Launceston

E69589
city

Launceston is a major city in northern Tasmania, Australia, known for its historic architecture, Cataract Gorge, and role as a regional commercial and cultural hub.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
City of Launceston 1
City of Launceston local government area 1
Launceston registry 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
areaCode +61 3 ⓘ
climateClassification oceanic climate ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
countrySubdivision Tasmania ⓘ
surface form: state of Tasmania
economicSector education ⓘ
light manufacturing ⓘ
retail ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevation 15 metres ⓘ
establishedInPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
governingBody Launceston City Council ⓘ
hasAirport Launceston Airport ⓘ
hasArtGallery Queen Victoria Art Gallery ⓘ
hasAttraction Boag’s Brewery ⓘ
Cataract Gorge Reserve ⓘ
City Park ⓘ
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery ⓘ
hasBotanicalGarden Launceston City Park conservatory ⓘ
hasHeritageBuildings Federation-era architecture ⓘ
Victorian-era architecture ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentArea Launceston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: City of Launceston
hasMuseum Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery ⓘ
surface form: Queen Victoria Museum
hasSportsTeam Burnie Dockers Football Club ⓘ
surface form: Launceston Football Club
hasSportsVenue York Park (University of Tasmania Stadium) ⓘ
hasUniversityCampus University of Tasmania main campus ⓘ
surface form: University of Tasmania Launceston campus
hostsEvent Festivale food and wine festival ⓘ
Junction Arts Festival ⓘ
isCapitalOf Launceston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: City of Launceston local government area
knownFor Cataract Gorge ⓘ
historic architecture ⓘ
regional commercial hub ⓘ
regional cultural hub ⓘ
locatedIn Tasmania ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern Tasmania ⓘ
surface form: Northern Tasmania
locatedNearRiver North Esk River ⓘ
South Esk River ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Tamar River NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Launceston, Cornwall, England ⓘ
postalCodeRange 7248–7250 ⓘ
primaryAirportFor Northern Tasmania ⓘ
region Tamar Valley wine region ⓘ
role regional service centre for northern Tasmania ⓘ
timeZone Australian Eastern Standard Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Australian Eastern Daylight Time ⓘ
transportInfrastructure Bass Highway connection ⓘ
Midland Highway terminus (to Hobart) ⓘ
Tasman Highway connection ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A30 road → connectsTown → Launceston ⓘ
Launceston → hasLocalGovernmentArea → Launceston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Launceston
Tasmania → hasMajorCity → Launceston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Launceston registry
Launceston → isCapitalOf → Launceston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Launceston local government area
subject surface form: Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford
Hudson Fysh → placeOfBirth → Launceston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia