Cygnet, Tasmania

Cygnet is a city in Tasmania, which is 56 km away from Hobart. Cygnet had at the time of the last Australian census in 2001 802 inhabitants. It was discovered by Joseph Bruny d' Entrecasteaux in 1793 when he sailed along the Huon River and the bay to the numerous swans named ( Cygnes ).

History

Cygnet has already been mentioned in the travelogue of the Comte de Fleurieu about the exploration of the d' Entrecasteaux Channel. The first European settlers William Nichols reached this area in 1834 and applied for an allocation of land on the east side of the bay. Today is still a part of his house to visit, since it was preserved. 1840 this place was called Cygnet and it became the center of British convicts the former penal colony Australia with the erected there Convict Probation Station. The number of population had developed by 1840, but the place was depopulated in 1848, when the convict station was abandoned. Free settlers arrived in 1850 and a school was built. 1862, the place was named Lovett and changed back again in 1915 in Cygnet. To the 1930 Cygnet was successfully planted to a region in the fruit, such as apples, peaches, gooseberries, strawberries and raspberries in plantations.

Presence

Cygnet has a backpacker's hotel, banks, gas stations and three pubs. Today, moreover the port is used for tourism purposes. About a mile south of Cygnet is a sheltered anchorage for sailboats, just north of Robleys Point, with about a 15 minute walk into town.

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