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Launceston from Windmill Hill, Tasmania, Australia ca. 1868

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TAS033.01 Launceston from Windmill Hill. Tasmania, Australia ca. 1868Description: Launceston from Windmill Hill. Location: Tasmania, Launceston, Australia ------------------------------------------------------ Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/621. This image is part of the Colonial Office photographic collection held at The National Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons. Please use the comments section below the pictures to share any information you have about the people, places or events shown. We have attempted to provide place information for the images automatically but our software may not have found the correct location. For high quality reproductions of any item from our collection please contact our image library

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Historical Information

Settled by Europeans in March 1806, Launceston is one of Australia’s oldest cities. Located at the southern end of the Tamar Valley it lies 200 km north of Hobart via the Midland Highway and is Tasmania’s second-largest city. Launceston was named in honour of the New South Wales Governor Captain Philip Gidley King, who was born in Launceston, Cornwall.

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

ca. 1868

Original The National Archives UK Flickr

Launceston from Windmill Hill

Colourised and enhanced photograph overlooking Launceston taken from Windmill Hill in Tasmania – circa 1868.

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