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Hobart For other uses, see Hobart (disambiguation). City in Tasmania, Australia Hobart (/ˈhoʊbɑːrt/ (listen))[5] is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. With a population of approximately 225,000 (over 40% of Tasmania's population), it is the least populated Australian state capital city, and second smallest if territories are taken into account (after Darwin, Northern Territory).[1] Read more...

Launceston, Tasmania City in Tasmania, Australia Launceston (/ˈlɒnsɛstən/ (listen) or /ˈlɔːnsɛstən/ (listen))[3][4] is a city in the north of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River (Kanamaluka). Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after Hobart[5][6] and the thirteenth-largest non-capital city in Australia. Settled by Europeans in March 1806, Read more...

Franklin, Tasmania Town in Tasmania, Australia Franklin is a small township on the western side of the Huon River in the south-east of Tasmania, between Huonville and Geeveston. At the 2011 census, Franklin had a population of 337.[1] It was named after Sir John Franklin and his wife Lady Jane Franklin who subdivided a large property there formerly owned by Read more...

Rosebery, Tasmania Town in Tasmania, Australia Rosebery is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is at the northern end of the West Coast Range, in the shadow of Mount Black and adjacent to the Pieman River now Lake Pieman. It lies on the Murchison Highway, 25 kilometres north-east of Zeehan and is part of the Municipality of Read more...

Sheffield, Tasmania This article is about the town in Australia. For the city in Yorkshire, United Kingdom, see Sheffield. Town in Tasmania, Australia Sheffield is a town 23 kilometres inland from Devonport on the north-west coast of Tasmania. Sheffield has long been the rural hub for the Mount Roland area. The Sheffield area is well known for its high quality Read more...

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Goodwood, Tasmania For other uses, see Goodwood. Suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Goodwood is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is part of the City of Glenorchy. The small residential suburb starts just south-east of the Brooker Highway and Goodwood Road junction. It is best known for its annual Christmas light decorations. Most houses in Goodwood were built in Read more...

Kettering, Tasmania Town in Tasmania, Australia Kettering is a coastal town on the D'Entrecasteaux Channel (37 km south of Hobart) opposite Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. At the 2011 census, Kettering had a population of 984.[1] History The area was explored by Bruni D'Entrecasteaux in 1792 and was settled in the early 19th century by timber cutters, whalers and sealers. Life was Read more...

Beaconsfield, Tasmania Town in Tasmania, Australia Beaconsfield /ˈbiːkənzfiːld/ is a former gold mining town near the Tamar River, in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 40 kilometres north of Launceston on the West Tamar Highway. It is part of the Municipality of West Tamar. History The Exchange Hotel from c1890. Former Bank of Tasmania branch. Hart Shaft winder house Read more...

Evandale, Tasmania Town in Tasmania, Australia Evandale is a historic town in northern Tasmania, Australia. It sits on the banks of the South Esk River, 18 km south of Launceston. The town is famous for its late-Georgian and early-Victorian buildings with relatively untouched streetscape, a popular Sunday market and as a host to the annual World Penny Farthing bicycle Championships.[2] At Read more...