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Lower Longley
Lower Longley is a rural locality situated on the borders of the Kingborough and Huon Valley local government areas, which straddles the Huon Highway and is made up primarily of acreage properties. Lower Longley had 131 inhabitants as of the 2011 Australian Census. Despite being called Lower Longley, the suburb is physically higher than neighbouring Longley. History The Lower Longley State School was opened some time before 1900, before being replaced by a newer school in 1941 after complaints of the conditions at the school being "disgraceful" The school closed at some point. Lower Longley has had numerous churches in its history, including a Wesleyan church opened 1890 however the last church in Lower Longley was burnt down in the 1967 fires and relocated afterwards to Sandfly to become St. Lukes. In 1898 the township of Lower Longley was mostly destroyed in a severe fire Lower Longley includes a town hall – the original of which was opened in 1907 by the Premier of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huon Valley
The Huon Valley, or simply the Huon, is a valley and geographic area located in southern Tasmania, Australia. The largest town is Huonville, with other smaller towns spread across the area. It includes Australia's most southern permanent settlement at Southport. The Huon Valley Council area had a population of 15,140 in 2011. Famed for its apple growing, the Valley was first settled by British colonists in the 1820s; prior to settlement the Huon Valley area was inhabited by the Mouheneenner, Nuenonne, Mellukerdee and Lyluequonny people. The area it is sometimes combined as the Huon-Channel area with the areas around D'Entrecasteaux Channel. Etymology The Huon Valley, along with its local government authority, several towns, the Huon River and the Huon Pine, were named after Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec. Economy The Huon is both a major agricultural area, particularly famous for growing apples (83% of Tasmanian apples originate in the Valley), but also producing cherries, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandfly, Tasmania
Sandfly is a suburb in the Kingborough Council local government area in Tasmania, Australia. A region of the Franklin Electorate, Sandfly is a historic area that sits between the suburbs of Longley, Lower Longley, Allens Rivulet, Margate, Leslie Vale and Kaoota. The population of Sandfly in 2011 was 156. Etymology The origin of the name of the suburb is confused. It is named after Sandfly Rivulet, a tributary of the Huon River, discovered in 1837 and renamed Kellaways Creek in 1969, but the origin of the rivulets name is unknown. A number of local geographic features also have the name Sandfly; the area between the Rivulet through to Pelverata and Kaoota became the Sandfly Basin and the present Pelverata Falls were originally Sandfly Falls. The present Sandfly Road was Cross Road, and instead the now Pelverata Road was originally Sandfly Road. Sandfly basin Usage of the term is now less common but Sandfly originally formed the center of the Sandfly basin, the region that enco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulse FM Kingborough And Huon
Pulse Hobart is a Tasmanian digital news publisher and broadcaster owned by Pulse Media Group Pty Ltd based in Hobart. Pulse is best known for its local news and entertainment posts across social media platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram. In addition to social media platforms, Pulse Hobart also publishes local Hobart and Tasmania news on their website pulsehobart.com.au Pulse also operates Pulse FM Hobart, a local Rhythmic CHR youth radio station available on iHeartRadio and FM. According to Mediaweek (Australian magazine) ''Mediaweek'' is an online trade website serving the Australian media industry. It provides news regarding the Australian newspaper, television, radio, magazine and outdoor advertising Out-of-home (OOH) advertising, also called outdoor adv ..., Pulse Hobart reaches more than 150,000 Tasmanians each week, and is Tasmania's most engaged with commercial publisher on social media. History Pulse started as a narrowcast radio station in 2016 as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Tasmanian Fires
The 1967 Tasmanian fires were an Australian natural disaster which occurred on 7 February 1967, an event which came to be known as the Black Tuesday bushfires. They were the most deadly bushfires that Tasmania has ever experienced, leaving 62 people dead, 900 injured and over seven thousand homeless. Extent of the fires 110 separate fire fronts burnt through some of land in southern Tasmania within the space of five hours. Fires raged from near Hamilton and Bothwell to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel as well as Snug. There was extensive damage to agricultural property along the Channel, the Derwent Valley and the Huon Valley. Fires also destroyed forest, public infrastructure and properties around Mount Wellington and many small towns along the Derwent estuary and east of Hobart. Death toll and damage The worst of the fires was the Hobart Fire, which encroached upon the city of Hobart. In total, the fires claimed 62 lives in a single day. Property loss was also extensiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesleyanism
Wesleyan theology, otherwise known as Wesleyan–Arminian theology, or Methodist theology, is a theological tradition in Protestant Christianity based upon the ministry of the 18th-century evangelical reformer brothers John Wesley and Charles Wesley. More broadly it refers to the theological system inferred from the various sermons (e.g. the Forty-four Sermons), theological treatises, letters, journals, diaries, hymns, and other spiritual writings of the Wesleys and their contemporary coadjutors such as John William Fletcher. In 1736, the Wesley brothers travelled to the Georgia colony in America as Christian missionaries; they left rather disheartened at what they saw. Both of them subsequently had "religious experiences", especially John in 1738, being greatly influenced by the Moravian Christians. They began to organize a renewal movement within the Church of England to focus on personal faith and holiness. John Wesley took Protestant churches to task over the nature of sanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huon Highway
