Blackwall, Tasmania

Blackwall is a small town on Gravelly Beach west of the Tamar River, 24 km north- west of Launceston in Tasmania, Australia. It is located 221 km north of Hobart. 2001 lived 521 inhabitants, in 2006 there were 615

Like her namesake, Blackwall ( London) on the Thames, was also Blackwall in Tasmania a major ship building center. The second largest, built in Tasmania in the 19th century ship, the 547 ton barque Harpley was left in 1847 from the stack.