Travellers Rest, Tasmania
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| Coordinates: 41°29′59″S 147°05′56″E / 41.4997°S 147.0989°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||
| Region | Launceston, Central | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 305 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 7250 | ||||||||||||
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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 recorded a population of 305 for the state suburb of Travellers Rest.[2] It is a settled semi-rural area at the edge of Greater Launceston.[3]
History
Travellers Rest is a confirmed locality.[4] 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[5] 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.[6] By 1941 only the front wall remained, a state that led to a call for its demolition.[7] The remaining ruins were finally removed in 1990 when the site was covered by construction of the Bass Highway.[8]
Geography
The South Esk River forms the north-western boundary.[9]
Road infrastructure
National Route 1 (Bass Highway) runs through from east to west.[4][10]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Travellers Rest (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Greater Launceston Draft plan" (PDF). Launceston City Council. p. 20. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Placenames Tasmania – Travellers Rest". Placenames Tasmania. Select “Search”, enter "38111C", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ Dyer, p.7
- ^ "FIRE NEAR LAUNCESTON, Travellers' Rest Hotel, Occupants' narrow escape". The Mercury. Hobart. 28 May 1930. p. 7.
- ^ "Travellers' Rest walls cited". The Examiner. Launceston. 20 December 1941. p. 6.
- ^ Dyer, p.10
- ^ "Travellers Rest, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ "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.