Everything about Devonport Tasmania totally explained
Devonport is a city in the north-west of
Tasmania,
Australia, at the mouth of the
Mersey River. It, along with the slightly smaller city of
Burnie, are the major regional centres of the north-west of the state. To visitors to Tasmania, it's primarily known as the port for the
Spirit of Tasmania ferries - Spirit I and II travel to
Melbourne,
Victoria.
History
The area was first surveyed by Captain
Charles Hardwicke in 1823. The area was originally known as Port Frederick, then Mersey River, the name of the river flowing through the town. Later it became two separate towns -
Formby on the western side, and
Torquay on the east. The towns joined to become Devonport (named for
Devonport in
England) in
1890. The eastern side is now called East Devonport.
Devonport was declared a city in
1981 by HRH Prince Charles. The
Local Government Area is the
City of Devonport. The newly elected mayor is Lyn Laycock who has taken over from Peter Hollister.
Education
Primary Schools include Devonport Primary, Miandetta Primary, East Devonport Primary, Spreyton Primary and Our Lady of Lourdes
Public secondary schools include
Devonport High School
,
Reece High School and
St Brendan-Shaw College.
Senior Secondary Education(Years 11 - 12) is provided by
The Don College and
St Brendan-Shaw College
Notable people
Joseph Lyons (The only Tasmanian to have been Prime Minister of Australia) is buried at Mersey Vale Lawn Cemetry. Dame Enid Lyons, Australia's First Female Member of the House of Representatives, resided in Devonport for many years and is buried near her husband.
Race driver
John Bowe hails from Devonport.
Sister cities
The city of Devonport has a formal sister city agreement with Minamata City in Japan. This was ratified in 1996 .
Devonport Airport
Devonport Airport is located approximately 7 km to the east of the city of Devonport, about a 15 min drive by car. The airport is serviced by Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft, operated by
QantasLink, with 4 daily services to
Melbourne,
Victoria.
Tasair Regional Airlines operate daily passenger and freight services from Devonport to King Island.
Gallery
image: Devonport bank of Mercey river.JPG|Devonport, bank of Mersey river
Image:Devonport_Center_Street.JPG | Center street of Devonport
Image:Devonport Mersey Bluff Lighthouse.jpg | Mersey Bluff Lighthouse
Image:Devonport_Mercey_Bluff.JPG | Mersey Bluff
Image:Spirit of Tasmania I enters into Devonport.JPG | Spirit of Tasmania Sailing into Devonport
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