The Huon Highway is an highway in southern Tasmania, Australia. The highway forms part of the A6 and connects Hobart with the southern parts of Tasmania. The original Huon Highway (now known as Huon Road) was a twisty two-lane road skirting around Mount Wellington (Tasmania), Mount Wellington, but that section of the highway was bypassed in stages when the Southern Outlet, Hobart, Southern Outlet was completed in 1968. This provided a more direct, and higher traffic-capacity, route between Hobart and the Huon Valley. A few sections of the old highway remain, all within the Huon Valley, and have been upgraded. See also * Highways in Australia * List of highways in Tasmania References {{Road infrastructure in Tasmania Highways in Tasmania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allens Rivulet, Tasmania
Allens Rivulet is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Kingborough in the Hobart LGA region of Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi .... The locality is about south-west of the town of Kingston. The 2021 census recorded a population of 506 for Allens Rivulet. History Allens Rivulet was gazetted as a locality in 1971. Geography Allens Rivulet (the stream) flows through from west to north-east. Most of the boundaries are survey lines. Road infrastructure Route C622 (Sandfly Road) passes to the north. Access is provided by Allens Rivulet Road. References {{Reflist Towns in Tasmania Localities of Kingborough Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaoota, Tasmania
Kaoota is a rural residential locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Kingborough Council, Kingborough and Huon Valley Council, Huon Valley in the Hobart LGA Region, Hobart and South-east LGA Region, South-east LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of Kingston, Tasmania, Kingston. The 2016 Australian census, 2016 census recorded a population of 202 for the state suburb of Kaoota. History Kaoota was gazetted as a locality in 1971. The name is believed to be an Aboriginal Tasmanians, Aboriginal word for “dusk”. The area was originally settled as a coal mining town. Geography Most of the boundaries are survey lines. Road infrastructure Route C621 (Pelverata Road) runs through from north to south-west. References {{Reflist Towns in Tasmania Localities of Kingborough Council Localities of Huon Valley Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelverata
Pelverata is a rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Huon Valley and Kingborough in the South-east and Hobart LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of Kingston. The 2016 census recorded a population of 206 for the state suburb of Pelverata. It is a town in Tasmania, Australia, to the east of Huonville. It is mainly in the Huon Valley Council area, with about 4% in the Kingborough Council Kingborough Council is a local government body in Tasmania, and one of the five municipalities that constitutes the Greater Hobart Area. Kingborough is classified as an urban local government area and has a population of 37,734, it covers the ... LGA. History Pelverata was gazetted as a locality in 1968. Previously known as Upper Woodstock, the name was changed in 1912. The name Pelverata is a Tasmanian Aboriginal word for "ear". Geography Most of the boundaries are survey lines. Road infrastructure Route B621 (Pelverata Road) runs t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grove, Tasmania
Grove is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Huon Valley in the South-east region of Tasmania, Australia. The locality is 35 km southwest of Hobart and 7 km north-east of the town of Huonville. As a rural locality, there are no urban settlements in Grove. The 2016 census does not provide a population for the locality of Grove. It covers an area of approximately 30.8 km². The postcode for Grove is 7109. The localities which adjoin Grove are Collinsvale, Crabtree, Mountain River, Lachlan, Longley, Lower Longley and Lucaston. History The first non-Aboriginal occupation of Grove was the farm property Grove Estate, by Silas Parsons in 1839. Grove was gazetted as a locality in 1970. Geography Mountain River, a tributary of the Huon River, flows from north-east to south-west through the northern part of Grove, and then forms much of its western boundary. Most of the part of Grove southeast of the Huon Highway (12.7 km²) is hilly and remains forested, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingborough
Kingborough Council is a local government body in Tasmania, and one of the five municipalities that constitutes the Greater Hobart Area. Kingborough is classified as an urban local government area and has a population of 37,734, it covers the transition from the southern urban areas of Hobart through Kingston, as well as encompassing Bruny Island. Etymology The origin of Kingborough Council is a simple derivation from the name of the main town. The name Kingston was suggested by Mr Lucas in 1851, and the area had been known as Brown's River before then. Why he suggested this name is unknown. Mr Lucas' parents had been raised in England near New Kingston, they had come from Norfolk Island where the capital was Kingston or it might have been named after the Governor of New Norfolk Philip Gidley King. History Europeans settled in the Kingborough Council's district in 1808 at Brown's River (Promenalinah), named after Robert Brown, botanist in 1804. The town and district were bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Wellington, Tasmania
Mount Wellington (officially kunanyi / Mount Wellington ()) is a mountain in the southeast of Tasmania, Australia. It is the summit of the Wellington Range and is within Wellington Park reserve. Hobart, Tasmania's capital city, is located at the foot of the mountain. The mountain rises to above sea level and is frequently covered by snow, sometimes even in summer, and the lower slopes are thickly forested, but crisscrossed by many walking tracks and a few fire trails. There is also a sealed narrow road to the summit, about from Hobart central business district. An enclosed lookout near the summit has views of the city below and to the east, the Derwent estuary, and also glimpses of the World Heritage Area nearly west. From Hobart, the most distinctive feature of Mount Wellington is the cliff of dolerite columns known as the Organ Pipes. Geology The low-lying areas and foothills of Mount Wellington were formed by slow geological upsurge when the whole Hobart area was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
