Cornwall Land District is one of the twenty land districts of

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

which are part of the Cadastral divisions of Tasmania. It contains most of Launceston. It was formerly Cornwall County, one of the 18 counties of Tasmania and one of the first eleven proclaimed in 1836. It was named after the then southwestern county of England. An earlier Cornwall County existed from 24 September 1804 until 4 February 1813 as an administrative division whilst

Van Diemen's Land Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania during the European exploration of Australia, European exploration and colonisation of Australia in the 19th century. The Aboriginal Tasmanians, Aboriginal-inhabited island wa ...

was administered as two units. It was defined as all of Van Diemen's Land north of the 42nd parallel (now between

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and Friendly Beaches), and governed by William Paterson. Buckingham County occupied the remainder of the island. It is bordered to the north by the

North Esk River The North Esk River is a major perennial river located in the northern region of Tasmania, Australia. Location and features It is one of the tributaries of the Tamar River together with the South Esk River. It starts in the Northallerton Valle ...

, and to the south by the

South Esk River The South Esk River, the longest river in Tasmania, is a major perennial river located in the northern region of Tasmania, Australia. Location and features The South Esk springs from the eastern foothills of the Ben Lomond plateau near Mathi ...

. While most of Launceston is in it, it does not include suburbs to the north of the North Esk such as Mayfield which is in Dorset; and suburbs to the west of the South Esk such as Trevallyn, which is in Devon. It goes east to the Tasman Sea, including St Helens and St Marys. The

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mentions Launceston as being in the county. There was, until 1999, a state electoral division of Cornwall occupying a similar area to the district.

The original parishes

On 15 January 1836 George Arthur, the Lieutenant Governor of the Island of

proclaimed, via The Hobart Town Courier, the first counties and parishes to be surveyed in the colony.

The County of Cornwall, bounded on the north by the river North Esk, and by a line connecting that river with George's river and by George's river; on the east by the Pacific ocean ; on the south by the South Esk river and by St. Paul's river, and by an eastline from the head of St. Paul's river to the sea coast, and on the west by the South Esk. This county to include all islands situate between the mouth of George's river and the south extremity of the county.

Hundreds and parishes proclaimed at this time were: *The hundred of Launceston **Launceston parish **Braedalbane (later corrected to ''Breadalbane'') **Perth **Evandale *The hundred of Lymington **Lymington **Deddington **Beverley **''another parish at present unnamed'' *The hundred of Avoca **Avoca **Trefusis **St. Aubyn **Malvern The townships of Launceston, Hadspen,

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, Avoca (portion of) were delimited in the same proclamation.

References

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