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| | George Town, on top in Tasmania, in the picturesque Tamar valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02) |
 | | Our town is the site of the third settlement in Australia, the first two being Sydney and surrounds, and then Hobart. |
 | | In the interim, Governor Macquarie had planned, named and had his Town of George Town (named after King George III) laid out, the streets were formed and named, and our town has retained this form all through the years. |
 | | George Town changed dramatically from a sleepy seaside town after WWII as large industries set up at Bell Bay (5km upriver) with Comalco Aluminium (opened 1955) and the BHP ferro-alloy processing subsidiary TEMCO (opened 1962) bringing an influx of workers and families, and lots of new housing. |
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