Cornwall Land District, Tasmania

Infobox Australian cadastral
name = Cornwall
state = Tasmania


caption = Location in Tasmania
near-nw = Devon
near-n = Dorset
near-ne = Tasman Sea
near-e = Tasman Sea
near-se = Tasman Sea
near-s = Glamorgan
near-sw = Somerset
near-w = Westmoreland

Cornwall Land District is one of the twenty land districts of Tasmania which are part of the Cadastral divisions of Tasmania. It contains most of Launceston. It was formerly Cornwall County, one of the 18 counties of Tasmania. Cornwall county was initially proclaimed on 24 September 1804, as all of Van Dieman's Land north of the 42nd parallel, governed by William Paterson, with Buckingham to the south. [http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/InfoSheets/Constitutional_Events.htm] [http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/item.asp?dID=69] It was later subdivided and became a much smaller area. There was a electoral division of cornwall in a similar area.

It is bordered to the north by the North Esk River, and to the south by the South Esk River. While most of Launceston is in it, it does not include suburbs to the north of the North Esk such as Newnham which is in Dorset; and suburbs to the west of the South Esk such as Trevallyn, which is in Devon. It goes east to the Tasman Sea, including St Helens and St Marys.

The 1911 Britannica mentions Launceston as being in the county. [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Launceston,_Tasmania]