Trial Harbour
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Trial Harbour is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of
It is a small anchorage on the
History
The locality was named Remine until 1987, when it was renamed. Trial Harbour was gazetted as a locality in 1987.[2]
Indigenous usage
Carvings and middens were identified in the 1930s and 1990s.[3][4]
European usage
It was named after the cutter Trial, which first anchored there in 1881,[5] and it was established by four Baltic sailors, Gustav Weber, and the three Karlson brothers, Karl, Peter and Steve, otherwise known as the Russian Finns.[6][7][8]
The harbour was utilised for a short while during the establishment of the early mining communities of
It had two hotels and other facilities in its early days[10] and currently it is the location of holiday homes.
It has been also a location on the west coast where whales have been sighted close to shore.[11]
Further north along the coast – a similarly dangerous and exposed location was Granville Harbour.
Geography
The waters of the Southern Ocean form the western boundary, and the Little Henty River forms most of the southern.[12]
Road infrastructure
Route C248 (Trial Harbour Road) enters from east and runs through to the west, where it ends.[2][13]
Notes
- ^ a b "2016 Census Quick Stats Trial Harbour (Tas.)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Placenames Tasmania – Trial Harbour". Placenames Tasmania. Select “Search”, enter "23059S", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ Jones, J. F (1937), Aboriginal carvings found at Trial Harbour, retrieved 24 December 2019
- ^ Jones, Julie; Caville, Jeanymaree (1993), Sites at Trial Harbour, West Coast of Tasmania, retrieved 24 December 2019
- Launceston Examiner. Tasmania, Australia. 10 February 1882. p. 2. Retrieved 25 December 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ The Peaks of Lyell pp.18 of the fourth edition
- The Advocate (Australia). Tasmania, Australia. 7 January 1924. p. 4. Retrieved 25 December 2019 – via Trove.
- The Mount Lyell Standard And Strahan Gazette. Tasmania, Australia. 20 February 1897. p. 4. Retrieved 25 December 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "TRIAL HARBOUR". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas. 3 November 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 28 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ISBN 978-0-9874468-1-7)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ "Whales at Trial Harbour". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas. 22 February 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 28 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Google (13 September 2020). "Trial Harbour, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "Tasmanian Road Route Codes" (PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment. May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
References
- Whitham, Charles (2003). Western Tasmania – A land of riches and beauty (Reprint 2003 ed.). Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown.