Travellers Rest, Tasmania
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| Travellers Rest Launceston, Tasmania | |||||||||||||
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| Population | 244 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 7250 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 7.6 km (5 mi) from Launceston | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Meander Valley Council | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Bass | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Bass | ||||||||||||
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Travellers Rest is a very small southwestern suburb of Greater Launceston and has a population of 378.
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 Mr Cummings built a hotel in 1833. The hotel was initially called "Cumming's Folly" due to its distance from other buildings.[2] It burned down in March 1930 due to an hotel employee's accident; he was filling a motorcycle with petrol whilst holding a lit storm lantern. The remaining ruins were finally removed in 1990 when the site was covered by construction of the Bass Highway.[3]
References
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Travellers Rest (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
- ↑ Dyer ,p.7
- ↑ Dyer, p.10
Bibliography
- Dyer, Alan F (1990). John Dyer, 1809–1882, and his decendants: free immigrant to Van Diemen's Land, Longford Farmer, Hadspen innkeeper, Kentish pioneer. Sheffield, Tasmania: Pioneer. ISBN 0646013939.
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