Tunbridge is a rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of

Northern Midlands Northern Midlands Council is a local government body in Tasmania, extending south of Launceston into the northern region of the Tasmanian central midlands. Northern Midlands is classified as a rural local government area and has a populatio ...

and

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in the

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LGA region of

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. The locality is about north of the town of Oatlands. The has a population of 145 for the state suburb of Tunbridge.

History

Tunbridge was gazetted as a locality in 1974. It was originally a coaching stop on the

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to Launceston road, now known as the Midland Highway. It was named after one of its three original

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s, the Tunbridge Wells, which in turn was named after

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, England. In its coaching heyday it had three coaching inns, the ''Tunbridge Wells Inn,'' the ''Victoria Inn'' and the ''York Inn.'' Each inn was associated with a different coaching company. The Tunbridge Wells serviced J. E. Cox Coaches, the Victoria Inn serviced Samuel Page Coaches and the York Inn serviced Alfred Burbury Coaches. Tunbridge Post Office opened in 1856.

Geography

The Blackman River flows through, via the Blackman Dam, from south-west to north-east.

Road infrastructure

National Route 1 (Midland Highway) passes through from south to north-east. Route C526 (Tunbridge Tier Road) starts at an intersection with NR1 and runs west until it exits.

Notes and references

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