SWANSEA - TASMANIA - 7190
The 'Resolution' anchor at Swansea.		Population: 529 Elevation: 10m Latitude: -42.7.22 Longitude: 148.04.24 Location: 140km north east of Hobart Highway: Tasman Hwy (A3).   Nearest Major Town:Hobart Nearest Airport: Hobart Touring Area: East Coast		The historic Morris General Store at Swansea

First settled in the 1820s Swansea is part of the oldest rural area, Glamorgan, in Australia A Classified Historic Town, it proudly boasts many historic buildings which include the All Saints Church (1871) and the Morris General Store Swansea is the centre of Australia's oldest rural municipality, Glamorgan, and the original council chambers are still in use. The area was settled permanently in the 1820s, with development over the years outlined in a museum adjoining the operative Swansea Bank Mill. It's impossible to miss the three storey Morris General Store, which has supplied community and visitor needs since 1838, or the 1860 Community Centre, where billiards can be played on a superb full-size table that is a true collector's piece. What to See and Do: All water-based leisure pursuits, visit lookouts, the Bark Mill and Glamorgan War Memorial Centre and Museum, travel north to Cranbrook and see the quaint Auld Kirk (10km) or south to the Spikey Bridge built by convicts in the 1840s with thousands of fieldstones (8km). Morris Store 'Resolution' Shipwreck Monument The Swansea Bark Mill ACCOMMODATION & SERVICES: Select type, then click the button below for Accommodation Category:  Find From All.................. Adventure Lodge Backpackers B & B Caravan Parks Camping Cottages Farm Stay Guest Houses Holiday Units Home Stay Hotels Lodges/Chalets Motels Motel/Hotel Resorts Self Catering Serviced Apartments INFORMATION CENTRE: Swansea Visitor Information Centre 96 Tasman Hwy, Swansea TAS 7190 Ph: 03 6257 8382 HOW TO GET THERE: By car along the Tasman Hwy. north from Triabunna or south from Bicheno. Also from Campbell Town on the Midland Hwy via the B34 through Lake Leake. Light Plane Coach Coach Operators Redline: Ph: 1300 360 000 Greyhound Pioneer: 132 030

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