Somercotes
Somercotes is a farm shop in Northern Midlands Council, Tasmania. Somercotes is situated nearby to the ruins Horton College, as well as near the peak Horton Hill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Horton College and Ross Female Factory.
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 750 metres west of Somercotes.
Ross Female Factory
Museum
The Ross Female Factory, a former Australian workhouse for female convicts in the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, is located in the village of Ross, in the midlands region of Tasmania. Ross Female Factory is situated 3 km north of Somercotes.
Ross Bridge
Bridge
Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ross Bridge is an historic bridge in the town of Ross in central Tasmania, Australia, completed in July 1836. It crosses the Macquarie River. The sandstone bridge was constructed by convict labour, and is the third oldest bridge still in use in Australia. Ross Bridge is situated 3½ km north of Somercotes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ross.
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.
Somercotes
- Type: Farm shop
- Categories: shop and food
- Location: Northern Midlands Council, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-42.06072° or 42° 3′ 39″ southLongitude
147.49088° or 147° 29′ 27″ eastOpen location code
4R99WFQR+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 11047885007OpenStreetMap feature
shop=farm
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