Travellers Rest, Tasmania facts for kids

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Travellers Rest Location in Tasmania
Population	305 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)	7250
Location	24 km (15 mi) E of Westbury
LGA(s)	Meander Valley, Northern Midlands
Region	Launceston, Central
State electorate(s)	Lyons
Federal Division(s)	Lyons
Suburbs around Travellers Rest: Westwood Blackstone Heights Prospect Vale Hadspen Travellers Rest Prospect Vale Longford Longford Longford

Travellers Rest is a rural/residential locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Meander Valley (98%) and Northern Midlands (2%) in the Launceston and Central LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about 24 kilometres (15 mi) east of the town of Westbury. The 2016 census recorded a population of 305 for the state suburb of Travellers Rest. It is a settled semi-rural area at the edge of Greater Launceston.

History

Travellers Rest is a confirmed locality. In the 19th century the area was largely uninhabited. At the junction where the road from Launceston branches — the branches lead now and led then to Longford and Hadspen — a hotel was built in 1833 by G & T Burnett. The hotel was initially called the Travellers Rest Hotel. It burned down in March 1930 due to a hotel employee's accident; he was filling a motorcycle with petrol while holding a lit storm lantern. By 1941 only the front wall remained, a state that led to a call for its demolition. The remaining ruins were finally removed in 1990 when the site was covered by construction of the Bass Highway.

Geography

The South Esk River forms the north-western boundary.

Road infrastructure

National Route 1 (Bass Highway) runs through from east to west.