Launceston

Launceston is a town inside the north of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers in which they turn out to be the Tamar River. Launceston is the second one largest town in Tasmania after Hobart and the Thirteenth-biggest non-capital town in Australia. Settled with the aid of Europeans in March 1806, Launceston is one among Australia's oldest towns and is home to many historic homes.

Like many Australian locations, it become named after a metropolis inside the United Kingdom – in this situation, Launceston, Cornwall. Launceston has also been domestic to numerous firsts including the first use of anaesthetic inside the Southern Hemisphere, the primary Australian town to have underground sewers and the primary Australian town to be lit by hydroelectricity. The town has a temperate weather with 4 wonderful seasons.

Local government is split between the City of Launceston and the Meander Valley and West Tamar Councils. The first population of the area of Launceston had been largely nomadic Aboriginal Tasmanians believed to were a part of the North Midlands Tribe. The first white visitors did not arrive till 1798, when George Bass and Matthew Flinders were despatched to explore the possibility that there has been a strait among Australia and Van Diemen's Land. They firstly landed in Port Dalrymple, 40 kilometres to the north-west of Launceston.