Mangalore, Tasmania

Mangalore Tasmania
Mangalore
Population:	983 (2006 Census)[1]
Postcode:	7030
State District:	Lyons
Federal Division:	Lyons

Mangalore is a small town in southern Tasmania. Equidistant between the township of Bagdad, Tasmania and the City of Glenorchy suburb of Brighton, it is located the on the Midlands Highway 32km from the capital city of Hobart. At the 2006 census, Mangalore had a population of 983.^[1]

Wybra Hall, Oakwood and Marlbrook form a string of gracious, private and historic homes along the Heritage Highway at Mangalore which are included in a newly proclaimed heritage precinct. They are also the legacy of an area that became prosperous from wheat growing in the early nineteenth century.

Wybra Hall was built about 1860 and the owner then returned to England where he was married. He and his wife were on their way back to this beautiful and elaborate home when their ship was wrecked and they both perished.

When driving along the Mangalore section of the Heritage Highway see Historic Shene Stables in the distance, a monument to the wealth of early settlers and excellent example of the skill of convict stonemasons

The highway follows its original route, Bell's Line of Road, through Mangalore.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Mangalore (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC65741&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 21 November 2011. 

Coordinates: 42°39′27″S 147°14′39″E / 42.6575°S 147.24417°E / -42.6575; 147.24417