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New Norfolk, town, southern Tasmania, Australia, on the River Derwent. It is located about 15 miles (25 km) northwest of Hobart.

New Norfolk
New NorfolkNew Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia.

From 1807 to 1808, inhabitants of Norfolk Island in the South Pacific Ocean were resettled in the area, and in 1811 the town site was chosen by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and named Elizabeth Town after his wife. It was renamed in 1827 by the settlers for their earlier island home. New Norfolk was the centre of a municipality from 1863. Linked to Hobart by rail and the Lyell Highway, the town serves a locale yielding hops, apples, oats, and sheep. Since 1941 the principal local industry has been the production of newsprint. Australia’s first fish hatchery, the Salmon Ponds (1864), is located on the Plenty River. Historic buildings include Bush Inn (Australia’s oldest licensed hotel; 1815), St. Matthew’s Church (1825), and Tasmania’s chief mental-health hospital (1830–31). Pop. (2006) urban centre, 5,230; (2011) urban centre, 5,543.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Lorraine Murray.