Evandale, Tasmania
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Evandale is a small town in northern Tasmania
, Australia
. It sits on the banks of the South Esk River
18 km south of Launceston
. A classified historic town, many of its buildings remain largely in original condition. It is famous for a popular Sunday market and as host to the annual World Penny Farthing bicycle
Championships.
At the 2006 census
, Evandale had a population of 1,059.
There is a primary school, churches, parks, pubs, shops and a fire station. Nearby locations include Nile, Deddington
and Perth
.
Originally founded as Collins Hill by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1811, it was also known as Morven before being named Evandale in 1929 after the surveyor and painter George William Evans, who spent much of his later years in Van Diemen's Land
.
John Batman
, the founder of Melbourne
, and landscape painter John Glover
lived near the town with Glover memorialised in an annual art prize and a statue at Falls Park. John Kelly, father of the bushranger
Ned Kelly
, worked in the township as a convict.
A Scottish mariner, Captain Andrew Barclay, was granted 500 acres (2 km²) of land on the South Esk River in 1816, and another 300 acres (121 ha) the next year. On this he built 'Trafalgar', the earliest surviving building in Evandale, and one of the oldest farmhouses in Australia. In 1824, he built the now-demolished homestead of 'Cambock' on the village's outskirts. Barclay continued acquiring land in the surrounding district and by 1828 was considered the largest owner of good land on the island. The names of roads like Barclay Street, Cambock Lane, and Trafalgar Lane mark his influence. He died in 1839. In 1842, John Kelly was assigned to Cambock Estate, then owned by Andrew Barclay's daughter, Mary Kenworthy.
In 1876, the Tasmanian Main Line Company
opened a narrow (1,067 mm) gauge line
from Hobart to Evandale where it connected with the broad (1,600 mm) gauge Launceston and Western Railway
from Launceston and Deloraine
, built in 1871. It remained a break-of-gauge
station until the Evandale-Deloraine line was converted to narrow gauge in 1888.
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It sits on the banks of the South Esk River
South Esk River
The South Esk River is the longest river in Tasmania. It starts in the mountains near Fingal flowing through Avoca, Evandale, Longford, Hadspen and finally Launceston. The river is dammed at Trevallyn Dam near Launceston and used for the city's Hydro Electricity scheme...
18 km south of Launceston
Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...
. A classified historic town, many of its buildings remain largely in original condition. It is famous for a popular Sunday market and as host to the annual World Penny Farthing bicycle
Penny-farthing
Penny-farthing, high wheel, high wheeler, and ordinary are all terms used to describe a type of bicycle with a large front wheel and a much smaller rear wheel that was popular after the boneshaker, until the development of the safety bicycle, in the 1880s...
Championships.
At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Evandale had a population of 1,059.
There is a primary school, churches, parks, pubs, shops and a fire station. Nearby locations include Nile, Deddington
Deddington, Tasmania
Deddington is a town near Evandale in Tasmania, Australia. The artist John Glover was granted land in the area....
and Perth
Perth, Tasmania
Perth is a town in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 20 km south of Launceston, on the Midland Highway. The town has a population of 1,984 and is averaging a 1% increase per year . Perth is part of the Northern Midlands Council. Federal Lyons MHR Dick Adams also has an office...
.
History
Van Diemen's Land
Van Diemen's Land was the original name used by most Europeans for the island of Tasmania, now part of Australia. The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to land on the shores of Tasmania...
.
John Batman
John Batman
John Batman was an Australian grazier, businessman and explorer who is best known for his role in the founding of a settlement which became Melbourne and the colony of Victoria.-Life:...
, the founder of Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, and landscape painter John Glover
John Glover (artist)
John Glover was an English/Australian artist in what is known as the early colonial period of Australian art. In Australia he has been dubbed the father of Australian landscape painting.-Life in Europe:...
lived near the town with Glover memorialised in an annual art prize and a statue at Falls Park. John Kelly, father of the bushranger
Bushranger
Bushrangers, or bush rangers, originally referred to runaway convicts in the early years of the British settlement of Australia who had the survival skills necessary to use the Australian bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities...
Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly
Edward "Ned" Kelly was an Irish Australian bushranger. He is considered by some to be merely a cold-blooded cop killer — others, however, consider him to be a folk hero and symbol of Irish Australian resistance against the Anglo-Australian ruling class.Kelly was born in Victoria to an Irish...
, worked in the township as a convict.
A Scottish mariner, Captain Andrew Barclay, was granted 500 acres (2 km²) of land on the South Esk River in 1816, and another 300 acres (121 ha) the next year. On this he built 'Trafalgar', the earliest surviving building in Evandale, and one of the oldest farmhouses in Australia. In 1824, he built the now-demolished homestead of 'Cambock' on the village's outskirts. Barclay continued acquiring land in the surrounding district and by 1828 was considered the largest owner of good land on the island. The names of roads like Barclay Street, Cambock Lane, and Trafalgar Lane mark his influence. He died in 1839. In 1842, John Kelly was assigned to Cambock Estate, then owned by Andrew Barclay's daughter, Mary Kenworthy.
In 1876, the Tasmanian Main Line Company
Tasmanian Main Line Company
The Tasmanian Main Line Company was a private railway that opened a narrow gauge line from Hobart to Evandale, near Launceston, where it connected with the Launceston and Western Railway.- Initial proposals :...
opened a narrow (1,067 mm) gauge line
South Line, Tasmania
The South Line, also known as the Main Line and sometimes the North/South Line or the North–South Line, is a freight rail corridor connecting Hobart to the northern ports of Tasmania. The Railway Line was built by the Tasmanian Main Line Company...
from Hobart to Evandale where it connected with the broad (1,600 mm) gauge Launceston and Western Railway
Launceston and Western Railway
The Western Line, previously known as the Launceston and Western Line is a 78Km freight rail corridor that runs from Western Junction to Wiltshire in Tasmania, Australia...
from Launceston and Deloraine
Deloraine, Tasmania
Deloraine is a town on the Meander River, in the central north of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 50 km west of Launceston and 52 km south of Devonport along the Bass Highway. It is part of the Meander Valley Council. At the 2006 census, Deloraine had a population of 2,243.The region was...
, built in 1871. It remained a break-of-gauge
Break-of-gauge
With railways, a break-of-gauge occurs where a line of one gauge meets a line of a different gauge. Trains and rolling stock cannot run through without some form of conversion between gauges, and freight and passengers must otherwise be transloaded...
station until the Evandale-Deloraine line was converted to narrow gauge in 1888.
Statues In Evandale
Numerous statues are found in Evandale including:- Harry Murray in Memorial Park (highly decorated World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
soldierSoldierA soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...
) - An anonymous penny-farthing rider on the corner of Russell and Scone Streets
- John GloverJohn Glover (artist)John Glover was an English/Australian artist in what is known as the early colonial period of Australian art. In Australia he has been dubbed the father of Australian landscape painting.-Life in Europe:...
in Falls Park
Notable people from Evandale
- Harry Murray
- John GloverJohn Glover (artist)John Glover was an English/Australian artist in what is known as the early colonial period of Australian art. In Australia he has been dubbed the father of Australian landscape painting.-Life in Europe:...
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