The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-08
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HonsRr Tow Ts-iuana. o. 2" 1865
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Erain9 Jor carry.es P,t1.o.s--A-er.o'a Wsoier,
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Van ucusns Land j. nane not uDauniliai to
students Of geography though ue name los ne
same ssnd known only upon the rnori modern msps
The sland was discovered hy Dutch navigator named
Van Dicnan the original namr The fsstdiou
aud merceuarv notions Of the Dutch -sw here ~ plsre
Tor sudden riches 80 the new found lard wa~ merely
oted down on The harts The dcuverer started upon
dlsrovcries. soon alter Enrlishinan. Tssrnan
rodIscoyerrd he sanc and Although me island 70
iHincd The " the Dutch navigator Tho Englfh
took possession. and Ven Deman'' Land va made
prpsl colony years later the population d, cn.
grafton increasing rapidly, the odIaia oi be,n. pcn4l
settlement removed by al og Parliament, snd ile
tho ssnd cisuged To TAsnan,@ honor % III.
Gr-i English discp,erer
Tasmsn- il one of the Oldest English solon es ~ N
hsspbefr aId has the honor o. be ng tho ltnmedai.
mother o. the preent largest Of the Australian cpoge.
vcioris. The isl.sd contains OF eleven fhop.
sqgsre miles aud nearly hundred thou ssud
hsbtxns II iies southeast " the city 81 peoourns
sero. sass straits from shore shore one
hundred and hny miles Geographically rssinana is
roanis nous the highest peaks reaching al a.
t,nde Of Eve ihoussns feet IN. pm pa
tnwb shs northern side n Iauncesion, The
centre Of The richest lsnds ror ting while HOBART
Town the soaihern ds sud the seal a goycrnmsni,
s the centre Of The wool growing districts Lsgn,ssop
y situated al the head of navigation the rsmar river,
about forty miles from The the north, AM hss
n popastton ~ over ten thousand Hobart fo~n D. stu
aied the Dcrweni river about twenty miles from the
h. south, and has popui.on n ussriy tsspiy
I've thousand The head Of rs''on the Dcruep,
forty miles higher ap
There erists deep feeling ~ rivalry between the l~o
cites and seldom you citizen Of spostsg
favoraby or The other For my part very Hifle az
ffence Both beautifully s,asied gentle slopes of
hilis well laid out posscss many dns bridogs
Hobart Town has the advantage the iser particular
cons~pueuce of H. being the seal of government rhe
Custom and Parliament Houses aad the Pos, once
very hrs structures Commercially neither toan IL ~
much importance. Both have al ne Of steamer ply %
between the island and the Australian con,iBent
The resources Of The ISLAND sosiy being dcveoped
quartz crushing company " nov bsildas mschinory
fngsli with every hope Of realizing paying quan
ties ~ gold Al seymour on The casi coast, and Al s
era other points on the isanf good bitunlnouB coal
has been discovered, and is beginning 20 make
is appearance 10 the market Agrirulisrsiy snosi oil
crops successfully grown 10 the same latitude forty
70 forty three derre~s North equally succefu herr
The climate ~ healthy, bu, not cold IN the winter
season AZ on the zane line In the North.
In point of euisrprisr the rUmsnans the soasst
white people have yet met with. They are 10 be
hind the times that they have not yet maize up their
mind, ss % The s even q rswsys and on ~ the
question 10 agsfing an eisasc. Of the popula
ton 70 degree extremely udicrour and Ia s treat
"nt ~ The subject the two e1tremes of the ssnd have
been a oggerhcafs fr months II seems that the
people ~ IAnnceston favor trunk road " this
parf, bot thc pe0Je here prefer matters 20 remain
tLcy are. ard would rather be j1lsd hundred and
iveriy-1ns niles N an antique stage coach over hssd
russisi cuntonIrs ioureen Lo3rs than comfortably
ccfI gieh ~ aAue yourrey IN 'hrrt hou fnd-ed the
f.na opycs.t0n of ths Hsastt ro-r e,ssrs sos- A.
FAR hsi ihey are coniin asly 'nro9ng o~ssrisa The
vsy ci hr romfiston of lo>I r,,se from
nt.yfaA sc@'v-sy a ~ ~ bvssen VI IIs vbess -