Penguin, Tasmania
The place Penguin in Tasmania is located on the northwest coast of the Bass Highway, between Burnie and Ulverstone. The town is 17 kilometers from Burnie and 137 kilometers from Launceston.
History
The city area was explored by George Bass and Matthew Flinders, as they sailed the Strait Bass Strait between Australia and Tasmania by ship in 1793. Joseph Fossey traveled through the area in the 1820s and named the mountains that rise behind the city, Dial Range. 1861 Edward took Beecraft 167 acres of land to complete and then began the colonization. On October 25, 1875 Penguin was appointed to the city. As broke out in Victoria in the 1850s, the gold rush, the town developed into an important port of the timber was shipped from out of the woods across the Bass Strait to Australia. The town was named by botanist Ronald Campbell Gunn after living on the coast in summer colonies of Little Penguins ( Eudyptula minor). The railway arrived in 1901 to the place and thus the port was more important, as now local products along the coast could be transported to the international ports to Burnie and Devonport.
Today
The place is frequently visited by tourists and they come especially to the little penguins that come to the coast between November and March. In the village there are several churches and Dutch windmills. In the surrounding area trails leading to Mount Montgomery Dial Range or Johnsons Beach Reef.
Daughters and son of the village
- Amy Cure (* 1992), Australian cyclist
Weblink
- Information about the town Penguin
Itemization
- Place in Tasmania