Where is bothwell tasmania

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Simply fill in the e-mail address and name of the person you wish to tell about Maplandia. The URL of this site will be included automatically. You may also enter an additional message that will be also included in the e-mail. There are several options how to link to our maps — including no elsewhere to find free google maps gazetteer search, ready to use on your website. Alexander Street, which runs from St Luke's Church towards the Clyde River has a number of interesting buildings including Twin Cottages, White's Store continuously owned by the White family for over years before it was closed , the Literary Society this remarkable building was occupied in by the Bothwell Literary Society which, under the patronage of the remarkable Sir John Franklin, established the first public library in Tasmania , the 'Original Bothwell Store', the Crown Inn first licensed in and the charming and elaborately carved Post Office which has a hitching rail and ring for customers who arrive by horse.

The Castle Inn, in Patrick Street, dates from There is a record of Tasmanian Aborigines actually dancing a corroboree in front of the hotel in This two storey brick and stucco building which was constructed around It has been restored to its original condition with suitable furnishings from the period and is open for inspection.

Contact 03 Ratho and Wentworth There are two elegant 'gentlemen's residences' in the district. Built in the s it was the home of Alexander Reid. Although the home now bears his name, Wentworth had only lived in it for a short time and it was much smaller than it is today when he was replaced as the local police magistrate.

He duly sold the house and left the area. Bothwell TAS Telephone: 03 Home Destinations. Search Site. Previous slide Next slide. The first families who settled here were Charles and Horace Rowcroft, who at settled at Norwood and Grassy Hut and Edward Nicholas and his family, who settled at Nant and constructed a water-powered mill, which produced flour until the late s.

They arrived on the Grace in August In , a ship arrived called the Castle Forbes, which brought settlers to the area. The Reid family lived in a mud cottage for three years until a more permanent homestead was built. However, in , he arrived with his brother Horace to take up acres ha , just north of Bothwell. Things were going well for Charles and he became a justice of the peace at age That is until Charles engaged in an affair with Maria Lord nee Riseley , the wife of Edward Lord mentioned above and he was sued for adultery Criminal Conversation.

Charles was almost destitute at this stage, but upon hearing of his father's death back in England, he departed Van Diemen's Land on the Cumberland and was back in England in Charles bought a boarding school at Streatham, London. In , he published his first novel, Tales of the Colonies, or, the Adventures of an Emigrant , Edited by a late Colonial Magistrate.

This book, although a sensationalised tale, is the first Australian novel written by a settler. Read here. Mercury Hobart, Tas. They brought workmen, machinery and seeds with them to the value of pounds and named their land grant Nant, which means "a valley", after their home back in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Nant distillery is situated in old grain mill. There is an original paddle wheel and sluice gate, with grinding stones from Scotland. Nant Homestead, Bothwell Tasmania circa A convict built Georgian sandstone cottage on the property was once used by the Irish political exiles, John Mitchell and John Martin, who were transported to Tasmania because of their quest for Irish freedom.

After arriving at Bothwell, the Reid family lived in a mud cottage for three years, until their homestead was built. On one occasion, Mrs Reid was held up by bushrangers.

The Reid family at Ratho and three other settlers of the area laid out golf courses on their farms.