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  Richmond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The name originates from the town of Richmond, North Yorkshire in the UK, itself named after the town of Richemont, Normandy, in 1071 as part of the Norman conquest.
Richmond, South Yorkshire, an electoral ward in Sheffield
The Richmond District is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richmond   (253 words)

  
 Worldisround - Views of Tasmania - Photograph - Richmond Tasmania
Tasmania picture - This bridge is the oldest in Australia, spans the Coal River and was built by convict labour in 1823.
Richmond is a short drive from Hobart, and is well worth a visit.
This bridge is the oldest in Australia, spans the Coal River and was built by convict labour in 1823.
www.worldisround.com /articles/13193/photo7.html   (185 words)

  
 DISCOVER TASMANIA AUSTRALIA - TASMANIAN TOURISM DIRECTORY Home Page
Tasmania is a land of dramatic coastlines, rugged mountains, spectacular wilderness and sparkling highland lakes.
Tasmania claims to have the world's cleanest air, the purest water and along with its rich red fertile soils, a competitive edge is gained in its ability to produce some of the world's most superb wines, finest foods and exotic fare from this clean and natural environment.
Tasmania possesses an abundance of resourcefulness within its people which is encapsulated by their creativity, design, artistic endeavors, culture and ingenuity thus together with the clean and green image establishes the Tasmania Brand.
www.discover-tasmania.com.au   (1842 words)

  
 Tour of Tasmania: Richmond   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This Georgian-style village is home to a number of "historic firsts", including the oldest bridge (bottom), oldest Roman Catholic church, and oldest postal building in Australia, and the oldest gaol in the state.
Apart from the Richmond Bridge and Gaol, one of the most popular attraction is Old Hobart Town, a remarkable scale model of Hobart in the 1820's which is highly detailed and historically accurate.
Richmond has a multitude of quality accommodation options, including two 4½-star, twelve 4-star, and four 3½-star facilities (RACT rated).
www.tased.edu.au /tot/s/richmond.html   (152 words)

  
 Richmond Tasmania
When Sorell Causeway opened in 1872, this traffic no longer passed through Richmond and that is why the town remains much as it was one hundred years ago.
Richmond is a genuine village of slate and cobbles, handmade brick and mellow stone, cottages and manors.
Richmond also includes a model village that has been largely reconstructed from original plans that depicts Hobart as it was in the 1820's.
www.view.com.au /overviews/richmond.htm   (313 words)

  
 Millhouse on the Bridge: Richmond, Bed and Breakfast holiday accommodation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Richmond, in southern Tasmania, is renowned as the best-preserved Georgian village in Australia.
In the Coal Valley, on both sides of Richmond, are some of the finest boutique wineries in Australia, specialising in cool climate varieties such as pinot noir and chardonnay.
Richmond is also an ideal point of departure for the East Coast, the Derwent Valley and the historic towns of Oatlands and Ross in Tasmanias Midlands.
www.stayz.com.au /95   (517 words)

  
 Our Australia - a father and son view of Australia. Richmond Tasmania
Richmond is well known for it's fine food outlets that can be found in some of the heritage buildings along the main street
Richmond is a haven for artists and craftsmen and many of them can be found in the historic shops that line the main street of this historic village.
Richmond is also well known for it's ghosts, there are at least three associated with the bridge, one with a very evil reputation is said to inhabit number 3 cell in the men's section of the Gaol and a number of the historic houses along the main street and around the village have resident ghosts.
www.our-australia.com /Tasmania/richmond.shtml   (405 words)

  
 Richmond Gaol Tour - Penal Colony Institution - Australian History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The original section of the Richmond Goal was commenced in 1825.
While in Richmond during March and April 1843, Thomas Lake's thoughts must often have returned to his home, especially when he was carving the name of his home village, Writtle, and of his County, Essex, into the shutters.
One flagellator at Richmond in the early 1830's was George Grover, who seemed particularly good at 'aiding' other people to get into trouble, particularly for fighting and sexual assault.
www.eurekatimes.net /1824-Richmond_Goal_Guide.htm   (1382 words)

  
 AUS:TASMANIAN Properties
Millhouse on the Bridge (circa1853), overlooking Richmond Bridge on the banks of the meandering Coal River 20 minutes from Hobart in southern Tasmania was originally a steam driven flour mill.
Schouten House is a beautifully restored Georgian House (circa 1846) in Swansea on the east coast of Tasmania.
Killynaught Spa Cottages and Apartments is set amidst the rich farmland of the North West Coast of Tasmania, with an outlook across the fields to the waters of Bass Strait.
www.interbed.com.au /nav/austas.htm   (747 words)

  
 Richmond Online Access Centre
Richmond Online Access Centre provides affordable access to computers and the Internet for the local community and visitors.
We also have available for general use a scanner, duplex laser printer, colour printer, laminator, fax machine, photocopier, digital camera, LDC projector, paper folding machine, 7 in 1 memory card reader (we can burn the pictures from your camera memory card to a CD) and a...
To be held on the school grounds - Commercial Road, Richmond.
www.tco.asn.au /oac/home.cgi?oacID=55   (134 words)

