NEW NORFOLK

town, southern Tasmania, Australia, on the Derwent River. In 180708 the inhabitants of Norfolk Island in the South Pacific Ocean were resettled in the area, and in 1811 the town site was chosen by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and named Elizabeth Town after his wife. It was renamed in 1827 by the settlers for their earlier island home. New Norfolk was gazetted a shire in 1863. Linked to Hobart (14 miles southeast) by rail and the Lyell Highway, the town serves a locale yielding most of the hops used for brewing in Australia, as well as apples, oats, and sheep. Since 1941 the principal local industry has been the production of the nation's newsprint. Australia's first fish hatchery, Salmon Ponds (1864), is located on the Plenty River. Historic buildings include Bush Inn (Australia's oldest licensed hotel; 1815) and St. Matthew's Church (1825). Pop. (1986 prelim.) 6,152.