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Balmy Days
River Tamar Estuary, Georgetown, Tasmania on a calm summer day with drought leaving the waters crystal clear.
European explorers first visited George Town in 1798 when George Bass and Matthew Flinders discovered and partially explored northern Tasmania’s Tamar River in their sloop, the Norfolk.
However, Australia’s third and northern Tasmania’s first European settlement was not established until 1804, when Lt. Colonel William Paterson landed at Outer Cove on the H.M.S. Buffalo.
The settlement was renamed George Town in 1811 by Governor Macquarie who had plans for its use as the northern administrative capital. The first map of the town was produced in 1813, showing streets in the town centre with the same names as those used today.
