Penguin (Tasmania)

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Penguin
State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of Tasmania.svg Tasmania
Coordinates : 41 ° 7 ′  S , 146 ° 4 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 7 ′  S , 146 ° 4 ′  E
Area : 9.6  km²
Residents : 3,138 (2016)
Population density : 327 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10)
Postal code : 7316
LGA : Central Coast Council
Penguin (Tasmania)
Penguin
Penguin

The town of Penguin in Tasmania is on the northwest coast on the Bass Highway , between Burnie and Ulverstone . The city is 17 kilometers from Burnie and 137 kilometers from Launceston .

history

The area of ​​the city was explored by George Bass and Matthew Flinders when they sailed the Bass Strait between Australia and Tasmania by ship in 1793 . Joseph Fossey traveled through the area in the 1820s, naming the mountains that rise behind the town the Dial Range . In 1861, Edward Beecraft claimed 167 acres of land, and then settlement began. On October 25, 1875, Penguin was named a city. When the gold rush broke out in Victoria in the 1850s, the place developed into an important port from which timber was shipped from the forests to Australia via the Bass Strait. The city was named by the botanist Ronald Campbell Gunn after the colonies of the little penguins (Eudyptula minor) that live on the coast in summer . The railroad came to the place in 1901 and this gave the port further importance as local products could now be transported along the coast to the overseas ports of Burnie and Devonport .

today

The place is often visited by tourists and they mainly come to the little penguins that come to the coast between November and March. There are several churches and Dutch windmills in the village. In the vicinity there are hiking trails to Mount Montgomery in the Dial Range or to Johnsons Beach Reef.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Penguin ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  2. ^ Travel Penguin
  3. ↑ http://www.theage.com.au/news/Tasmania/Penguin/2005/02/17/1108500205886.html%20The%20Age%20-%20Travel%20information%20about%20Penguin