Remembering the Past Australia
The Salmon Ponds, On the Derwent River, Tasmania ca. 1868
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The Salmon Ponds, circa 1861, is the oldest trout hatchery in the Southern Hemisphere. It was the birthplace of trout in Australia and the origin of Tasmania’s legendary trout fishery. [Salmon Ponds. Derwent Valley Tasmania.]
Derwent River, near Plenty, Tasmania
ca. 1868
Original The National Archives UK Flickr
The Salmon Ponds, On the Derwent River
Colourised and enhanced photograph showing the Salmon Ponds with a man sitting on the bank of the river and two buildings behind, on the Derwent River, near Plenty, Tasmania – circa 1868.