Lilydale - Culture and History

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Lilydale - Culture and History


Although only a short distance from Launceston (and only a few kilometres from the East Tamar Highway), the Lilydale district was not settled by Europeans until the 1850s when timber cutters began clearing the area. The township, originally known as Germantown but changed to Lilydale during World War I, appeared in the late 1870s when a track was out through the bush to the goldfields on the slopes of Mount Arthur.

The town itself grew slowly to meet the service needs of the surrounding orchards and farms. This development resulted in extensive clearing of the land.

The appeal of Lilydale (which is promoted as Tasmania's Country Garden) lies around, rather than in, the town.


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