Stanley, Tasmania
| Stanley Tasmania | |||||||||
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 Stanley and The Nut viewed from Highfield | |||||||||
  Stanley | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°45′40″S 145°17′40″E / 40.76111°S 145.29444°ECoordinates: 40°45′40″S 145°17′40″E / 40.76111°S 145.29444°E | ||||||||
| Population | 553 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 7331 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft)[2] | ||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Circular Head Council | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Braddon | ||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Braddon | ||||||||
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Stanley is a town on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. Travelling west, Stanley is the second-last major township on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Smithton being the larger township in the Circular Head municipality.
According to the 2016 census, Stanley had a population of 553.[1]
History[]
In 1825 the Van Diemen's Land Company was granted land in north-western Van Diemen's Land, including the Stanley area. Employees of the company from England settled in the area in October 1826.[3]
The site (originally called Circular Head) was named after Lord Stanley, the British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies in the 1830s and 1840s, who later had three terms of office as British Prime Minister.
A port opened in 1827 and the first school opened in 1841. There was a short-lived bay whaling station in operation on the fore-shore in the 1830s.[4] Stanley officially became a town in 1842 and by 1843 more than 8,000 acres had been sold or leased to almost 70 people.[5]
The Post Office opened on 1 July 1845 and was known as Circular Head post office until 1882.[6] In 1880 the first coach service between Stanley and Burnie was established.
In 1936 a submarine telephone cable from Apollo Bay to Stanley provided the first telephone to Tasmania from the mainland.
The town today[]
Today Stanley is a tourist destination and the main fishing port on the north-west coast of Tasmania.
The most distinctive landmark in Stanley is Munatrik,[7] commonly called The Nut an old extinct volcano. Bass and Flinders sighted it on their circumnavigation of Van Diemen's Land (now called Tasmania) in 1798 and named it Circular Head. It has steep sides and rises to 143 metres with a flat top. It is possible to walk to the top of The Nut via a steep track or via a chairlift.
Tourists regularly travel to Highfield (a farming region on the north west of the township) to view the picturesque northern beaches with The Nut in the background.
The port on the southern side of The Nut is also a regularly used fishing spot.
Notable people associated with Stanley[]
- John Lee Archer - the "Father of Tasmanian architecture". Archer became a magistrate in the Circular Head area in 1838 until his death in 1852[8][9]
- Henry Hellyer - Chief Surveyor, explorer, and architect[10]
- Enid Lyons – wife of Joseph Lyons; also a politician; first woman elected to the Australian Parliament; first woman to serve in the Cabinet of Australia
- Joseph Lyons – the tenth Prime Minister of Australia[3]
- Bill Mollison – founder of the permaculture movement
- Jim Willis – Australian botanist
Climate[]
Stanley has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb) that is bordering closely with the warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csb). Rainfall in the summer months receive more than the classification as warm-summer Mediterranean, and the total rainfall exceeds 900 mm. Stanley's summers are moderated by its shoreline position, whereas the rainy winters have moderate lows. The highest temperature of 32.8 °C (91.0 °F) was recorded on the 14th of March, 1967, and the lowest temperature of −2.1 °C (28.2 °F) was recorded on the 7th of August, 1963.
| hideClimate data for Stanley Post Office (10 m AMSL; BOM 1868-1999) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.1 (86.2) |
29.9 (85.8) |
32.8 (91.0) |
25.0 (77.0) |
20.5 (68.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
18.9 (66.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
21.1 (70.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.5 (83.3) |
32.8 (91.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 21.2 (70.2) |
21.5 (70.7) |
20.0 (68.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
15.1 (59.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
12.6 (54.7) |
13.2 (55.8) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.0 (60.8) |
17.7 (63.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
16.8 (62.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) |
17.2 (63.0) |
15.9 (60.6) |
13.8 (56.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
10.3 (50.5) |
9.6 (49.3) |
9.9 (49.8) |
10.8 (51.4) |
12.2 (54.0) |
13.7 (56.7) |
15.2 (59.4) |
13.1 (55.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 12.2 (54.0) |
12.9 (55.2) |
11.8 (53.2) |
10.1 (50.2) |
8.7 (47.7) |
7.2 (45.0) |
6.5 (43.7) |
6.6 (43.9) |
7.4 (45.3) |
8.3 (46.9) |
9.6 (49.3) |
11.0 (51.8) |
9.4 (48.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) |
5.0 (41.0) |
2.7 (36.9) |
0.7 (33.3) |
0.4 (32.7) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
2.7 (36.9) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 42.5 (1.67) |
46.9 (1.85) |
50.1 (1.97) |
76.1 (3.00) |
92.1 (3.63) |
104.4 (4.11) |
117.1 (4.61) |
103.9 (4.09) |
85.9 (3.38) |
86.2 (3.39) |
65.4 (2.57) |
62.0 (2.44) |
935.9 (36.85) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 10.1 | 9.6 | 12.5 | 15.4 | 18.8 | 18.9 | 21.7 | 20.9 | 18.2 | 16.7 | 14.6 | 12.7 | 190.1 |
| Source: Bureau of Meteorology [11] | |||||||||||||
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Stanley (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Climate statistics for Australian locations, Summary statistics STANLEY POST OFFICE". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Stanley, Tasmania". Australian Places. Monash University. Archived from the original on 6 March 2005.
- ^ Evans, Kathryn (1993). Shore-based whaling in Tasmania historical research project: Volume 2; site histories (First ed.). Hobart: Parks & Wildlife Service. pp. 70–1 & fig 29 map.
- ^ Jones, E 2015, Along the terrace: the owners and occupiers of Stanley 1843–1922, Stanley Discovery Museum, Stanley, Tasmania, p. vii
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "palawa kani place names on the way to Kings Run Handover 2017". tacinc.com.au. Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "John Lee Archer: the man who shaped Tasmania's early architecture". Great Australian Secret. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ Jones, E (2015). Along the terrace: the owners and occupiers of Stanley 1843–1922. Stanley, Tasmania: Stanley Discovery Museum. p. x.
- ^ Hellyer, Henry (1790–1832) Australian Dictionary of Biography
- ^ Bureau of Meteorology - Stanley Post Office Retrieved 2021
External links[]
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- Archer, John Lee, 1791-1852; Royston & Brown; Van Diemen's Land Company (1843). "A map of Stanley on the estate of the Van Diemens Land Company at Circular Head [cartographic material] / John Lee Archer, Civil Engineer Aug.st 1843". Royston & Brown, Litho – via Trove: National Library of Australia.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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