don, a suburb of Devonport.
The former Devonport Maternity Hospital was recently demolished and the land repurposed into a gated community.
The
Mersey Community Hospital at
Latrobe serves the Devonport community for their health needs.
Devonport's night club was known as "City Limits" in the 1980s, "The Warehouse" from 1991, and then re-branded as "House" in 2014.
Kokoda Barracks
Kokoda Barracks is an Australian Army base located in the Canungra Military Area near Witheren, Queensland. It is named after the Kokoda Track campaign during the Second World War.
The Australian Army Intelligence Corps has training facilities ...
is an army barracks in Devonport.
Government
Annette Rockliff was elected mayor of the City of Devonport in 2018. There are 9 aldermen that govern the Devonport City Council.
Transport
;Devonport Airport
Devonport Airport
Devonport Airport is a regional airport serving Devonport, a city in the Australian state of Tasmania. It is located from the town centre at Pardoe Downs, on Wesley Vale and Airport Roads. The airport is operated by the Tasmanian Ports Cor ...
is located at Pardoe Downs approximately 7 km to the east of the city of Devonport, about a 15 min drive by car. The airport is serviced by
Bombardier Dash 8
The De Havilland Canada DHC-8, commonly known as the Dash 8, is a series of turboprop-powered regional airliners, introduced by de Havilland Canada (DHC) in 1984. DHC was later bought by Boeing in 1988, then by Bombardier in 1992; then by ...
turboprop aircraft, operated by
QantasLink
QantasLink is a regional brand of Australian airline Qantas and is an affiliate member of the Oneworld airline alliance. It is a major competitor to Regional Express Airlines and Virgin Australia Regional Airlines. As of September 2010 Qant ...
, with four daily services to
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metro ...
, Victoria.
There are several bus companies serving Devonport including Merseylink,
Redline Coaches and Phoenix Coaches. Metropolitan Devonport bus services are limited on Saturdays and there are no services on Sundays or Public holidays.
;Freight (Shipping)
Searoad Road Shipping operate two roll on roll off vessel of general freight between Devonport,
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metro ...
and
King Island. These vessels include MV Searoad Mersey, MV Searoad Mersey II (2016- ) and MV Searoad Tamar.
Cement Australia has exported cement products produced from
Railton to Melbourne since 1926. Other exports via ships include
tallow
Tallow is a rendered form of beef or mutton fat, primarily made up of triglycerides.
In industry, tallow is not strictly defined as beef or mutton fat. In this context, tallow is animal fat that conforms to certain technical criteria, includ ...
.
Historically, coal was an export product.
Imports include petroleum,
bunker fuel, fertiliser and
caustic soda.
;Rail
A rail line still services the ports area of Devonport.
Devonport once had a roundhouse and railway maintenance yards on the foreshore of the Mersey River. A park exists there today.
;Passenger Ferry Terminal
Devonport is the southern terminus for the ''
Spirit of Tasmania'' ferries – Spirit I and II travel the 11 hours to
Geelong
Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ...
.
Melbourne – Devonport Passenger Ferry History
Agriculture
The Devonport area has rich red soils that are ideal for producing vegetable crops (beans, onions, peas, potatoes etc.) and very significant values of cereals, oil poppies, pyrethrum and other crops.
Education
Primary schools
*Hillcrest Primary School
*Devonport Primary School
*Miandetta Primary School
*East Devonport Primary School
*Nixon Street Primary School
*Spreyton Primary School
*Devonport Christian School
*Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School
Secondary schools (Years 7-12)
*
Devonport High School
Devonport High School is a government co-educational comprehensive junior secondary school located in , Tasmania, Australia. The school caters for approximately 500 students from Years 7 to 12. The school is administered by the Tasmanian Dep ...
*
Reece High School
*
St Brendan-Shaw College
St Brendan-Shaw College is a co-educational Catholic college for students in grades 7–12. It is located in Devonport on the North-West Coast of Tasmania in Australia. The college has around about 700 students.
History
In 1960, the Ed ...
Senior secondary education (Years 11–12)
*
Don College
*
St Brendan-Shaw College
St Brendan-Shaw College is a co-educational Catholic college for students in grades 7–12. It is located in Devonport on the North-West Coast of Tasmania in Australia. The college has around about 700 students.
History
In 1960, the Ed ...
A
TasTAFE campus, an adult training institution, is situated in Valley Road.
Geography
Climate
Devonport has an
oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ...
(
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...
Cfb) bordering on a
warm-summer mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...
(
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...
Csb). Summers are mild to warm and relatively dry. Winters are cool and moist. There is high humidity (about 70%) year round. Most days from January to March are pleasantly warm, averaging with frequent sunshine. The warmest and driest days can occasionally reach up to . Unlike the south and east coasts of Tasmania, humid northerly winds prevent
heatwaves
A heat wave, or heatwave, is a period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity, especially in oceanic climate countries. While definitions vary, a heat wave is usually measured relative to the usual climate in the ...
and temperatures rarely if ever reach above . Winters are cool and cloudy with frequent light rain; July and August are the wettest months of the year. Due to almost constant cloud cover and coastal influence, winter temperatures rarely drop below or rise above . September to December usually features mild and windy weather with frequent showers, and occasional warm, sunny breaks.
