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  Tasmania - LoveToKnow 1911
It is composed of the island of Tasmania and its adjoining islands, and is separated from the Australian continent on the south-east by Bass Strait.
Tasmania is the largest producer of tin in Australasia, and a very large proportion of the tin hitherto produced has been obtained from alluvial deposits, the lodes, except at Mount Bischoff, having, comparatively speaking, been neglected.
Tasmania shows a decline in sheep-breeding, yet the state is singularly well adapted for sheep-raising, and its stud flocks are well known and annually drawn upon to improve the breed in the other states.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Tasmania   (5939 words)

  
 Latrobe
Born in 1884, Harry Coventry was an all round sportsman of prodigious excellence, accomplishing noteworthy feats in cycling, boxing, tennis, cricket, athletics, snooker and billiards in addition to football.
After spending most of its formative phase in the NWFL, in 1910 Latrobe, along with Mersey, Wesley Vale, Ulverstone and Penguin, became a founder member of the NWFU, where it was to remain until the competition was disbanded at the end of the 1986 season.
The only real disappointment during this period was the club's failure to perform better in contests for the state premiership; given the abundance of talent available, a record of just 1 state flag from 4 attempts has to be regarded as disappointing.
www.fullpointsfooty.net /latrobe.htm   (962 words)

  
 Latrobe - Discover Tasmania
The stories of Latrobe’s pioneers are told in the Courthouse Museum and in Thomas Johnson and Dolly Dalrymple’s cottage in Bells Parade.
The Australian Axeman’s Hall of Fame recognises Latrobe’s role in the birth of competitive wood chopping: the first wood chop was staged here, and the annual Boxing Day Latrobe Carnival, featuring wood chopping, athletics and the richest wheel race in Australia, is the longest running of its kind in the world.
Latrobe is a gourmet’s delight and is home to one of Australia’s highest rated restaurants.
www.discovertasmania.com.au /home/index.cfm?SiteID=418   (396 words)

  
 Power Walk project - Latrobe High School, Transend and Intergraph
The students are developing a classification system for mapping the locations of problem weeds, scrub, and trees on easement property; mapping the location of threats – such as sink holes, mining activity, erosion, and springs – to transmission lines and towers; and mapping access points, gates, tracks, and bridges on easements.
Latrobe High School is a public junior secondary high school with a roll of 400 students.
Latrobe High School has a fully functional computer lab with Intergraph GeoMedia software a file server hosting extensive spatial data sets, and assortment of GPS units, Hammerheads and PDAs.
www.intergraph.com.au /powerwalk   (961 words)

  
 Latrobe - Tasmania - Australia - Travel - theage.com.au
Latrobe was first settled by Europeans in 1826 when Edward Curr, then the manager of the Van Diemen's Land Company, established North Down, the first major property in the district.
Looking at Latrobe today it is hard to imagine that it was Tasmania's third largest settlement between 1870-95 with a hospital, three newspapers, a large number of inns and hotels, and a local brass band, formed in 1872, which now can claim to be the oldest continuously playing band in Australia.
Frogmore, located 1.5 km west of Latrobe on the corner of Railton and Latrobe Roads (cross the river at the western end of Gilbert Street and head out of town on the Mersey Road), is 'a large two-storeyed brick Classical villa with a tiled hipped roof, built in 1880 for George Atkinson'.
www.theage.com.au /news/Tasmania/Latrobe/2005/02/17/1108500205835.html   (1007 words)

  
 Latrobe Motel - Wotif.com
The Latrobe Motel is a small, three and a half star, family operated business with six ground floor units.
The Latrobe Motel is situated on the Bass Highway 8kms south of Devonport and opposite the Mersey Community Hospital.
Latrobe is also well situated for the discerning tourist wishing to explore the North and North West region without repetitive relocations.
www.wotif.com /hotel/View?hotel=10522   (335 words)

  
 Tour of Tasmania: Latrobe
The most famous event held at Latrobe is the Latrobe wheel, a cycling event with one of the largest purses in Australia.
Latrobe and Spreyton are also centres for pacing in Tasmania.
Latrobe once had its own shipyards, and many buildings are over one hundred years old, with some classified by the National Trust.
www.tourtasmania.com /content.php?id=latrobe   (166 words)

