Collinsvale
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Collinsvale , formerly Sorell Creek and then called Bismarck , is a place in Tasmania and is located about 20 kilometers north of Hobart , the capital of Tasmania . A German half-timbered building was erected in this location in 1883. Due to its rarity, it is now entered in the register of listed buildings on this Australian island and is to be restored. The place was renamed from Bismarck to Collinsvale after the beginning of the First World War in 1915 due to anti-German sentiments . The name goes back to David Collins , the first governor of Van Diemens Land (now Tasmania), who founded Hobart.
history
The place was originally called Sorell Creek in the 19th century. The British colony of Tasmania was sparsely populated and lost a third of its population due to the gold rush in Victoria in 1851/52. The first settlers in Collinsvale were British who came to Tasmania in 1870/71. Later settlers from Germany and Denmark joined them. A total of 500 Germans came to Tasmania in the 1860s and 1870s. While in the past the cost of the boat trip was free, they immigrated at their own expense. In 1901 there were already 1,500 German immigrants living on the island. The settlers were mostly farmers and artisans who settled around Collinsvale because of the cheap land prices and the clean drinking water.
As early as 1877, a school, the Sorell Creek Public School , was built in the village . This burned down in a bush fire in 1900 and was subsequently rebuilt. In 1891 the city and the school was because of the numerous Germans living there after the Chancellor of the German Empire in Bismarck renamed. With the outbreak of the First World War anti-German moods developed in Tasmania, whereupon the place was renamed Collinsvale. Some German settlers in Tasmania were interned or discriminated against in a station on Bruny Island .
From the late 19th century through World War II , the area was a significant fruit-growing and agricultural area for Tasmania.
Monument preservation
Collinsvale is of historical interest as settlers of different nationalities with their different forms of settlement, life and culture shaped this place.
An original house and a cemetery from the first settlement period have been preserved. Particularly noteworthy is a listed half-timbered house from 1883, which Gustav Voss built. The German half-timbered construction technology was unknown in Tasmania at the time.
geography
Collinsvale is located on Sorell Creek, a river that flows through a small valley near Hobart. The valley is surrounded by mountains, including the famous Mount Wellington . The place is notorious for its cold winds and rapid weather changes. The rainforests Mount Hull Forest and Myrtle Forest are in the immediate vicinity .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Collinsvale (L) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ German place names in Australia on www.onomastik.com , accessed on January 10, 2010
- ↑ Collinsvale Primary School at www.collinsvale.tased.edu.au ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 9, 2010
- ^ History of German Communities in Tasmania , accessed January 9, 2010
- ↑ Information on heritage.tas.gov.au , accessed January 9, 2010
- ↑ Gustav Voss' half-timbered house from 1883 on www.heritageatrisk.org.au ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 9, 2010