Sport
Australian rules football
The
Devonport Football Club
Devonport Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Devonport, Tasmania. The club currently competes in the North West Football League (NWFL). The club previously competed in the Northern Tasmanian Football League, but from 2 ...
, Magpies, is an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
team competing in the
North West Football League
The North West Football League is an Australian rules football competition in North West Tasmania. The league was previously known as the "Northern Tasmanian Football League" from its inception in 1987 until the end of the 2014 season.
History
...
with their home base being the
Devonport Oval
Devonport Oval is an Australian rules football, cricket and athletics stadium in Devonport, Tasmania. It is the home stadium for the Devonport Football Club in the Tasmanian State League (TSL) and for the Devonport Cricket Club in the NWTCA ...
. 2021 & 2022 NWFL Senior Back to Back Premiers.
The
East Devonport Football Club
The East Devonport Football Club is an Australian rules football club based on Devonport, Tasmania. The club competed in the North West Football League since 1987 until going into recess in 2021. The club currently has a full junior program in ...
an Australian Rules Football Club, the Swans play in the
North West Football League
The North West Football League is an Australian rules football competition in North West Tasmania. The league was previously known as the "Northern Tasmanian Football League" from its inception in 1987 until the end of the 2014 season.
History
...
alongside teams like
Ulverstone and
Penguin
Penguins (order Sphenisciformes , family Spheniscidae ) are a group of aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator. Highly adap ...
, to name but two.
Netball
Devon Netball is located just outside Devonport in Spreyton, and is the main centre for netball within the Devonport area. The club participates within state wide netball events and tournaments, with some of their best players playing within the State League roster.
Rugby union
The
Devonport Rugby Club is a
Rugby Union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
team competing in the
Tasmanian Rugby Union
The Tasmanian Rugby Union, or TRU, is the governing body for the sport of rugby union within the state of Tasmania in Australia. The TRU was established in 1933. It is a member and founding union of Rugby Australia.
Currently, the Tasmanian Ru ...
Statewide League.
Soccer
Devonport City Football Club an Association Football club that competes in the statewide
National Premier Leagues Tasmania
The National Premier Leagues Tasmania is an Australian semi-professional soccer league covering all regions of Tasmania. The league is a subdivision of the National Premier Leagues and commenced in 2013 with eight teams. Nationally the league s ...
, as well as fielding a reserve team in the
Northern Championship
The Northern Championship is an association football (soccer) league in Northern Tasmania. Nationally it sits under the A-League and NPL Tasmania, equal to the Southern Championship. It is controlled by the Football Federation Tasmania
Fo ...
.
Touch football
The Devonport Touch Football Association is located at Meercroft Park and play
touch football
Athletics, cycling and woodchopping
The Devonport Athletic Club, a professional athletic club, hosts a leg of the Tasmanian Cycling Christmas Carnival Series each year in December attended by local and international cyclists, other sports at the carnivals include athletics and woodchopping.
The Devon Amateur Athletics Club compete at the
Dial Range
The Dial Range is a small mountain range in northwest Tasmania, south of the town of Penguin near the coast. It extends about north to south and 4-5 km west to east. It is bordered on the east and south by the Leven River, with the Gunns Plai ...
s Sports Centre at
Penguin, Tasmania.
The Mersey Valley Devonport Cycling Club host track cycling, the Mersey Valley Tour, Devon 80 Road Race and the
Ulverstone Criterium.
Cricket
Devonport Cricket Club is a
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...
team which represents Devonport in the
North Western Tasmanian Cricket Association grade cricket competition.
Hockey
Devonport Hockey teams compete in the North and North West Hockey roster of Hockey Tasmania.
Basketball
Devonport Warriors are a Devonport-based basketball team that compete in the North West Basketball Union.
Golf
The
Devonport Golf Club
Devonport Golf Club is an 18 hole championship golf course located at the Woodrising Golf Course, Woodrising Avenue, Spreyton, Tasmania. It is 5 minutes drive from the city of Devonport.
Woodrising’ offers the golfer with a challenging, tree ...
is located at Woodrising Avenue,
Tasmania
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and has been home to the
Tasmanian Open
The Tasmanian Open is an annual golf tournament held in Tasmania, Australia.
History
The Tasmanian amateur championship was first played in 1902 as a 36 hole stroke-play event. From 1910 the stroke-play acted as qualifying for a match-play stage, ...
and Tasmanian Seniors Open.
Power boats
Power Boat racing has been a feature at the Devonport Annual Regatta held each March long weekend. The Regatta commenced in 1958.
Racing
The Devonport Harness Racing Club conduct
harness racing
Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, or spider, or chariot occupied by a driver. In Europe, and less frequently in Austral ...
events at the Devonport Showgrounds. Inside the harness track is a
greyhound racing
Greyhound racing is an organized, competitive sport in which greyhounds are raced around a track. There are two forms of greyhound racing, track racing (normally around an oval track) and coursing; the latter is now banned in most countries. Tr ...
track used on a weekly basis on Tuesday afternoons by the North West Greyhound Racing Club.