  
 Tasmanian Branch of the Thomas Family and related Families - pafg36 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Albert Goodall Murray was born on 5 Jul 1848 in Evandale, Tasmania, Australia.
Sarah Lucas was born on 26 Jun 1829 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
Henry Murray was born on 21 Dec 1816 in Richmond, Tasmania, Australia.
www.microbiology.adelaide.edu.au /cthomas/pafg36.htm   (872 words)

  
 Hollyhock Cottage - Richmond - Discover Tasmania
Hollyhock Cottage is quaint brick and timber cottage built in the early1800s, when the village of Richmond was first settled.
Richmond is a tranquil village that will give you the taste of life in a country town in the early 19th century.
Richmond is within a 20-minute drive of Hobart; it is also within easy access of the Coal River Valley wine region, wildlife parks, the Hobart International Airport, Port Arthur Historic Site and the east coast.
www.discovertasmania.com.au /home/index.cfm?siteid=297&display=product&productid=441&srch=true   (274 words)

  
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I recommend Tasmania as an good place for a one or two week tour as a break from winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
Tasmania has a little less than 500,000 people and a little more than 500,000 tourists per year.
Richmond itself had a feel to it as a somewhat expensive and touristy town.
www.mvermeulen.com /tasmania   (4023 words)

  
 The Towns of Tasmania - Richmond
A few years later when the settlers came and the area was called "Sweetwater".
In early years Richmond was an important police district and the first part of the gaol was built in 1825, five years before port Arthur.
The bridge, built in 1823, enable easier movement of military, police and convicts between Hobart and Port Arthur, as well as the transport of goods.
www.sullivanscove.com /towns/richmond   (242 words)

  
 Richmond Hotels & Motel Accommodation, for Aussie-Acommodation.com.au   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Richmond is an historic former penal settlement set in gently undulating country on the banks of the Coal River.
Richmond Gaol (1825) is the oldest penal institution in Australia.
Also of interest are the Richmond Courthouse complex (1826), St Luke's Church of England (1836), St Johns Church, which is the oldest Catholic Church in Australia (1837), and the gracious Richmond Arms Hotel (1888).
www.aussie-accommodation.com.au /Tasmania/Richmond   (102 words)

  
 RICHMOND FAMILY GENEALOGY, Richmond Family, HARRIDANCE FAMILY, MASON, WALLER of Rochford, Genealogy - Essex England ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Elizabeth wanted to come out and live with Henry James Richmond and family in Tasmania- this idea was not welcome and HJR did not think he had ever met her - he could not have as he left England 1864 and never returned there.
William Richmond and Eliza Hewett of Wedderburn and WA and descendants
Sarah Richmond, married in St Leonards Shoreditch 20 Nov.1829 James MASON and the witness for the bride was Fanny Richmond her aunt as her mother was dead.
www.geocities.com /harridance2/genealogy/richmonds/lizr.htm   (2552 words)

  
 Millhouse on the Bridge Heritage Bed Breakfast Accommodation Richmond Tasmania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Four bricks thick at the base and with massive hand-cut eucalypt beams in the ceilings, the three-storey Georgian accommodation stands tall in the village of Richmond.
John and Suzanne Hall are the friendly hosts of this outstanding heritage bed and breakfast accommodation situated in Richmond, Tasmania, Australia.
Adjacent to the six-arched colonial bridge in the Apple Isle's best-preserved Georgian village is a classy four-suite heritage b&b run by John and Suzanne Hall.
www.millhouse.com.au   (475 words)

  
 Bridges - :: The oldest bridge in Australia (1823) :: - Thomas Moore - World Wide Panorama
The Richmond Bridge, built in 1823, is the oldest bridge in Australia still in use.
Situated in Richmond, Tasmania, roughly 25kms from the state capital, Hobart, the Richmond Bridge spans the Coal River in the heart of a region known for it's boutique wineries, history, and beauty.
It is said that the Richmond Bridge is haunted by the ghost of the vicious flagellator, George Grover, who was beaten to death by convict workers and thrown into the river during construction.
geoimages.berkeley.edu /wwp904/html/ThomasMoore.html   (266 words)

  
 Civil Marriage Celebrant in Richmond, Hobart, Tasmania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Richmond, Australia's finest preserved Georgian village is steeped in history, romance, and beauty.
(click for more about Richmond) I will be pleased to assist you with your ceremony anywhere in South East Tasmania.
A namegiving ceremony is not a baptism or a christening, though it is sometimes referred to as a 'secular christening'.
www.elizabethgray.net   (441 words)

  
 Gordon Family Tree - pafg18 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Lily May Challenger [Parents] was born on 14 Mar 1899 in Richmond, Tasmania.
Edgar Bruce Challenger [Parents] was born on 30 Nov 1901 in Richmond, Tasmania.
James Challenger [Parents] was born on 24 Aug 1904 in Richmond, Tasmania.
members.optusnet.com.au /mcde/gordonfam/pafg18.htm   (178 words)

