Travellers Rest, Tasmania
| Travellers Rest Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 305 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 7250 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 7.6 km (5 mi) from Launceston | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Meander Valley Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lyons | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lyons | ||||||||||||||
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41°29′38″S 147°05′24″E / 41.494°S 147.090°E
Travellers Rest is a settled semi-rural area at the edge of Greater Launceston[2] and has a population of 305.
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[3] 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.[4] By 1941 only the front wall remained, a state that led to a call for its demolition.[5] The remaining ruins were finally removed in 1990 when the site was covered by construction of the Bass Highway.[6]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Travellers Rest (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "Greater Launceston Draft plan" (PDF). Launceston City Council. p. 20. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ 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
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.
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