Getting It Together

‘Round tasmania’ – extracts

Scottsdale (population: 636)

…the residents are much pleased to see a building being erected which is to be used as a branch of the National Bank. At present there is no bank and this proves a great inconvenience to the people. A whistle in the distance proclaims the arrival of the midday train bringing the morning papers from Launceston. Shortly after there is a whip crack in the street, the rumble of the coach, and the clatter of horses’ hoofs…

Daily Telegraph, Launceston, 2 October 1901.

Queenstown (population: 5,051)

…the visitor is at once struck by its strange, foreign-looking appearance. Blackened hills arise on every side and even within the town the sides are steep. In every nook and cranny are perched cottages and huts of every conceivable size and shape. Most are covered with iron, painted red or brown to prevent corrosion.

Daily Telegraph, Launceston, 6 January 1902.

Launceston (population: 18,022)

The city was larger than I expected to find it; certainly the buildings were higher and better than I anticipated. The city is compact and well built; the streets and paths are well made. It abounds with parks and pretty sites, and the hills on which the residences of the well-to-do citizens are built are high and picturesque… The town is a busy one; the people are sociable and homely and evince a desire to make visitors welcome.

Daily Telegraph, Launceston, 2 February 1904.

Hobart (population: 24,654)

The first thing that strikes one about Hobart is the electric tram system. There are three lines of electric trams, enabling a visitor to obtain a good view of the pretty suburbs… The number of two and three-storey buildings surprises one who comes from Adelaide; there most of the private residences are only single-storeyed.

Daily Telegraph, Launceston, 10 March 1905.

‘Notes from the country’

Huonville (population: 261)

During the season one finds “apples, apples everywhere”… Recently the writer left Hobart by coach on a tour of the Huon districts with the object of inspecting the orchards, visiting the timber mill, sawmills, evaporating and pulping factories and taking note of other industries…

Daily Telegraph, Launceston, 10 March 1905.

Distances between Tasmanian towns (rounded to the nearest mile)

	Fingal	Gould’s Country	Hobart	Huon-ville	Launc-eston	Scotts-dale	Stanley	Queens-town	Ulver-stone
Fingal		45	116	139	64	52	187	185	123
Gould’s Country	45		163	186	79	43	211	230	147
Hobart	116	163		23	118	150	225	149	161
Huon-ville	139	186	23		140	173	238	150	175
Laun-ceston	64	79	118	140		37	134	146	71
Scotts-dale	52	43	150	173	37		169	182	106
Stanley	187	211	225	238	134	169		133	64
Queens-town	185	230	149	150	146	182	133		105
Ulver-stone	123	147	161	175	71	106	64	105

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