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A Short History of “The Carlton”, Southern Tasmania. Pittwater Press. Peter MacFie, 2008
Outline
The Carlton River in Tasmania is east of the town of Sorell, and was intended to be a major town. However, this did not eventuate, and the area remains known as ‘The Carlton’.
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The first Europeans to see Carlton River were members of the Baudin expedition of 1802 who named it River Brue. The name ‘Carlton’ was given by a whaler who visited the Derwent River in 1806, fishing in Frederick Henry Bay for 3 months that year.[1] After British settlement in 1803, “The Carlton,” as it was always referred to, was settled by 1820, with early settlers being McGinnis, Joseph, Quinton and Steele. An intended township for 3,000 was to be established on land allocated to Lt Steele in 1831. This is visible in a map of the period. According to Ian Terry, this was on the corner of Carlton River and Primrose Sands Roads. However, following the Black Line, when Lt Gov Arthur camped on the site in 1830, this original proposal was rejected in favour of a site on the river estuary opposite Steeles Island. The Carlton independent church, school, Watch House and Post Office were established to the east of the river.[2] A military detachment must have been located there also, as in 1832, Pte Henry Griffiths, 63rd Regt, aged 40, of the Carlton, is buried at Richmond, St Luke’s Cemetery. With the opening of Port Arthur Penal Station in 1830 – and the 1840s probation stations – East Bay Neck and Carlton prospered, due to the official traffic, in the form of officers from the site travelling the area along the Connolly’s Marsh road, and unofficial traffic, in the form of escaped prisoners, who raided properties in the area.
[1] Woods Almanac 1830; Nicholson, Vol. 1, p18.
[2] Terry, Ian Sorell Heritage Study Vol 1, 2002, p 59.
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Index list
Amos, Mr ?
Arthur, Lt.Gov. George
Bang, James
Barker, ?
barley
Baudin, Nicolas
Black Line
Booth, Charles O’Hara
Bream Creek School
Brue River
bushrangers
Carlton
Carlton Church
Carlton Post Office
Carlton River
Carlton School
Carlton Watch House
Carter, Henry
Casimaty, Theo
cattle
census
Cherry Tree Opening School
Connollys Marsh
convicts
Cooper, Hannah (Mrs William)
Copper, William
Crane, Henry
Dawn, Gwen
Doddridge, ?
Dodge, Ralph
Dodges Ferry School
Dunalley
Dunalley School
Eaglehawk Neck
East Bay Neck
escapees
Evans, Thomas
Farange, A.
Forcett
Forcett School
Forcett Watch House
Fulham Police Station
Garland, ?
Gluskie, Grace
Griffiths, Henry
Goodliffe, Thomas
Huett, Mick
Indigenous people
inns
Carlton Inn
Jimmy’s Hill
John Franklin Paddock
Jones, James
Joseph, Bill
Kearns, John
Kelevie School
Kennedy, Henry
Laurence, ?
Lime burning
Lower Ferry
magistrates
mail delivery
mail robbery
McGinnis, Hugh
McGinnis, John
MicGinnis, Joseph
McGinnis, Sarah
Morris, William
Mount Communication
military
63rd Regiment
Nichols, Ken
Nugent School
Orielton School
oysters
Page, Sarah (Mrs?)
Penna School
Pittwater
Port Arthur Penal Station
potatoes
properties
Carlton House
Riverside
Quinton, Bernard
Riley, ?
Robinson, David
semaphore
sheep
Shillingshaw, Grace (Mrs George)
Shillingshaw, George
Shillinghall, Grace (Mrs George)
Shillinghall, George
ships
Aboulia
Georgiana
Hector
Isabella Watson
Manlius
Moffat
Nile
Samuel Boddington
Sorell School
Steele, Lt. Joseph
St Luke’s Cemetery, Richmond
Teare, John
Templeton, Grace
The Carlton
Thorne, ?
Trail, Thomas
Wattle Hill School
wheat
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