This charming historic city has preserved its Georgian-era roots.

Tasmania is thought for its late Georgian-era and early Victorian-era cities, together with Richmond, Ross, Bothwell and Campbell City. Evandale is much less well-known, however equally spectacular.

This engaging Nationwide Belief-classified historic city, is situated 19km south of Launceston on the South Esk River and was established in 1811. Within the following many years the world was identified by a number of names, together with Collins Hill, Gordon Plains, Morven and New River, however was formally renamed Evandale in 1830. It was declared a municipality in 1865.

Traditionally, Evandale’s financial system was primarily based on wool, fat-lamb elevating, cattle and dairy produce, and the rising of wheat, oats, barley and peas. At present, it’s a preferred vacationer vacation spot, well-known for internet hosting the internationally famend Nationwide Penny Farthing Championship, which is held each February.

The city is greatest explored on a self-guided Heritage Stroll, utilizing a brochure obtainable on the Evandale Customer Data & Historical past Centre. Highlights embrace St Andrew’s Anglican Church, the 1896 stone water tower, and the well-preserved buildings alongside Excessive Avenue. Only a few kilometres south is the Nationwide Belief-run Clarendon, which is taken into account one of many most interesting Georgian-era mansions within the nation.

1. Clarendon

About 10km south of Evandale stands the well-preserved Clarendon, on a 7ha property constructed on the banks of the South Esk River. The three-storey mansion was in-built 1838 by rich grazier and service provider James Cox, at an estimated value of £20,000–£40,000. At present, Clarendon is recognised as one in every of Australia’s most spectacular, and best-preserved, Georgian-era homes. Its mixture of superbly proportioned high-ceilinged rooms and fascinating range of outbuildings – a dairy, butcher’s store, bakehouse, massive secure and gardener’s cottage – make it a very fascinating and gracious constructing.

2. Evandale Village Truthful & Nationwide Penny Farthing Championship

The Evandale Village Truthful is held yearly in February and encompasses a full day of penny-farthing bicycle racing, together with the Nationwide Penny Farthing Championship. This race entails entails 4 circuits of the village – a distance of about 1.5km.

3. Sculptures

In current instances, various sculptures have been positioned across the city of Evandale. One of the notable is the penny-farthing bicycle and its rider, which is called The Time Traveller, and is situated reverse the Clarendon Arms resort. There’s additionally a life-sized statue of artist John Glover in Falls Park, and a statue, at 23 Russell Avenue, of Lieutenant Colonel Henry William ‘Harry’ Murray VC, who was seemingly the British Empire’s most extremely embellished infantry soldier throughout World Struggle I. The courageous Colonel Murray was born close to Evandale in 1880, and was nicknamed ‘Mad Harry’ for his brave wartime feats.

4. Solomon Home

Positioned at 1 Excessive Avenue, Solomon Home was constructed by Joseph Solomon because the “Clarendon Shops” in 1836. It’s listed on the Register of the Nationwide Property. A bakery on the rear is now Solomon Cottage, a pretty BnB.

5. St Andrew’s Uniting Church

Inbuilt 1840, St Andrews Uniting Church boasts a classical bell tower and Doric columns. It’s situated on Excessive Avenue, reverse the Anglican church.

6. St Andrew’s Anglican Church

St Andrew’s Anglican Church, at 6 Excessive Avenue, was consecrated in Might 1872, and was the third church constructed on the positioning. In response to the Australian Heritage Database, “St Andrew’s is actually designed within the Victorian Educational Gothic type by way of detailing and proportions, nevertheless using cement rendered brickwork is barely incongruous with this type [sic].” The spire was added in 1873, funded by Tasmanian landowner John Whitehead MHA of “Winburn”, Lymington.

Evandale historical past

Earlier than Europeans arrived, the world round Evandale was dwelling to the Tyerrernotepanner individuals.

Throughout excursions of Van Diemen’s Land in 1811 and 1821, Governor Lachlan Macquarie travelled by the Evandale space. On his first go to he determined a navy publish must be constructed about 3km southeast of the current city, identified then as Honey Suckle Financial institution.

Land titles have been granted in 1816.

The primary settlers have been from the Norfolk Island penal colony, which closed in 1814 (reopened in 1825).

One of many first settlers was George Collins, and the city was briefly generally known as Collins Hill. One of many space’s first distinguished properties, “Affluent Home” (now “Fallgrove”), was constructed c.1826 for Kennedy Murray, the primary chief constable of Evandale.

George Collins opened Evandale’s first pub in 1829.

In 1838 “Clarendon” was accomplished for James Cox, son of William Cox, who constructed the primary street throughout the Blue Mountains in NSW.

Within the early 1840s, convict John ‘Crimson’ Kelly (pictured, proper) was transported and served his sentence in Evandale after stealing two pigs in Eire. His sons, Ned and Dan, achieved infamy as bushrangers.

The village was formally recognised as Evandale in 1830.

The railway linked Evandale and Hobart in 1876.

The publish workplace, now a personal residence, was accomplished in 1888.

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