Travellers Rest, Tasmania

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Travellers Rest
Tasmania
Travellers Rest is located in Tasmania
Travellers Rest
Travellers Rest
Coordinates41°29′59″S 147°05′56″E / 41.4997°S 147.0989°E / -41.4997; 147.0989Coordinates: 41°29′59″S 147°05′56″E / 41.4997°S 147.0989°E / -41.4997; 147.0989
Population305 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)7250
Location24 km (15 mi) E of Westbury
LGA(s)Meander Valley, Northern Midlands
RegionLaunceston, Central
State electorate(s)Lyons
Federal division(s)Lyons
Suburbs around Travellers Rest:
Westwood Blackstone Heights Prospect Vale
Hadspen Travellers Rest Prospect Vale
Longford Longford Longford

Travellers Rest is a rural/residential locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Meander Valley (98%) and Northern Midlands (2%) in the Launceston and Central LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about 24 kilometres (15 mi) east of the town of Westbury. The 2016 census provides a population of 305 for the state suburb of Travellers Rest.[1] It is a settled semi-rural area at the edge of Greater Launceston.[2]

History[]

Travellers Rest is a confirmed locality.[3] In the 19th century the area was largely uninhabited. At the junction where the road from Launceston branches — the branches lead now and led then to Longford and Hadspen — a hotel was built in 1833[4] by G & T Burnett. The hotel was initially called the Travellers Rest Hotel. It burned down in March 1930 due to a hotel employee's accident; he was filling a motorcycle with petrol while holding a lit storm lantern.[5] By 1941 only the front wall remained, a state that led to a call for its demolition.[6] The remaining ruins were finally removed in 1990 when the site was covered by construction of the Bass Highway.[7]

Geography[]

The South Esk River forms the north-western boundary.[8]

Road infrastructure[]

National Route 1 (Bass Highway) runs through from east to west.[3][9]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "2016 Census Quick Stats Travellers Rest (Tas.)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Greater Launceston Draft plan" (PDF). Launceston City Council. p. 20. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Placenames Tasmania – Travellers Rest". Placenames Tasmania. Retrieved 2 April 2021. Select “Search”, enter 38111C, click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”
  4. ^ Dyer, p.7
  5. ^ "FIRE NEAR LAUNCESTON, Travellers' Rest Hotel, Occupants' narrow escape". The Mercury. Hobart. 28 May 1930. p. 7.
  6. ^ "Travellers' Rest walls cited". The Examiner. Launceston. 20 December 1941. p. 6.
  7. ^ Dyer, p.10
  8. ^ Google (2 April 2021). "Travellers Rest, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Tasmanian Road Route Codes" (PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment. May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

Bibliography[]

  • Dyer, Alan F (1990). John Dyer, 1809–1882, and his descendants: free immigrant to Van Diemen's Land, Longford Farmer, Hadspen innkeeper, Kentish pioneer. Sheffield, Tasmania: Pioneer. ISBN 0646013939.


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