Ringarooma Explained

Type:town
Ringarooma
State:tas
Coordinates:-41.2333°N 187°W
Pushpin Label Position:right
Lga:Dorset Council
Postcode:7263
Est:1882
Pop:338
Elevation:283
Stategov:Bass
Fedgov:Bass
Dist1:89
Dir1:NE
Location1:Launceston
Dist2:61
Dir2:W
Location2:St Helens

Ringarooma is a small town in north-eastern Tasmania. It is located just east of the Ringarooma River and is about south-west from Derby and east-northeast from Launceston. The area around Ringarooma is known for dairy farming and timber harvesting.The locality is in the Dorset Council local government area, except for about 2.5% which is in the Break O'Day Council area.

History

The district was opened up to farming in the 1860s, and the town itself was founded in 1882 when a rural property was subdivided into lots by landowner Christopher Krushka. It was initially known as Krushka Town before being renamed Ringarooma in November 1888, taking on the name of a coastal town near Bridport, which was renamed Boobyalla.[1] [2] Ringarooma is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning happy hunting ground.[3]

Ringarooma Post Office opened on 1 October 1874.[4]

In 2017 it was named the Legendary Capital of Tasmania.[5]

Present day

Today, Ringarooma is a small town surrounded by dairy farming and timber harvesting country[3] near mountains such as Mount Victoria and Ben Lomond.

The Mount Victoria Forest Reserve that contains Ralphs Falls[6] and Cash Gorge/Falls[7] is about to the SouthEast of Ringarooma, while the St Columba Falls is a further away (by road).[8] [9]

Notable people

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Beswick, Dorothy. As The River Flows, Mount Victoria to Boobyalla. 1988. Ringarooma Council. 0-7316-1966-8.
  2. Web site: NS2809 - The E R Pretyman Index: NS2809-1 - 16(Ria - San) . stors.tas.gov.au . Libraries Tasmania. 20 . 26 September 2018.
  3. News: 11 March 2009 . Ringarooma: A'happy hunting ground' . Alison Andrews . The Examiner . 26 September 2018.
  4. Web site: Premier Postal History . Post Office List . Premier Postal Auctions . 16 June 2012.
  5. News: 24 July 2017 . Industry News: Ringarooma: little town, big heart . The Australian Dairyfarmer . Fairfax Agricultural Media . 26 September 2018.
  6. Web site: Ralphs Falls . parks.tas.gov.au . Parks & Wildlife Service Tasmania . 30 September 2018.
  7. Web site: Ringarooma, Ralph Falls & Cash's Gorge . northeasttasmania.com.au . North East Tasmania Tourism . 30 September 2018.
  8. Web site: St. Columba Falls . parks.tas.gov.au . Parks & Wildlife Service Tasmania . 30 September 2018.
  9. Web site: Ringarooma, Tasmania 7263 Saint Columba Falls State Reserve, Pyengana Tas 7216 . google.com . 30 September 2018.
  10. Web site: Adamson, George Ernest Bartlett (1884–1951) . Robert Darby . adb.anu.edu.au . National Centre of Biography . 26 September 2018.
  11. Web site: Gaby, Alfred Edward (1892–1918) . D. Elliot . adb.anu.edu.au . National Centre of Biography . 26 September 2018.