  
 The Tasmanian Photograph Shop!, Photographs From Tasmania's best photographers.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Tasmania provides an excellent setting for taking first class photographs.
Combine this with vast areas of world renown wilderness such as Cradle Mountain and the Freycinet Peninsula.
An Island State Tasmania has great attractions featuring Macquarie Harbour, The Gordon River, Tahune Airwalk, and the list goes on.
www.tasmanianphotographs.com   (165 words)

  
 DISCOVER TASMANIA AUSTRALIA - Tasmania Brand
A quaint little heritage artists Gallery in Richmond Tasmania the Island State of Australia just 100 metres from the historic Richmond convict built stone bridge just 30 minutes drive from Hobart the capital city of Tasmania.
Mackenzie Mitchell's skill and craftsmanship in the creation of quality works of glass art are inspired by the beauty of Tasmania's natural environment.
Tasmania has some of the finest untouched wilderness on Earth.
www.discover-tasmania.com.au /brand.html   (570 words)

  
 Tasmania - UK Shop Search > Tasmania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Tasmania is a wonderful Australian state, right in the south of the continent...
For driving in Australia and Tasmania drivers must hold a license in English language...
In Australia and Tasmania driving is on the left hand side (sitting in the car on...
www.infospot.com /searchdirectory/shops/Tasmania.html   (329 words)

  
 Millhouse on the Bridge  Traditional B & B Richmond Tasmania - InterBed bed and breakfast Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Millhouse on the Bridge Traditional B and B Richmond Tasmania - InterBed bed and breakfast Australia
The historic 6 arch Richmond Bridge is Australia's oldest - built of sandstone by convicts in 1823.
Millhouse on the Bridge is 29 km east from Hobart.
www.interbed.com.au /listings/millhouse.htm   (479 words)

  
 Lowe5 - aqxg55
William LOWE [Parents] was born 9 Mar 1814 in Hobart Town Tasmania and was baptised on the Sep 1814 in Hobart Town Tasmania.
Hannah COBB [Parents] was born C1819 in Hobart Tasmania Australia.
Sarah LOWE [Parents] was born C1808 in Hobart Town Tasmania and was baptised on the 6 Mar 1809 in Hobart Town Tasmania.
www.users.bigpond.com /soux/aqxg55.htm   (477 words)

  
 Millhouse on the Bridge, Richmond, Tasmania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Richmond – just twenty minutes from Hobart – is Australia's best-preserved Georgian village.
Millhouse on the Bridge, with its massive rough-hewn eucalypt beams and convict-made bricks, was originally a steam mill – one of four mills in Richmond which during the nineteenth century was the granary for Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) and New South Wales.
It is the only mill still standing in Richmond and its position adjacent to Australia’s oldest bridge gives it special appeal.
www.babs.com.au /millhouse/a.htm   (187 words)

  
 ACROSS TASMANIA Australia - Tourism Travel Guide to Australia's Island State with Accommodation suggestions
Tasmania is rich in history, being one of the earliest settled areas in Australia, 1803.
The landscape contains hundreds of mountains, craggy old geological formations up to 5000 feet high, more coastline that the state of New South Wales, adventure sports challenges to rival anything in the world, especially surfing, scuba diving, bush walking, kayaking and sailing.
On the gentler side Tasmania is renowned for its gourmet food, often taken for granted by the spoiled local population of about half a million.
www.view.com.au   (219 words)

  
 State Library of Tasmania Images: Home >
Railroads - Tasmania - Bischoff, Mount - Freight-cars
The page has been produced by the State Library of Tasmania.
These images are provided for research purposes only and cannot be reproduced without the prior consent of the State Library of Tasmania.
images.statelibrary.tas.gov.au /subjectindex?Letter=R   (1378 words)

  
 Prospect House
The classic Georgian House sits off the road on the approach to Historic Richmond, a unique Georgian Village which boasts the oldest Roman Catholic Church and the oldest Bridge in Australia.
Underneath the main house is the old gaol, home to 22 convicts in the 1830's and now used as a wine cellar.
James and his wife Elizabeth along with James' parents John and Martha, are buried in the Richmond Anglican cemetery in a large underground crypt.
www.ozhorizons.com.au /tas/se/prospect/house.htm   (401 words)

  
 Holiday Guide to Hobart & Tasmania
It’s springtime in Tasmania and the warmer weather brings another dimension to the beauty of our island state.
Country and city gardens outside quaint Georgian cottages and stately Victorian homes are flush with the first roses and rhododendrons.
Get a copy of our Blooming Tasmania guide and explore your options such as the National Rose Garden at Woolmers Estate or Cataract Gorge, in central Launceston - for its towering rhododendrons.
discovertasmania.com.au /home/index.cfm?siteid=297&...&srch=true   (172 words)

  
 Worldisround - Views of Tasmania - Tasmania photos
Ducks frolic at the waters edge near the historical Richmond Bridge, -...
Another view of the Richmond Bridge at historical Richmond Tasmania..
Tasmania is one place in Australia that I haven't been to yet but would love to visit.
www.worldisround.com /articles/13193   (561 words)

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