Travellers Rest, Tasmania

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 kilometres (15 mi) east of the town of Westbury. The 2016 census recorded a population of 305 for the state suburb of Travellers Rest.[1] It is a settled semi-rural area at the edge of Greater Launceston.[2]

Travellers Rest
Tasmania
Travellers Rest is located in Tasmania
Travellers Rest
Travellers Rest
Coordinates41°29′59″S 147°05′56″E
Population305 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)7250
Location24 km (15 mi) E of Westbury
LGA(s)Meander Valley, Northern Midlands
RegionLaunceston, Central
State electorate(s)Lyons
Federal division(s)Lyons
Suburbs around Travellers Rest:
Westwood Blackstone Heights Prospect Vale
Hadspen Travellers Rest Prospect Vale
Longford Longford Longford

History

Travellers Rest is a confirmed locality.[3] 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[4] 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.[5] By 1941 only the front wall remained, a state that led to a call for its demolition.[6] The remaining ruins were finally removed in 1990 when the site was covered by construction of the Bass Highway.[7]

Geography

The South Esk River forms the north-western boundary.[8]

Road infrastructure

National Route 1 (Bass Highway) runs through from east to west.[3][9]

References
  1. "2016 Census Quick Stats Travellers Rest (Tas.)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. "Greater Launceston Draft plan" (PDF). Launceston City Council. p. 20. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. "Placenames Tasmania – Travellers Rest". Placenames Tasmania. Select “Search”, enter "38111C", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. Dyer, p.7
  5. "FIRE NEAR LAUNCESTON, Travellers' Rest Hotel, Occupants' narrow escape". The Mercury. Hobart. 28 May 1930. p. 7.
  6. "Travellers' Rest walls cited". The Examiner. Launceston. 20 December 1941. p. 6.
  7. Dyer, p.10
  8. Google (2 April 2021). "Travellers Rest, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  9. "Tasmanian Road Route Codes" (PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment. May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

Bibliography
  • Dyer, Alan F (1990). John Dyer, 1809–1882, and his descendants: free immigrant to Van Diemen's Land, Longford Farmer, Hadspen innkeeper, Kentish pioneer. Sheffield, Tasmania: Pioneer. ISBN 0646013939.


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