Blackman River
Blackman River is a stream in Tasmania, Australia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mona Vale and Horton College.
Mona Vale
Building
Mona Vale is a large heritage listed 1860s country house in Ross, Tasmania. Completed in 1867, it is well known locally as the "Calendar House", for its reportedly 365 windows, 52 rooms, 12 chimneys and seven entrances.
Horton College
Ruins
Photo: JTdale, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Horton College was a 19th-century independent Wesleyan Methodist boys' boarding school, at Mona Vale near Ross, Tasmania, Australia. Founded by Captain Samuel Horton in 1855, the college closed in 1894; and during its brief period it was considered an extremely prestigious school, counting many of the region's landed families of the period as students. Horton College is situated 3 km northwest of Blackman River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ross and Tunbridge.
Ross
Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ross is a small historic town in the centre of the Tasmanian Midlands, 120 km north of Hobart and 80 km south of Launceston. Ross was first settled in 1821 as a garrison town for soldiers, as a coaching stop on the Midlands Highway and as a market town.
Tunbridge
Village
Tunbridge is a rural locality in the local government areas of Northern Midlands and Southern Midlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 24 kilometres north of the town of Oatlands. Tunbridge is situated 9 km southwest of Blackman River.
Blackman River
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Blackman”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-42.08333° or 42° 5′ southLongitude
147.5° or 147° 30′ eastElevation
188 metres (617 feet)Open location code
4R99WG82+M2GeoNames ID
2175530
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Satellite Map
Discover Blackman River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Woodbury and Antill Ponds.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mona Vale and Mona Vale Siding.
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