A LOOK iNTO LONGFORD'S HiSTORIC ARCHiTECTURE / TASMANiA

#longford #tasmania #heritagewalk My channel is about travels with my husband Peter, walking through Cities, towns, hiking and exploring flora, fauna and architecture. We have the love of exploring the history wherever we travel. My Target audience is those who love exploring and enjoy an adventure. I hope we can inspire you to travel to some of the places we have shared. In 1806 the first Europeans, Jacob Mountgarrett and Ensign Hugh Piper, passed through the area, and in the following year Lieutenant Thomas Laycock camped near the current site of the town during his overland journey from Launceston to Hobart. Settlers started to arrive in 1807 as farmers were moved from Norfolk Island to Van Diemen's Land (the original name used by Europeans for Tasmania). Governor Macquarie granted land rights to the settlers, who originally called the area Norfolk Plains. The town, originally called Latour, grew up around the hotel (later known as the Longford Hotel) which was built in 1827 by Newman Williatt. In 1833 the town was renamed Longford, probably at the suggestion of the land commissioner Roderic O'Connor. Settlers used free convict labour to build some fine houses and estates. Prominent among the early settlers, the Archer family built a number of grand houses and estates in the area. Thomas Archer emigrated from England to Australia in 1811, and retired from government service in 1821 to develop his 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) estate. By 1825 he held 6,000 acres (24 km2) in the area and his success persuaded first his brother Joseph, then his brothers William and Edward and their father, to join him. Together they farmed and developed the land, and built a number of homesteads which are among the finest in northern Tasmania: Woolmers Estate, Brickendon Estate (both on the Australian National Heritage List), Panshanger, Northbury, Fairfield, Cheshunt, Woodside, Palmerston and Saundridge. Six generations of Archers have lived in Woolmers, from 1817 to 1994; it is now owned by the Woolmers Foundation Inc and is open to the public. Seven generations of Archers have lived and operated in Brickendon and it is still are working farm today. I GET MY MUSIC FROM ARTLIST: https://artlist.io/Joseph-1138638 INTERNATIONAL MAP: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mi...