The Devonport Cup a
horse race
Horse racing is an equestrianism, equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, ...
is held annually in January at the
Spreyton
Spreyton is a small rural village just north of Dartmoor in Devon, England. Spreyton is famous for its connection to the tale of “Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all” who came from, and is thought to be buried in Spreyton. Some believe that if Un ...
racecourse. There is a gazetted local holiday for the event.
Swimming and aquatic sports
The Splash Devonport Aquatic and Leisure Centre has a world class gym and indoor swimming pool and is based within the
Don Reserve.
Tennis
The Devonport Tennis Club and East Devonport Tennis Club compete in the Tennis North West Association rosters.
Triathlon
The Devonport triathlon held annually in February is the continental championship for Oceania.
Notable sportspeople
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John Bowe (V8 Supercar driver)
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Nita Burke (basketball)
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Corey Cadby
Corey Patrick Cadby (born 18 March 1995) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the 2016 World Youth champion.
Career
A native of Tasmania, Cadby began competing in Darts P ...
(darts player)
*
David Foster (woodchopper)
*
Owen Kelly (NASCAR and V8 Supercar driver)
VFL/AFL players
Notable players that went on the play in the
VFL/AFL
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:
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Darrel Baldock
Darrel John Baldock AM (29 September 1938 – 2 February 2011) was an Australian sportsman and state politician. He played Australian rules football for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), East Devonport Footbal ...
()
*
Grant Birchall
Grant Birchall (born 28 January 1988) is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Hawthorn Football Club and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League.
Career Early career (2006–2008)
Birchall had an exceptional ...
()
*
Matthew Febey
Matthew Febey (born 19 August 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s.
Originally from Devonport, Febey was drafted to Melbourne in 1986 but suffered fro ...
()
*
Steven Febey ()
*
Ben Harrison (, , )
*
Brady Rawlings
Brady Rawlings (born 10 June 1981 in Devonport, Tasmania) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 245 games for the North Melbourne Kangaroos. Ahead of the 2014 season, he was appointed as the midfield coach of the West Coast Eagles. ...
()
*
Jade Rawlings
Jade Rawlings (born 9 October 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the AFL with the Hawthorn, Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne Football Clubs. He served as the caretaker coach of the Richmond Football Club for 11 gam ...
(, , )
*
Matthew Richardson ()
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Dion Scott (,
Brisbane Bears
The Brisbane Football Club, nicknamed the Bears, was a professional Australian rules football club based in Queensland on the Gold Coast (relocated to Brisbane in 1993). The club participated in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/ ...
, )
*
Graham Wright
Graham Wright (born 6 June 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer, who played for in the Australian Football League.
Playing career
Wright was selected by Collingwood in the 1987 National draft with their first round pick (no.3 overa ...
()
Notable people
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Joseph Lyons
Joseph Aloysius Lyons (15 September 1879 – 7 April 1939) was an Australian politician who served as the 10th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1932 until his death in 1939. He began his career in the Australian Labor Party (ALP), ...
– 10th
Prime Minister of Australia
The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The prime minister heads the executive branch of the federal government of Australia and is also accountable to federal parliament under the princip ...
1932–1939, 26th
Premier of Tasmania
The premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania. By convention, the leader of the party or political grouping which has majority support in the House of Assembly is invited by the governor of ...
1923–1928
* Dame
Enid Lyons
*
Jeremy Rockliff – 47th
Premier of Tasmania
The premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania. By convention, the leader of the party or political grouping which has majority support in the House of Assembly is invited by the governor of ...
*
Jacqui Lambie
Jacquiline Louise Lambie (born 26 February 1971) is an Australian politician who is the leader and founder of the Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN). She is a Senator for Tasmania since 2019, and was previously a Senator from 2014 to 2017.
Lambie, an ...
- Senator for Tasmania
Sister cities
The city of Devonport has a formal
sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
While there are early examples of inter ...
agreement with Minamata City in Japan. This was ratified in 1996. Both cities share a similar setting and area.
*
Minamata
is a city located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is on the west coast of Kyūshū and faces Amakusa islands. Minamata was established as a village in 1889, re-designated as a town in 1912 and grew into a city in 1949. As of March 2017, the c ...
, Japan ''(1996)''
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City of Port Phillip
The City of Port Phillip is a local government area of Victoria, Australia on the northern shores of Port Phillip, south of Melbourne's central business district. It has an area of 20.7 km² and had a population of 113,200 in June 2018.
...
, Victoria, Australia (previous destination for "
Spirit of Tasmania" ferries from Devonport, current destination as of 2022 is be
Geelong
Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ...
.)
See also
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The Tasmanian Arboretum
The Tasmanian Arboretum is a botanical tree park (an arboretum) near Devonport, Tasmania, Australia.
History
The arboretum was incorporated on 16 May 1984. The site originally consisted of 47ha of farmland and remnant forest which was purcha ...
References
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