Southport is a small township in far south

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, the most southern township in Australia ( Cockle Creek is located further south, but it is not a

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). The town had a population of 135 in 2016. It was settled in 1837 and grew to be the largest town south of Hobart; but a declining shipping industry slowly led to the town's shrinking population, and much of it has been destroyed by fire. Shore-based

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took place at Southport in the 19th century.Katherine Evans, ''Shore-based whaling in Tasmania; Historical Research Project, Vol 1, A social and economic history'', Parks and Wildlife Service, Hobart, 1993, p.6.

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