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Travellers Rest, Tasmania

FieldValue
nameTravellers Rest
statetas
coordinates
lgaMeander Valley, Northern Midlands
postcode7250
pop305
pop_year
pop_footnotes
stategovLyons
fedgovLyons
regionLaunceston, Central
location1Westbury
dist124
dir1E
near-nwWestwood
near-nBlackstone Heights
near-neProspect Vale
near-wHadspen
near-eProspect Vale
near-swLongford
near-sLongford
near-seLongford

| near-nw = Westwood | near-n = Blackstone Heights | near-ne = Prospect Vale | near-w = Hadspen | near-e = Prospect Vale | near-sw = Longford | near-s = Longford | near-se = Longford Travellers Rest is a rural/residential locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Meander Valley (98%) and Northern Midlands (2%) in the Launceston and Central LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about 24 km east of the town of Westbury. The 2016 census recorded a population of 305 for the state suburb of Travellers Rest. It is a settled semi-rural area at the edge of Greater Launceston.

History

Travellers Rest is a confirmed locality. In the 19th century the area was largely uninhabited. At the junction where the road from Launceston branches — the branches lead now and led then to Longford and Hadspen — a hotel was built in 1833 by G & T Burnett. The hotel was initially called the Travellers Rest Hotel. It burned down in March 1930 due to a hotel employee's accident; he was filling a motorcycle with petrol while holding a lit storm lantern. By 1941 only the front wall remained, a state that led to a call for its demolition. The remaining ruins were finally removed in 1990 when the site was covered by construction of the Bass Highway.

Geography

The South Esk River forms the north-western boundary.

Road infrastructure

National Route 1 (Bass Highway) runs through from east to west.

References

Bibliography

References

  1. . (23 October 2017). ["2016 Census Quick Stats Travellers Rest (Tas.)"](https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60680?opendocument). *Australian Bureau of Statistics*.
  2. "Greater Launceston Draft plan". Launceston City Council.
  3. . ["Placenames Tasmania – Travellers Rest"](https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1). *Placenames Tasmania*.
  4. Dyer, p.7
  5. (28 May 1930). "FIRE NEAR LAUNCESTON, Travellers' Rest Hotel, Occupants' narrow escape". The Mercury.
  6. (20 December 1941). "Travellers' Rest walls cited". The Examiner.
  7. Dyer, p.10
  8. "Travellers Rest, Tasmania".
  9. . (May 2017). ["Tasmanian Road Route Codes"](https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf). *Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment*.
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