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LAUNCESTON

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 281 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LAUNCESTON  , the second

city of
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Tasmania, in the county of
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Cornwall, on the
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river Tamar, 40 M. from the N. coast of the island, and 133 M. by
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rail N. by W. of Hobart . The city lies amid surroundings of
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great natural beauty in a valley en-closed by lofty hills . Cora Linn, about 6 m. distant, a deep
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gorge of the North Esk river, the
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Punch Bowl and Cataract Gorge, over which the South Esk falls in a magnificent cascade, joining the North Esk to form the Tamar, are spots famed throughout the Australian
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commonwealth for their romantic beauty . The city is the commercial capital of
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northern Tasmania, the river Tamar being navigable up to the
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town for vessels of 4000 tons . The larger
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ships lie in midstream and discharge into lighters, while vessels of 2000 tons can
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berth alongside the wharves on to which the railway runs . Launceston is a well-planned, pleasant town, lighted by
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electricity, with numerous parks and squares and many
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fine buildings . The
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post office, the custom house, the post office savings
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bank and the Launceston bank form an attractive
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group; the town hall is used exclusively for civic purposes, public meetings and social functions being held in an elegant
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building called the Albert hall . There are also a good
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art gallery, a theatre and a number of fine churches, one of which, the
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Anglican church of St John,
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dates from 1824 . The city, which attained that rank in 1889, has two attractive suburbs, Invermay and Trevallyn; it has a racecourse at Mowbray 2 M. distant, and is the centre and
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port of an important fruit-growing
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district . Pop. of the city proper (1901) 18,022, of the city and suburbs 21,180 .

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