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Launceston

Launceston is a city in the Australian state of Tasmania, which is an island off the south-east coast of mainland Australia. It’s the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital, Hobart and has a population of just over 100,000. The local language spoken is English and the currency, like the rest of the country, is the Australian Dollar.

The city was first founded in 1806 by British Army officer William Paterson when his men set up camp and settled down in Launceston. Originally he called the settlement ‘Patersonia’, however he later changed this to Launceston, due to the New South Wales Governor, who had been born in Launceston, Cornwall.

During the middle of the 19th century Launceston grew as a city, due to the settlement’s pastoral industry and it’s discovery of minerals at nearby Mount Bischoff. Due to the mineral boom that occurred Launceston grew from a small town to a city and became the second city to state capital, Hobart.

Launceston is the tourism capital for Tasmania and has such attractions as the City Park, where you will find an enclosure full of Japanese Macaque monkeys, from twinned city Ikeda, Japan. Elsewhere you can see the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, which was established in the late 19th century and is the biggest museum outside of the capital city, and the Country Club Casino, which has a golf course attached.

The climate in Launceston is cool, but due to its location - being surrounded by many hills and mountains - its weather patterns change quickly. The hottest months are January and February, where temperatures have reached records of 39C recently, with an average of 25C. However, in the same month of January the record low was 2C, so you can clearly see how quickly the weather can change on the island.

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