Provide a list of those individual places that are deemed to contribute to
those heritage precincts, with an assessment on whether or not those places are of high
enough heritage significance to be worthy of entry in the Tasmanian Heritage Register. At the same time, Launceston's economy was boosted by the discovery and exploitation of rich mining areas in western and north-eastern Tasmania, and the city became the colony's main trading centre. It uses as a framework the
core themes identified by the Australian Heritage Council's Australian History Project
.
The Launceston Historical Society is very active, publishing
,
annual conference papers since 1990 and occasional papers since 1995. Although there is no complete and entirely reliable history of Launceston, numerous documents, articles, books and reports
have been prepared and published on various aspects of the district's
history since 1798. Sections 1, 2. In particular we would like to thank:
• Staff of the Community History Museum of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery,
Launceston
• Staff of the Local Studies Library, State Library of Tasmania, Launceston
• Elspeth Wishart and Anne McConnell
• Staff of the Archives Office of Tasmania
• Staff of the Central Plan Room of the Department of Primary Industries Water and the
Environment
• Staff of the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts and the Tasmaniana Library, State
Library of Tasmania
• Paul Davies and David Parham
A B B R E V I A T I O N S
Allport Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania
AOT Archives Office of Tasmania
DPIWE Department of Primary Industries, Water and the Environment
HRA Historical Records of Australia
JPPP Journals and Printed Papers of Parliament
QVMAG Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
Tasmaniana Tasmaniana Library, State Library of Tasmania
Launceston Heritage Study: Thematic History
Paul Davies Pty Ltd
H I S T O R I C C O N T E X T
I N T R O D U C T I O N
After an uncertain foundation caused by divergent views concerning the appropriate site for
northern Tasmania’s major centre, Launceston developed into a city with a rich nineteenth and
early twentieth century industrial history and an outstanding built heritage of late Victorian
and Federation buildings. To this end, the Archives of Tasmania and Libraries of Tasmania Index
were consulted for relevant documents, photographs and maps.
is not the final date for the study area. After its site was confirmed in 1823 it quickly developed a distinct
identity to Hobart, an identity most clearly expressed by the strength of the anti-
transportationist movement there in the 18
0s and 1850s.
