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Launceston is a market town, castle, recreational and heritage railway visitor town and the main shopping centre for the adjoining rural areas of west Devon and east Cornwall. The town is mainly built on the south side of a large hill almost immune to flooding , unlike its northern neighbourhood, Newport in part on a slightly wider plain at the ...
Prospect Vale is a rural/residential locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Launceston (1%) and Meander Valley (99%) in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south-west of the town of Launceston. The 2016 census recorded a population of 5067 for the state suburb of Prospect Vale. [1]
Sydney's Royal Arcade, since demolished. This arcade, one of the earliest examples of a shopping centre in Australia and one of many of its kind in Sydney's city centre, ran from George Street near the markets, through to Pitt Street.
Roelf Vos (1921 – 2 December 1992) [1] was a Dutch Australian businessman who established a supermarket chain carrying his name initially in Launceston, and later throughout northern Tasmania. The equivalent in the south of the state was Purity Supermarkets established by Engel Sypkes .
The Albert Hall is a convention centre in Launceston, Tasmania in the style of high Victorian architecture, first opened as the main structure for the Tasmanian Industrial exhibition which ran from 25 November 1891 to 22 March 1892. [1] It is located on the corner of Tamar Street and Cimitiere Street. [1]
Launceston Football club, Windsor Park. There are several schools (Riverside Primary School, Riverside High School, Launceston Christian School and St Anthony's) as well as an Australian rules football ground named Windsor Park which is home to the Launceston Football Club, a soccer ground which is home to Riverside Olympic, the park also includes a cricket ground for senior players and also a ...
Hadspen is a small town that functions as a "dormitory suburb", an extension of the Launceston metropolitan area. [92] Entally House lies on the Town's west, across the river. The town has a small shopping centre with a post office and service station, adjacent to a large caravan and cabin park.
Launceston is the second most populous city in Tasmania after the state capital, Hobart. [6] Launceston is the fifth-largest inland city and the ninth-largest non-capital city in Australia. Launceston is regarded as the most livable regional city, [7] and was one of the most popular regional cities to move to in Australia from 2020 to 2021. [8]