  
 Donovan Family History
Susan was born in 1881 in Westbury - Tasmania, died on 8 Nov 1972 at age 91, and was buried in Latrobe General Cemetery - LT04/00495-2 Sect.
William was born in 1887 in Port Sorrell District, Tasmania., William Davies died on 30 Aug 1959 in Latrobe -Tasmania at age 72, and was buried in Latrobe General - LT04/00854-1 Sect.
James Gower was born in Bagdad, Brighton, Tasmania 1 July, 1843, died on 31 Dec 1926 in Latrobe - Tasmania - age 83, and was buried in Latrobe - Catholic Tasmania F/37-38.
freepages.history.rootsweb.com /~maadonovan/mooney.htm   (1602 words)

  
 Darrel Baldock - a Fifties Tasmanian Football Legend
Darrel made his football debut with East Devonport in Tasmania in 1955 under legendary coach Lindsay Webb and played for the Tasmanian State Team when he was 18.
He was captain-coach for Tasmania's Latrobe team in 1959.
Baldock was instrumental in sealing victory, taking a mark from John Devine a minute before the siren and then kicked the ball to John Bingley hitting him on the chest about 40 yards out on a flank.
www.footballlegends.org /darrel_baldock.htm   (803 words)

  
 Family Tree of Dallas Stott - Tasmania Australia
Dallas Wayne Stott, born in Tasmania; married Margaret Beth Nolan born in Tasmania.
Helen Noelene Stott, born in Tasmania; married (1) James Acott in Latrobe, Tasmania.
Eva Eliza East, born 1871 in Chudleigh, Tasmania; died 26 October 1957 in Latrobe, Tasmania; married (2) Leslie Lawton Horne 30 November 1898 in Methodist Church Mole Creek, Tasmania.
stott.customer.netspace.net.au /famtree1.htm   (4688 words)

  
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Latrobe’s 85+ population is also projected to increase in proportion from 1.6 to 2.5 per cent.
Figure 3 illustrates the trend for Latrobe by plotting the underlying numbers of 15-24 and 55-64 year olds separately; the already greater numbers of people at labour market exit rather than entry age is clear.
Latrobe’s total working age population (15-64 years) is projected to decline from its current 65.3 per cent of the population, to around 60.5 per cent by 2021, However, it will increase in numbers by approximately 500 (8.2 per cent).
www.taspop.tasbis.com /uploads/588/attachments/Latrobe.doc   (711 words)

  
 Lowe5 - aqxg26
She died 19 May 1858 in Latrobe Tasmania and was buried May 1858 in On/Near Frogmore Property Latrobe Tasmania.
Jessie Elizabeth TILLEY [Parents] was born Mar 1852 in Swansea Tasmania Australia and was baptized 31 Mar 1852 in Fremantle Western Australia.
Douglas George JOHNSTONE was born 11 Dec 1916 in Latrobe Tasmania.
www.users.bigpond.com /soux/aqxg26.htm   (851 words)

  
 Latrobe Council, Tasmania - Accommodation - Preserving the past, promoting the present, planning for the future
Latrobe Council, Tasmania - Accommodation - Preserving the past, promoting the present, planning for the future
Set on 40 acres of pasture overlooking the township of Latrobe, river and panoramic rural views.
Set on 10ha of open bushland, this campsite also has beach frontage, maiking it the all round venue for a variety of interests.
www.latrobe.tas.gov.au /site/page.cfm?u=234   (422 words)

  
 Latrobe Motel - Travel Downunder - Discover the real Australia
The Latrobe Motel is a small family run business situated on the Bass Highway eight kilometres south of Devonport opposite the Mersey Community Hospital.
Latrobe is well situated for the discerning tourist wishing to explore the North and North West region without repetitive relocation.
Latrobe boasts an array of antique shops, restaurants, platypus tours as well as speedway racing, scenic walks, Anvers Chocolate factory and the Axeman's Hall of Fame.
www.traveldownunder.com.au /tasmania/North_West/Latrobe_Motel.asp   (219 words)

