Tarleton, Tasmania

Tarleton is a rural and residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Latrobe in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the town of Latrobe. The 2016 census has a population of 380 for the state suburb of Tarleton.[1]

Tarleton
Tasmania
Tarleton
Coordinates41°14′18″S 146°22′6″E
Population380 (2016)[1]
Postcode(s)7307
Location5 km (3 mi) W of Latrobe
LGA(s)Latrobe
RegionNorth-west and west
State electorate(s)Braddon
Federal Division(s)Braddon
Localities around Tarleton:
Spreyton Mersey River estuary, Spreyton Mersey River
South Spreyton Tarleton Latrobe
South Spreyton Latrobe Latrobe

History

It is believed that the locality was named for William Tarleton, a notable government official in Tasmania in the 19th century. Tarleton was gazetted as a locality in 1962.[2]

Captain William Moriarty took up land (200 acres) at Frogmore in ca.1835, his sister Lucinda settled there in 1836 and named Ballahoo Island.[3] There is also a creek there called Ballahoo Creek and a road called Ballahoo Road. Frogmore was let to Henry Bonney in 1837.[4]

Thomas Johnson (1808-1869) and his wife Dolly Dalrymple Mountgarret Briggs (1810-1864), the first known child of an Aboriginal and white person union moved there in 1845 and took over the tenancy of Frogmore.[5] He made money from a paling splitting establishing and exporting timber to South Australia.

In early 1851 they leased and acquired by purchase part or all of the 600 acre Tarleton town reserve, and portion of Ballahoo Island together with some of the suburbs of Tarleton. 500 acres were purchased southwest of "Frogmore" and they built at a place named Sherwood (Part of Latrobe), and he owned-hotels at Sherwood and Ballahoo. He built a Sherwood Hall at the latter place for public recreation dances religious services and as a school.

Tarleton Post Office opened in 1891 and closed in 1893.[6]

Sherwood Hall was relocated to its present site near Bells Parade, Latrobe in 1993 from its original site on Railton Road because it was threatened with collapse by long term erosion from the nearby Mersey River.[7]

Thomas Johnson owned the town blocks and later discovered coal mine Alfred Colliery, which shipped its coal from Ballaho Creek. Coal Hill Road and Coal Mines Road are obviously named for a reason.

In 1870, William Riley and his family were the only people in Tarleton. Mr. Riley had a coal mine and was shipping coal to Launceston. In 1875, the 34 ton vessel Dawn of Hope was built by James Dyson for Riley.

In 1880 for George Atkinson Jr built Frogmore a large two-storeyed brick classical villa with a tiled hipped roof.[8]

The town today is a mix of residential housing, hobby farms and orchards.

Geography

The waters of the Mersey River estuary form part of the northern boundary.[9]

Road infrastructure

Route B19 (Mersey Main Road) passes through from north to south-east.[2][10]

References
  1. "2016 Census Quick Stats Tarleton (Tas.)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. "Placenames Tasmania – Tarleton". Placenames Tasmania. Retrieved 13 September 2020. Select “Search”, enter 2847P, click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”
  3. "The Briggs Genealogy – from "The Tasmanian Aborigines and their descendants (Chronology, Genealogy and Social Data) Part 2:". Bill Mollison and Coral Everitt. December 1978. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  4. "Tasmanian Ancestry Vol 14. No 3 December 1993" (PDF). Helen Anderson TFHS Inc. Devonport Branch. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  5. "Sherwood Hall, Latrobe". Tasmania for Everyone. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  6. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  7. "History". Latrobe Council. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  8. "Things to see Frogmore". Sydney Morning Hearld. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  9. Google (13 September 2020). "Tarleton, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  10. "Tasmanian Road Route Codes" (PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment. May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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