LAUNCESTON  , the second See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• TASMANIA

Tasmania, in the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall, on the See also:

• RIVER

river Tamar, 40 M. from the N. See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, and 133 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail N. by W. of See also:

• HOBART
• HOBART, GARRET AUGUSTUS (1844–1899)
• HOBART, JOHN HENRY (1775-1830)

Hobart . The city lies amid surroundings of See also:

• GREAT

great natural beauty in a valley en-closed by lofty hills . Cora Linn, about 6 m. distant, a deep See also:

• GORGE

gorge of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Esk river, the See also:

• PUNCH

Punch Bowl and See also:

• CATARACT (from the Lat. form cataracta of the Gr. Karapplucrgss, a floodgate, or waterfall, properly something which rushes down)

Cataract Gorge, over which the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Esk falls in a magnificent cascade, joining the North Esk to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the Tamar, are spots famed throughout the Australian See also:

• COMMONWEALTH

commonwealth for their romantic beauty . The city is the commercial See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern Tasmania, the river Tamar being navigable up to the See also:

• TOWN

town for vessels of 4000 tons . The larger See also:

• SHIPS

ships See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie in midstream and See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge into lighters, while vessels of 2000 tons can See also:

• BERTH

berth alongside the wharves on to which the railway runs . Launceston is a well-planned, pleasant town, lighted by See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity, with numerous parks and squares and many See also:

• FINE

fine buildings . The See also:

• POST

post See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, the post office savings See also:

• BANK

bank and the Launceston bank form an attractive See also:

• GROUP

group; the town See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall is used exclusively for civic purposes, public meetings and social functions being held in an elegant See also:

• BUILDING

building called the See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert hall . There are also a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• ART

art See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery, a See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre and a number of fine churches, one of which, the See also:

• ANGLICAN

Anglican See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John, See also:

• DATES

dates from 1824 . The city, which attained that See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank in 1889, has two attractive suburbs, Invermay and Trevallyn; it has a racecourse at See also:

• MOWBRAY
• MOWBRAY, HARRY SIDDONS (1858– )
• MOWBRAY, ROBERT (d. 1125)

Mowbray 2 M. distant, and is the centre and See also:

• PORT

port of an important See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit-growing See also:

• DISTRICT

district . Pop. of the city proper (1901) 18,022, of the city and suburbs 21,180 .