Entally House is a heritage-listed site in
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 to ...
. It was the family home of
Thomas Reibey
Thomas Reibey (24 September 1821 – 10 February 1912) was an Australian politician and Premier of Tasmania from 20 July 1876 until 9 August 1877.
Reiby was born in Hadspen, Van Diemen's Land, (now Tasmania) the son of Thomas Haydock Reibey and ...
who was the
Premier of Tasmania
The premier of Tasmania is the head of the Government of Tasmania, executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania. By convention, the leader of the party or political grouping which has majority support in the Tasmanian House of Assem ...
from 1876 to 1877. The Entally Estate was established in 1819 by Thomas Haydock Reibey (senior). Reiby worked in the East India company, and named the house after the suburb of
Entally
Entally (also spelt Entali) is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was considered close to the area which was home to the poor and the depressed castes.Nair, P. Thankappan in ''The Gro ...
in
Calcutta
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern ba ...
, India.
[Tasmanian Government - Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment brochure - Entally House, 2012]
In 1978, the house and its outbuildings were registered on the now-defunct
Register of the National Estate
The Register of the National Estate was a heritage register that listed natural and cultural heritage places in Australia that was closed in 2007. Phasing out began in 2003, when the Australian National Heritage List and the Commonwealth Heri ...
.
References
External links
Entally Estate- official site
Entally House, discover Tasmania official web site
1819 establishments in Australia
Historic house museums in Tasmania
Tasmanian Heritage Register
Tasmanian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate
British colonial architecture in Australia
Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture in Australia
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