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Road routes in Tasmania assist drivers navigating roads in urban, rural, and scenic areas of the state. The route numbering system is composed of National Highway 1, and three categories of alphanumeric routes: 'A' routes, which are the state's most important arterial roads; 'B' routes, other important sub-arterial and connecting roads; and 'C' routes, significant minor roads.
Location km [3] mi Destinations Notes; Launceston: Launceston: 0: 0.0: Midland Highway (Bathurst Street) (National Highway 1) – from southeast to northwest – South Launceston to Launceston / York Street from Tasman Highway (A3) – northeast – Newstead: Southern end of West Tamar Highway. Road proceeds south west as York Street. South Esk ...
Legana Fire Brigade's first piece of equipment was a tanker trailer, purchased by the then Beaconsfield Council under a Rural Fires Board subsidy scheme, and housed at the Brigade Captain's property. At about this time the Legana area began to change from one of apple and pear orchards and dairy farming to a rural residential nature with a sub ...
The town was named Beaconsfield in 1879 in honour of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time. In 1881, the Beaconsfield newspaper was called the Beaconsfield Tickler. [3] In 1953, Beaconsfield was the first town in Australia to fluoridate the water supply. [4]
West Tamar Council is a local government body in Tasmania, situated along the western side of the Tamar River in the north of the state. West Tamar is classified as an urban local government area and has a population of 23,769, [2] it extends from the outer reaches of north-west Launceston and includes the towns and localities of Beaconsfield, Beauty Point and Legana.
Location km [6] mi Destinations Notes; Launceston: Launceston: 0: 0.0: West Tamar Highway (Brisbane Street) (A7) – from southwest – Trevallyn / Midland Highway (Bathurst Street) (National Highway 1) – from southeast – South Launceston / Brisbane Street to Tasman Highway (A3) – northeast – Newstead: Southern end of East Tamar Highway.
Beauty Point is a tiny township originally established as the first deep water port on the Tamar River.The town was first established as a port to service the nearby gold mine town of Beaconsfield.
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