Collinsvale, Tasmania

Collinsvale Hobart, Tasmania
Population:	857 (2006)[1]
Established:	1881
Postcode:	7012
Coordinates:	42°50′34″S 147°11′21″E / 42.84278°S 147.18917°E / -42.84278; 147.18917Coordinates: 42°50′34″S 147°11′21″E / 42.84278°S 147.18917°E / -42.84278; 147.18917
LGA:	City of Glenorchy
State District:	Denison
Federal Division:	Denison
Suburbs around Collinsvale: Molesworth Glenlusk Chigwell Collinsvale Glenorchy

Collinsvale is a suburb of the City of Glenorchy, part of the greater Hobart area in Tasmania, Australia.

The area was originally known called Sorell Creek, and was inhabited mostly by British settlers in the mid-nineteenth century. In 1870, the arrival of the first immigrant ships to Hobart saw a large influx of German and Danish^[2] migrants who settled in the area, attracted by the cheap land and an abundance of clean water. The settlement was proclaimed a town in 1881, and was named Bismarck after Otto von Bismarck, the then-Chancellor of Germany.^[3]

With the outbreak of World War I, anti-German sentiment saw Bismarck renamed to Collinsvale, after David Collins, the state's first governor.^[3]

References

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Collinsvale (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC61076&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-03-23. 
2. ^ Webb, Kerry: Rallying the Danes: Prince Frederik of Denmark, Nordic Notes (Flinders University), 2003.
3. ^ ^{a b} Tasmania's Multicultural Heritage: Northern European Migration, Heritage Tasmania, 27 April 2004.