Exploring Australia, town by town
Ouse Located in the West Coast area of Tasmania, Ouse is in the Southern Midlands local government area, and within the electoral seat of Lyons. Ouse is a small rather quaint rural Central Highlands village on the Lyell Highway, situated on the junction with the Victoria Valley Road and on the banks of the Ouse […]
Plenty Located in the West Coast area of Tasmania, Plenty is in the Southern Midlands local government area, and within the electoral seat of Lyons. Plenty is a small rural location in Derwent Valley located in southern central Tasmania. The town is known for The Museum of Trout Fishing located within the cottage built in […]
Osterley Located in the West Coast area of Tasmania, Osterley is in the Southern Midlands local government area, and within the electoral seat of Lyons. Osterley is a small rural locality located in Central Highlands, Tasmania. In the 1870s, the town did become home to poor migrants from Scotland, Germany and Ireland – many of […]
Black Hills Located in the West Coast area of Tasmania, Black Hills is in the Southern Midlands local government area, and within the electoral seat of Lyons. Black Hills is a rural locality within the Southern Midlands and Derwent Valley in the Central and South-east part of Tasmania. Black Hills is 46 kilometres from the […]
Westerway Postcode: 7140 Westerway is a small town in the South West of Tasmania in Australia. It is situated 68 km west of Hobart on the Tyenna River. The Gordon River Road from New Norfolk to Strathgordon passes through it. It is in the Federal electoral division of Lyons and is in the Central Highlands […]
Tyenna Postcode: 7140 Tyenna a settlement West of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; in its current form it is but a vestige of a once thriving rural community. Many settlers had already taken foot in the area when it was officially gazetted as a town in 1918. Early timber fellers established sawmills in the area. The mills […]
New Norfolk Postcode: 7140 New Norfolk is a town on the Derwent River, in the south-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 35 km north-west of Hobart on the Lyell Highway. The town’s pioneers were re-settled from Norfolk Island in 1808. They soon farmed the rich land around the town. They introduced hops to the area […]
Maydena Postcode: 7140 Maydena is a small town in Tasmania. Its population is 247 averaging an annual decline of 5.1%, which is the highest percentage for any Tasmanian locality (2001 census). It is the closest township to the Styx Valley.
Hamilton Postcode: 7140 Hamilton Is a small country town about 1 and a quarter hour’s drive from Hobart in Tasmania on the Lyell Highway. Governor Macquarie named the locality as ‘Sorell Plains’, and it became locally known as ‘Macquarie’ and ‘Lower Clyde’. Governor Arthur finalised a name for the locality in 1824 Hamilton was once […]
Derwent Bridge Postcode: 7140 Derwent Bridge, Tasmania is a locality on the Lyell Highway at the southern edge of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. It is just south of Lake St Clair and the Lake St Clair visitor centre; and it is north of Lake King William and the Butlers Gorge power station. […]
