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LAUNCESTON

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 281 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LAUNCESTON , the second See also:

city of See also:Tasmania, in the See also:county of See also:Cornwall, on the See also:river Tamar, 40 M. from the N. See also:coast of the See also:island, and 133 M. by See also:rail N. by W. of See also:Hobart. The city lies amid surroundings of See also:great natural beauty in a valley en-closed by lofty hills. Cora Linn, about 6 m. distant, a deep See also:gorge of the See also:North Esk river, the See also:Punch Bowl and See also:Cataract Gorge, over which the See also:South Esk falls in a magnificent cascade, joining the North Esk to See also:form the Tamar, are spots famed throughout the Australian See also:commonwealth for their romantic beauty. The city is the commercial See also:capital of See also:northern Tasmania, the river Tamar being navigable up to the See also:town for vessels of 4000 tons. The larger See also:ships See also:lie in midstream and See also:discharge into lighters, while vessels of 2000 tons can See also:berth alongside the wharves on to which the railway runs. Launceston is a well-planned, pleasant town, lighted by See also:electricity, with numerous parks and squares and many See also:fine buildings. The See also:post See also:office, the See also:custom See also:house, the post office savings See also:bank and the Launceston bank form an attractive See also:group; the town See also:hall is used exclusively for civic purposes, public meetings and social functions being held in an elegant See also:building called the See also:Albert hall. There are also a See also:good See also:art See also:gallery, a See also:theatre and a number of fine churches, one of which, the See also:Anglican See also:church of St See also:John, See also:dates from 1824. The city, which attained that See also:rank in 1889, has two attractive suburbs, Invermay and Trevallyn; it has a racecourse at See also:Mowbray 2 M. distant, and is the centre and See also:port of an important See also:fruit-growing See also:district. Pop. of the city proper (1901) 18,022, of the city and suburbs 21,180.

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