  
 Latrobe Council, Tasmania - Welcome - Preserving the past, promoting the present, planning for the future
There are other travellers who may wish to be immersed in the richness of the agricultural community; the sounds, smells and visual delights of the local farm life - freshly cut hay, well cared for livestock, deep red soils, brilliant poppy fields and hectares of superb fruits and vegetables.
Latrobe is renowned for fine dining experiences, numerous quality antique shops, quaint cafes, majestic old buildings, the Courthouse Museum, the unique Axeman's Hall of Fame, fabulous Bells Parade, tempting Anvers Chocolates, the Teddy Sheean Memorial, superb walking tracks and the pristine Warrawee Reserve hiding the elusive platypus.
Latrobe is a must see municipality which is probably Tasmania's best kept secret - only 10 minutes from the Devonport Airport and Spirit of Tasmania 1, 2 and 3 terminal.
www.latrobe.tas.gov.au   (462 words)

  
 Latrobe, Tasmania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Latrobe is a town in northern Tasmania, Australia, situated on the Mersey River.
It is main centre of the Municipality of Latrobe, which also includes the coastal towns of Shearwater and Port Sorell.
The area was first settled by B. Thomas in 1826 and, in 1861, the settlement was named for Charles Joseph Latrobe (1801-1875), the administrator of the colony of Tasmania.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Latrobe,_Tasmania   (121 words)

  
 Hinchmore
She was supposedly born 1812 in Ireland, and died 25 August 1892 in Charitable Institution, New Town, Tasmania.
was born 30 March 1860 in Franklin, Tasmania, and died 1931 in Latrobe, Tasmania.
She was born 13 December 1862 in Hobart, Tasmania, and died 11 July 1935 in Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria.
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 Latrobe Council, Tasmania - - Preserving the past, promoting the present, planning for the future
Latrobe Council, Tasmania - - Preserving the past, promoting the present, planning for the future
Narawntapu National Park (formerly known as Asbestos Range National Park) is located on the eastern side of the Rubicon Estuary and is one of Tasmania's most "people friendly" and easily accessible National Parks.
For further information please contact Department Parks and Wildlife Service or visit their web site.
www.latrobe.tas.gov.au /site/page.cfm?u=267&c=159   (265 words)

  
 Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions - Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
Transend owns and operates the electricity transmission system in Tasmania with 3,500 kilometers of transmission lines, 45 substations and approximately 8,000 towers and also maintains the easements directly under and up to 30 meters on each the side of the transmission lines.
Latrobe High School is a public junior secondary high school with enrollment of 400 students.
Latrobe High School has a fully functional computer lab with Intergraph GeoMedia software, a file server hosting extensive spatial data sets and an assortment of GPS units, Hammerheads and PDAs.
www.geoplace.com /pressrelease/pressdetail.asp?id=9019   (475 words)

  
 Latrobe Online Access Centre
The Latrobe Online Access Centre is a Department of Education managed facility.
The Truly Tasmanian Craft Exhibition and Sale is being held over the November Long Weekend (4th, 5th & 6th) at the Latrobe Memorial Hall in Gilbert...
Tasmanian Communities Online is a program of the Government of Tasmania managed by the Department of Education.
www.tco.asn.au /oac/home.cgi?oacID=24   (143 words)

  
 David Foster Industries - Foster at the Lucas
The Foster at the Lucas was formally opened by the Premier of Tasmania, the Honourable Jim Bacon on Saturday 7 December 2002.
Upon your visit to Tasmania, you must visit the beautiful and superbly renovated historic Lucas Hotel with its colonial charm and contemporary luxuy features.
The Lucas can be found in the historic town of Latrobe, only 10 minutes from the Spirit of Tasmania and the Devonport Airport.
www.davidfoster.com.au /lucas.html   (292 words)

  
 Braddon Community Afternoon Tea LaTrobe, Tasmania - 13 May 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
And this morning with the Premier of Tasmania in the Styx valley I signed the agreement and made the announcement that delivered in full on that promise I made to the working men and women of the Timber Communities of Tasmania.
His knowledge of the electorate, his willingness to argue and advocate causes that he spoke earlier of, a number of the things that he’s done—he’s impressed all of his colleagues with his quiet and energetic commitment to the people of Braddon.
And I know that it’s always the want of State Governments to claim the credit for that—I mean when the national economy’s doing badly, it’s Howard’s fault and when the national economy is doing well—well it’s all the good work of the local State Governments.
www.pm.gov.au /news/speeches/speech1383.html   (2132 words)

