Dorset Land District is one of the twenty land districts of
Tasmania
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which are part of the
Cadastral divisions of Tasmania
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Often it is represented graphically in a cad ...
. It was formerly one of the 18
counties of Tasmania
The 18 former counties of Tasmania, renamed as Land Districts:
* Arthur County
* Buckingham County
* Cornwall County
*Cumberland County
* Devon County
* Dorset County
* Franklin County
* Glamorgan County
* Kent County
* Lincoln County
* Monmouth Co ...
. It is located at the north-eastern tip of Tasmania. It is bordered by the
Tamar River to the west, the
George River to the south-east, and the
North Esk River to the south. It includes
Bridport,
George Town and
Scottsdale. It also includes some northern suburbs of
Launceston. The local government area of the
Dorset Council is in a similar region. It is named after the county of
Dorset
Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset (unitary authority), Dors ...
in
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
, and towns in the area were named after towns in that county
The original parishes
On 15 January 1836 George Arthur, the Lieutenant Governor of the Island of
Van Diemen's Land
Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration of Australia in the 19th century. A British settlement was established in Van Diemen's Land in 1803 before it became a sepa ...
proclaimed, via
The Hobart Town Courier
''The Courier'' is a newspaper founded in 1827 in Hobart, Tasmania, as ''The Hobart Town Courier''. It changed its name to ''The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser'' in 1839, settling on ''The Courier'' in 1840.
By 1830 the ne ...
, the first counties and parishes to be surveyed in the colony.
The County of Dorset, bounded on the north by Bass's straits, on the east by the Pacific ocean; on the south by the river North Esk, and a line connecting that river with George's river, and on the west by the Tamar. This county to include Waterhouse island, Swan island and all other islands situate between the mouth of the river Tamar and the mouth of George's river, and whose distance from the coast does not exceed 10 British statute miles.
No hundreds and parishes were proclaimed for Dorset County at this time.
References
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Land Districts of Tasmania