Macquarie Plains is a rural locality in the local government area of Derwent Valley in the South-east region of Tasmania. The locality is about 17 kilometres...
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have been named in Macquarie's honour (some of these were named by Macquarie himself). They include: Macquarie Island, between Tasmania and Antarctica. The...
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Gretna. It was formerly known as Stony Hut Plains, though the Gretna post office was known as Macquarie Plains for many years. It has a postcode of 7140...
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separated from Tasmania by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Macquarie Island 1,500 km from Tasmania, and Maria Island off the east coast. Tasmania features a...
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Protected areas of Tasmania consist of protected areas located within Tasmania and its immediate onshore waters, including Macquarie Island. It includes...
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Hubert Nichols (category Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania)
21 August 1940) was an Australian politician. He was born at Macquarie Plains, Tasmania. In 1902 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as...
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town in the northern midlands of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 145 m above sea level at the convergence of the Macquarie River and the South Esk River, 21 km...
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Campbell Town is a town in Tasmania, Australia, on the Midland Highway. At the 2021 census, the town had a population of 823. The traditional custodians...
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tributaries, before reaching its confluence with the River Derwent near Macquarie Plains, west of New Norfolk. The river descends 1,090 metres (3,580 ft) over...
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Cressy is a small town 35 kilometres (22 mi) south-west of Launceston, Tasmania. It came into existence in the 1850s to service the surrounding wheat farms...
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locality in 1959. Governor Lachlan Macquarie named the locality "Sorell Plains", and it became locally known as "Macquarie" and "Lower Clyde". Governor George...
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Fitzgerald Glenfern Glenora Granton Hayes Karanja Lachlan Lawitta Macquarie Plains Magra Malbina Maydena Molesworth Moogara Mount Field Mount Lloyd National...
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separated from Tasmania by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Macquarie Island 1,500 km from Tasmania, and Maria Island off the east coast. Tasmania features a...
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Gloucester Caledon Ulva Jarvis Strangford Macquarie New Norfolk Melville Drummond Queenboro Sussex Clarence Plains Cambridge Forbes Glenorchy Argyle Kingboro...
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Hobart (redirect from Hobart, Tasmania)
(1938) on Murray Street, the Old Mercury Building on Macquarie Street (1938), the former Hydro Tasmania (1938) and the Colonial Mutual Life buildings (1936)...
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The Midland Highway (also known as the Midlands Highway) is one of Tasmania's major inter-city highways, running for 176 kilometres (109 mi) between Hobart...
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'Black Forest', on the Gordon Plains towards Nile, and on surrounding foothills of the Ben Lomond Tier, but the plains and river flats were attractive...
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Fish and Campbell Rivers and described two plains in his view, the O'Connell Plains and the Macquarie Plains. On 9 December he reached the site of present-day...
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Ross is a village in the Midlands of the state of Tasmania in Australia. On the Macquarie River, Ross is located 78 km south of Launceston and 117 km...
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George Evans (explorer) (category People from Tasmania)
Fish and Campbell Rivers and described two plains in his view, the O'Connell Plains and the Macquarie Plains. It was on 9 December that he reached the...
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Strait and ultimately breaking Tasmania away from Antarctica. In the Cenozoic, a couple of basins extended inland from Macquarie Harbour and the northern Midlands...
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George Town for stealing at Norfolk Plains William Smith - 25 April 1822 - Publicly hanged at the Cascade end of Macquarie Street, Hobart, for sheep stealing...
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is a natural freshwater lake located in the Central Highlands area of Tasmania, Australia. The lake forms the southern end of the Cradle Mountain-Lake...
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of water located in the southwest corner of Tasmania. The harbour is surrounded by low-lying alluvial plains with mountain ranges running along the western...
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Frenchmans Cap (redirect from Frenchmans Cap, Tasmania)
highest mountains in Tasmania. The mountain lies east of the West Coast Range, yet due to its prominence, it can be seen from Macquarie Harbour. It lies south...
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Launceston (/ˈlɒnsɛstən/ ) is a city in the north of Tasmania, Australia, at the confluence of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the...
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Aboriginal Tasmanians (category Aboriginal peoples of Tasmania)
Palawa or Pakana) are the Aboriginal people of the Australian island of Tasmania, located south of the mainland. At the time of European contact Tasmanian...
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Port Davey (redirect from Port Davey, Tasmania)
the south west region of Tasmania, Australia. Port Davey was named in honour of Thomas Davey, a former Governor of Tasmania. Port Davey is contained within...
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Invermay Killiekrankie Lachlan Leith Macquarie and Macquarie Plains Macquarie Island Melrose Mount Murchison (Tasmania) Patersonia, an old name for Launceston...
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Poatina Power Station (redirect from Poatina Power Station, Tasmania)
900-metre (3,000 ft) descent from the Great Western Tiers to the Norfolk Plains in Tasmania's northern Midlands. Water from Great Lake is diverted via a tunnel...
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