Following is a brief overview of Stanley's history published in the Circular Head Chronicle in 1942: The VDL Company received a Royal Charter to select 250,000 acres of land in Tasmania. Mr Curr sent his deputy, William Adey, to explore the North West Coast in 1826. After a search, Adey selected Circular Head, describing it as the best land he had seen in the colony. The ship Transmere arrived in Stanley towards the end of 1826. The ship brought twenty indentured servants together with tools, building materials, clothing, utensils, seeds and fifty Cotswold sheep and two Teeswater cows. The servants had contracted to serve the company for a period of seven years. The wages paid were 20 to 50 pounds for labourers and 50 to 60 pounds for shepherds. Women were paid two shillings a day and children ten pence. It is evident that Mr Curr had made a visit to England and arrived at Stanley about 1828. He established the VDL headquarters on the Green Hills near Stanley and built the substantial residence that still stands and is called Highfield. The remains of prison camps are still there, showing that prison labour was used extensively in the district. Darwin, the famous scientist visited Stanley and stayed with Mr Curr at Highfield. The town of Stanley grew around the Nut. The beaches at Stanley are about the best in Tasmania, especially Godfrey's Beach between the town and the Green Hills. At the foot of the Nut is the ancient cemetery which is still used. In that is buried Henry Hellyer, the first surveyor of the VDL Company. He died at Stanley in 1832. The following photos were published in the Weekly Courier in 1919: A view of the picturesque town of Stanley and the Nut A wharf scene at Stanley Austin's Bay View Hotel Rowland's Union Hotel The establishment of the Collins Bros, general providers C L Wells' butcher establishment The premises of E A Vale, millinery establishment The establishment of Lean and Smith, general emporium C L Wells' butcher establishment Shaw's Commercial Hotel
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Norm
19/4/2018 11:22:34
Love Tasmania history
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