Very interesting, John, thanks. Is it known why the bay was called Lindisfarne originally? I would have thought a bit late to have a connection to the island/castle off NE England? And why was the name Beltana discarded? Cheers Malcolm Ward -----Original Message----- From: aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Hammond Sent: Sunday, 1 June 2014 9:22 PM To: aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] History of Town Boards Hello Helen, Judy, Mike, Malcolm Many thanks for your responses to my query regarding the history of Town Boards in Tasmania. After a lot of Googling and Troving, I now understand a little more about the history of local government administration in Tasmania, and how we developed arguably the most complex system ever... My particular interest was the formation of a Town Board in Lindisfarne in 1894 for the management of local government affairs including roads, sanitary services, town based services, etc. The story goes like this: Lindisfarne, or Beltana as it was known from about 1890, was a rapidly developing town. The Beltana Land Company advertised and promoted Beltana, located around Lindisfarne Bay, as a healthy and picturesque alternative to living in Hobart. Land was subdivided, blocks sold off, community facilities developed, ferry services put in place, and so on. A state school was built in 1893 and a local hotel established in 1892. By 1894 Beltana was a growing town and community. A well-attended public meeting, chaired by Matthew Wilkes Simmons, was held at the school house on the 17 May 1894. Mr. Simmons pointed out that Beltana was included in the Clarence Municipality and the Road District of Cambridge, and that it was considered desirable by some, as Beltana was not directly represented on either of those bodies, to have some form of local government. He advocated the formation of a Town Board under the Town Boards Act 1891. Mr. V. D. Elliston, solicitor, gave data on the population and rateable values, showing that the township was fully qualified to take such action under the Act. Mr. W. P. Brownell pointed out the advantages of such action as having local control of streets, footpaths, sanitary matters, etc. The meeting voted for progressing the issue and authorised the chairman to advise the Attorney-General. Their request was successful. Beltana was proclaimed a town, and was to be managed by a Town Board. The board was elected on the 26 November 1894 comprising Messrs F. W. Jordan, J. Greaves, F. W. P. Hammond, Henry Bastone and George Olney. The board met that night and elected Mr J. Greaves as first Chairman. They then met monthly, as did a related Board of Health. Elections occurred annually. In 1903 the Town Board petitioned the Governor and changed the name of the town to Lindisfarne. By 1906 local government services were provided by some 149 district and local authorities including Rural Municipalities, Town Boards, Main Road Districts, Road Districts, Local Health Districts, Fruit Districts, Rabbit Districts, School Districts, and Public Recreation Ground Districts. The Local Government Act 1906 abolished all of these bodies, consolidated council boundaries, brought together the various councils, town committees and road committees, and provided a proper legislative context in which Local Government could function. Under this Act all local authorities other than those for Hobart and Launceston were abolished and replaced by 47 municipalities. In relation to the new Clarence Municipality, four wards were created with three councillors each; Bellerive, Lindisfarne, Cambridge and Sandford wards. The last meeting of the Lindisfarne Town Board occurred on the 31 December 1907. The board was disbanded with three members Messrs A. E. Risby, A. W. Hume and J. L. Knutson being elected councillors to represent the Lindisfarne Ward. Thanks again. John Hammond PO Box 551, Clayfield 4011 QLD, Australia Mobile: +61 419 648 649 Home: +61 7 3268 5781 E-Mail: jhammond@iprimus.com.au ------------------------------- AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Malcolm Hope you are well. Try this link http://www.ccc.tas.gov.au/page.aspx?u=1601 It provided as good summary of the history of Lindisfarne and Lindisfarne Bay. Cheers John -----Original Message----- From: Malcolm Ward [mailto:greatbedwyn@bigpond.com] Sent: Sunday, 1 June 2014 11:04 PM To: 'John Hammond'; aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [AUS-Tas] History of Town Boards Very interesting, John, thanks. Is it known why the bay was called Lindisfarne originally? I would have thought a bit late to have a connection to the island/castle off NE England? And why was the name Beltana discarded? Cheers Malcolm Ward -----Original Message----- From: aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Hammond Sent: Sunday, 1 June 2014 9:22 PM To: aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] History of Town Boards Hello Helen, Judy, Mike, Malcolm Many thanks for your responses to my query regarding the history of Town Boards in Tasmania. After a lot of Googling and Troving, I now understand a little more about the history of local government administration in Tasmania, and how we developed arguably the most complex system ever... My particular interest was the formation of a Town Board in Lindisfarne in 1894 for the management of local government affairs including roads, sanitary services, town based services, etc. The story goes like this: Lindisfarne, or Beltana as it was known from about 1890, was a rapidly developing town. The Beltana Land Company advertised and promoted Beltana, located around Lindisfarne Bay, as a healthy and picturesque alternative to living in Hobart. Land was subdivided, blocks sold off, community facilities developed, ferry services put in place, and so on. A state school was built in 1893 and a local hotel established in 1892. By 1894 Beltana was a growing town and community. A well-attended public meeting, chaired by Matthew Wilkes Simmons, was held at the school house on the 17 May 1894. Mr. Simmons pointed out that Beltana was included in the Clarence Municipality and the Road District of Cambridge, and that it was considered desirable by some, as Beltana was not directly represented on either of those bodies, to have some form of local government. He advocated the formation of a Town Board under the Town Boards Act 1891. Mr. V. D. Elliston, solicitor, gave data on the population and rateable values, showing that the township was fully qualified to take such action under the Act. Mr. W. P. Brownell pointed out the advantages of such action as having local control of streets, footpaths, sanitary matters, etc. The meeting voted for progressing the issue and authorised the chairman to advise the Attorney-General. Their request was successful. Beltana was proclaimed a town, and was to be managed by a Town Board. The board was elected on the 26 November 1894 comprising Messrs F. W. Jordan, J. Greaves, F. W. P. Hammond, Henry Bastone and George Olney. The board met that night and elected Mr J. Greaves as first Chairman. They then met monthly, as did a related Board of Health. Elections occurred annually. In 1903 the Town Board petitioned the Governor and changed the name of the town to Lindisfarne. By 1906 local government services were provided by some 149 district and local authorities including Rural Municipalities, Town Boards, Main Road Districts, Road Districts, Local Health Districts, Fruit Districts, Rabbit Districts, School Districts, and Public Recreation Ground Districts. The Local Government Act 1906 abolished all of these bodies, consolidated council boundaries, brought together the various councils, town committees and road committees, and provided a proper legislative context in which Local Government could function. Under this Act all local authorities other than those for Hobart and Launceston were abolished and replaced by 47 municipalities. In relation to the new Clarence Municipality, four wards were created with three councillors each; Bellerive, Lindisfarne, Cambridge and Sandford wards. The last meeting of the Lindisfarne Town Board occurred on the 31 December 1907. The board was disbanded with three members Messrs A. E. Risby, A. W. Hume and J. L. Knutson being elected councillors to represent the Lindisfarne Ward. Thanks again. John Hammond PO Box 551, Clayfield 4011 QLD, Australia Mobile: +61 419 648 649 Home: +61 7 3268 5781 E-Mail: jhammond@iprimus.com.au ------------------------------- AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message