Somerset Land District is one of the twenty land districts of Tasmania

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...

 which are part of the Cadastral divisions of Tasmania

Cadastral divisions of Tasmania

The Lands administrative divisions of Tasmania refer to the division of Tasmania into land districts and parishes for cadastral purposes, which are part of the lands administrative divisions of Australia...

. It was formerly one of the 18 counties of Tasmania

Counties of Tasmania

The 18 former counties of Tasmania, renamed as Land Districts:*Arthur County*Buckingham County*Cornwall County*Cumberland County*Devon County*Dorset County*Franklin County*Glamorgan County*Kent County*Lincoln County*Monmouth County*Montagu County...

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The original parishes

On 15 January 1836 George Arthur, the Lieutenant Governor of the Island of Van Diemen's Land

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...

proclaimed, via The Hobart Town Courier

The Courier (Hobart)

The Courier is a newspaper founded in 1827 in Hobart, Tasmania, as the Hobart Town Courier. It changed names to the Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser in 1839, settling on The Courier in 1840. In 1859 it merged with The Hobart Town Daily Mercury.-References:* from the Mercury...

, the first counties and parishes to be surveyed in the colony.

The County of Somerset, bounded on the north by a portion of the river South Esk, on the east by the Eastern tier to the Macquarie river, and thence by a line to Beaumont's rivulet, and by that rivulet to its junction with the Little Swanport river; on the south by the Little Swanport river, and by the southern boundaries of the parishes of Brisbane, Oatlands, Dulverton and Exmouth to the river Clyde, and on the west by a portion of the river Clyde, by lakes Crescent and Sorell, and by a line from lake Sorell to Wood's lake, and thence by the Lake river to its junction with the South Esk.

Hundreds and parishes proclaimed at this time were:

• The hundred of Lincoln
  • Chichester parish
  • Eskdale
  • Bramber
  • Cadbury
• The hundred of Epping
  • Epping
  • Cleveland
  • Bathurst
  • Salisbury
• The hundred of Cambleton
  • Cambleton
  • Wincanton
  • Eldon
  • Abercrombie
• The hundred of Maitland
  • Ramsbury
  • Lincoln
  • Tierney
  • Lennox
• The hundred of Auburn
  • Denbigh
  • Hill
  • Chatsworth
  • Milton
• The hundred of Ross
  • Ross
  • Pakenham
  • Glenmoriston
  • Gibbs
• The hundred of Cornwallis
  • Peel
  • East Grinstead
  • Durham
  • Cornwallis
• The hundred of Brisbane
  • Sligo
  • Bandon
  • Brisbane
  • Oatlands
• The hundred of Tunbridge
  • Dulverton
  • Exmouth
  • Maxwell
  • another parish unnamed

Townships in the county were proclaimed 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...

 (portion of), Lincoln, Llewellyn, Campbelton, Abercrombie, Tierney, Maitland, Grindelwald

Grindelwald, Tasmania

Grindelwald is a small Swiss Village inspired town developed just north of Launceston by a Dutch immigrant to Tasmania, Roelf Vos, after he sold his supermarket chain to Woolworths. Since his son Mike Vos took over, the town was converted to a golfing center and many of the original attractions...

, Auburn (portion of), Ross

Ross, Tasmania

Ross is a historic town in the Midlands of the state of Tasmania in Australia. Situated on the Macquarie River, Ross is located 78 km south of Launceston and 117 km north of Hobart...

, East Grinstead, Cornwallis, Andover, Oatlands

Oatlands, Tasmania

Oatlands is an important historical village built on the shores of Lake Dulverton in the centre of Tasmania, Australia. Oatlands is located 84 km north of Hobart and 115 km south of Launceston on the Midland Highway...

 (portion of), Tunbridge

Tunbridge, Tasmania

Tunbridge is a town in the midlands of Tasmania, Australia that was originally a coaching stop on the Hobart to Launceston road, now known as the Midlands Highway. It was named after one of its three original coaching inns, the Tunbridge Wells, which in turn was named after Tunbridge Wells in...

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