  
 Latrobe Accommodation, Latrobe Attractions: Latrobe Travel Guide - Jasons
Latrobe Accommodation, Latrobe Attractions and Activities in Latrobe - Jasons Travel Channel™ is Your Complete Latrobe Travel Information Source.
Latrobe is the home of the oldest bicycle racing club, established in 1896, and now hosts Australia’s biggest cycling carnival, the Latrobe Wheel and the Latrobe Gift, in December each year.
Recently Latrobe has established a reputation for its first-class restaurants and specialty boutiques.
www.jasons.com /000851,,,,,PG,1,0.mel   (186 words)

  
 www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis
The Latrobe Trial Wheel was returned to the Tasmanian cycling calendar by the Mersey Valley - Devonport Cycling Club, which next week (December 16) will host the annual Devonport Trial Wheel, also over 3000 m.
A field of 18 of Tasmania's best track riders faced the starter for the final, which was raced in the solid time of 3.32.41 minutes, suggesting visiting mainland riders at Christmas won't everything their own way from the local Tasmanians.
With no track carnival scheduled in Tasmania this weekend, riders will now turn their attention to the Devonport Trial Wheel before the Rosebery Carnival on December 20.
www.cyclingnews.com /track.php?id=track/2003/dec03/latrobetrial03   (335 words)

  
 Frogmore, Latrobe
Just outside Latrobe is Frogmore, a historic old homestead of around 1880 in neoclassical style, now a farm guesthouse.
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www.planetware.com /latrobe/frogmore-aus-tas-fm.htm   (50 words)

  
 Feb 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
This photo was taken at the Latrobe Apex Club's High School Effective Speaking night on April 18th.
It shows the winner of the Junior Section Kiri Reedy-Mead from Latrobe High School and the winner of the Senior Section Christine Cortez-Baird from St. Brendan-Shaw College.
Christine Cortez-Baird won the 2005 state final and went on to compete in the national final at the Apex National Convention in Tamworth in July 2005.
members.iinet.net.au /~bstewart1/Latrobe.Apex.html   (177 words)

  
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Devonport City Council: "Gateway to Tasmania", commission for the design of the feature walls and manufacturing of the mosaics to clad these walls.
Located near the landing place of the Spirit of Tasmania at the entrance of Murray STreet in East Devonport.
exhibitions in tasmania, victoria, new south wales and the northern territory
www.indeco.net.au /chantale/history.htm   (2323 words)

  
 Latrobe Online Access Centre
My mother (nee Lilian Rogers) born in Queenstown, Tasmania, was the granddaughter of Alfred, son of Dolly and Thomas Johnson, we have various records of the family tree and also a book written by Diane Wyllie.
She left Latrobe, Tasmania when she was young and settled in Kensington, Victoria.
I can't wait - I spent a fair bit of time in Tassie as a small child - I think Mum was a bit homesick.
www.tco.asn.au /oac/community_history.cgi?oacID=24   (292 words)

  
 William Thomas GEE\Annie Elliott BURNS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-16)
William Thomas GEE was born December 05,1870 in Chudleigh.
Annie Elliott BURNS, daughter of John BURNS and Ellen ELLIOTT, was born September 01, 1863.
She died October 02, 1932 in "Cazna", Lawrence Vale Road, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
www.honeyshome.com /fampages/fam986.html   (125 words)

  
 TIGER HF Radars Homepage - La Trobe University
TIGER explores the impact of solar disturbances on Earth by monitoring the location of aurora and related phenomena occurring in the ionosphere - 100 to 300km above the Earth.
It consists of two radars, one in Tasmania and one in New Zealand, with beams that intersect and explore an area half the size of Australia.
The radars direct HF radio signals via the ionosphere towards Antarctica and detect weak echoes from structures in the ionosphere.
www.tiger.latrobe.edu.au   (433 words)

  
 Devonport & North West Attractions - Family, Historical Tourist TAS Australia
Found in the traditional papermaking town of Burnie in North West Tasmania, Creative Paper is a papermaking studio with a difference.
Latrobe Attractions, Devonport & Cradle Mnt, Devonport & North West, Tasmania
The Australian Axeman's Hall of Fame is an educational, interpretive, tourist and function centre in Latrobe, Tasmania.
www.totaltravel.com.au /travel/tas/thewesttas/directory/amusement   (225 words)

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