Ringarooma is a small town in north-eastern Tasmania. It is located just east of the Ringarooma River and is about south-west from Derby and east-northeast from Launceston. The area around Ringarooma is known for Dairy farming and

timber harvesting Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. It may include skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars. Logging is the beginning of a supply chain ...

. The locality is in the Dorset Council LGA, except for about 2.5% which is in the Break O'Day Council area.

History

The district was opened up to farming in the 1860s, and the town itself was founded in 1882 when a rural property was subdivided into lots by landowner Christopher Krushka. It was initially known as Krushka Town before being renamed Ringarooma in November 1888, taking on the name of a coastal town near Bridport, which was renamed

Boobyalla Boobyalla was a shipping port on the north-east coast of Tasmania, Australia during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Coastal vessels ran regularly to the port from other Tasmanian ports, carting tin from the mines around nearby Mount ...

. Ringarooma is believed to be an

Aboriginal Aborigine, aborigine or aboriginal may refer to: *Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology * Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area *One of several groups of indigenous peoples, see ...

word meaning happy hunting ground. Ringarooma Post Office opened on 1 October 1874. In 2017 it was named the Legendary Capital of Tasmania. Samuel Hawkes First Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Ringarooma In office 26 July 1886 – December 1893 Preceded by New seat Succeeded by William McWilliams Personal details Born 27 September 1845 Witham, Essex Died 16 February 1937 (aged 91) Scottsdale, Tasmania

Present day

Today, Ringarooma is a small town surrounded by dairy farming and timber harvesting country near mountains such as Mount Victoria and Ben Lomond. The Mount Victoria Forest Reserve that contains

Ralphs Falls Mount Victoria Reserve is a temperate rainforest area in the North East portion of the Australian state of Tasmania. It is of acknowledged conservation significance and was identified as a high priority Recommended Area for Protection (RAP) by ...

and Cash Gorge/Falls is about to the SouthEast of Ringarooma, while the

St Columba Falls Mount Victoria Reserve is a temperate rainforest area in the North East portion of the Australian state of Tasmania. It is of acknowledged conservation significance and was identified as a high priority Recommended Area for Protection (RAP) by a ...

is a further away ( by road).

Notable people

* Bartlett Adamson, journalist, poet, author and political activist (1884–1951), (born here) *

Alfred Gaby Alfred Edward Gaby, VC (25 January 1892 – 11 August 1918) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Born in Tasman ...

, recipient of the Victoria Cross (1892–1918), (born at ''Springfield'' near here) *

Alan Lindsay Wardlaw Alan Lindsay Wardlaw (23 July 1887 – 24 December 1938) was an Australian politician. He was born in Avoca, Tasmania. When 24 years of age he took over management of Mineral Banks, a farm near Ringarooma,R.A. Ferrall, "Wardlaw, Allan Linds ...

pastoralist Pastoralist may refer to: * Pastoralism, raising livestock on natural pastures * Pastoral farming, settled farmers who grow crops to feed their livestock * People who keep or raise sheep, sheep farming Sheep farming or sheep husbandry is the r ...

, soldier and parliamentarian, managed a farm nearby. Samuel Hawkes (27 September 1845 – 16 February 1937) was an Australian politician. Samuel Hawkes Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Ringarooma In office 26 July 1886 – December 1893 Preceded by New seat Succeeded by William McWilliams Personal details Born 27 September 1845 Witham, Essex Died 16 February 1937 (aged 91) Scottsdale, Tasmania

References

External links

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2011 Census Quickstats of Ringarooma areaFind a Grave listing of Ringarooma General Cemetery
{{authority control Towns in Tasmania North East Tasmania 1882 establishments in Australia Localities of Dorset Council (Australia)

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