Ulverstone, Tasmania

Ulverstone is a town on the northern coast of Tasmania, Australia on the mouth of the River Leven, on Bass Strait.The town is a part of the municipality of the Central Coast Council, which also includes Penguin, Turners Beach, Leith, Gawler and surrounds, and Forth.Andrew and Louisa arrived in Adelaide, South Australia in 1839 as a newly married couple from their ancestral town of Horsley, Gloucestershire in England.The early pioneers of the district struggled against great odds to secure their sustenance and ultimately develop an income from sale of their produce.Ulverstone grew quite quickly during the 1890s, and the town has become a centralised location between the north-west coast's two cities, Burnie and Devonport.[6] In the 1990s, Ulverstone hosted many rallies opposing the decriminalisation of homosexuality, with it being given the moniker of "Australia's most homophobic town" at the time.It was built by VEC Civil Engineering for approximately $6.5 million, with the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources and the Central Coast Council funding the project.
Old River Leven Bridge
New River Leven Bridge
War memorial clock tower
UlverstonTasmaniaCoordinatesPostcode(s)PenguinDevonportBurnieLauncestonLGA(s)Central Coast CouncilState electorate(s)BraddonFederal division(s)AustraliaRiver LevenBass StraitBass HighwayAdelaideSouth AustraliaHorsley, GloucestershireEnglandForth RiverMelbourneVictorian gold rushGovernorH.E. Fox-YounghomosexualityhomophobicTurners BeachKöppen:seasonal lagprecipitationwinterForthsidesunshine hourspossible sunshineBureau of MeteorologyUlverstone Secondary CollegePenguin District SchoolDon CollegeHellyer CollegeNita BurkeNoel CarterAustralian rules footballerRichard FrombergKerry GoodPeter HamiltonJohn HeathcoteBen HilfenhausJoseph LyonsPrime Minister of AustraliaStanleyFrank MacDonaldKarl MenziesDavid NeitzDion ScottAlex PearceTammy TyrellCraig WaltonWest Ulverstone, TasmaniaAustralian Bureau of StatisticsAustralian Railway Historical Society Bulletin