Description
Latrobe is a town in northern Tasmania, Australia on the Mersey River.
Latrobe is a town in northern Tasmania, Australia on the Mersey River.It is 8 km south-east of Devonport on the Bass Highway.It is the main centre of the Latrobe Council. At the 2006 census, Latrobe had a population of 2,843. By the 2016 census, this had increased to 4,169.
The locality is in the Latrobe Council area, but with a mere 0.1% in the Kentish Council LGA.
History
The area was first settled by B. B. Thomas in 1826 and, in 1861, the settlement was named for Charles Joseph La Trobe (1801–1875), the administrator of the colony of Tasmania.
La Trobe Post Office opened on 31 August 1860 and was renamed Latrobe in 1873.Latrobe has a museum based in the old court house.
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Population: 1,001 - 10,000
Time zone: UTC +11:00
Area: 63.963 km2
Elevation: 4 to 10 metres
Town elevation: 8 m
Population number: 4,169
Local Government Area: Latrobe Council
Attribution
This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Latrobe, Tasmania