Towns within Tasmania listing distance in MILES from
Hobart or Launceston.
Meant only to be a guide, refer to a Colonial Map
for exact distance.
Information taken from Post Office directory 1890-91.
| TOWN | DISTANCE FROM Hobart or Launceston | HOW TO GET THERE from | TYPE OF DISTRICT |
| Macquarie | see Ross | ||
| Macquarie Harbour | see Strahan | ||
| Macquarie Plains | 32 miles North by rail From Hobart | Hop Growing & Agricultural District | |
| Mangana | 70 miles From Launceston | 6 miles from Fingal | Gold Mining District |
| Margate | 15 miles South From Hobart | ||
| Maria Island | 65 miles N.E. from Hobart | 40 miles by steamer from Triabunna | Agricultural District |
| Maryborough | see Broadmarsh Upper | ||
| Mathinna | 85 miles From Launceston | rail to Fingal | Mining District |
| Mayfield | see Lisdillion | ||
| Melrose | 83 miles West From Launceston | Agricultural District | |
| Melton Mowbray | 32 miles North From Hobart | rail to Brighton | Agricultural District |
| Middleton (Long Bay) | 30 miles S.W.by steamer From Hobart | Fruit Growing District | |
| Millbrook | 75 miles East From Launceston | Mt Nicholas siding near Township | Mining Township |
| Mole Creek | 62 miles From Launceston | rail to Deloraine | Agricultural District |
| Montacute | see Constitution Hill | ||
| Montagu | 166 miles West by Steamer From Launceston | Via Stanley | Agricultural District |
| Monto's marsh | see Ellendale | ||
| Moorina | 75 miles From Launceston | rail to Scottsdale | Tin Mining District |
| Moriarty Road | 80 miles West From Launceston | 5 miles from Latrobe | Agricultural District |
| Motton North | see Ulverstone & North Motton | ||
| Mount Bischoff | see Waratah | ||
| Mount Cameron AKA Gladstone | 100 miles South From Launceston | rail to Scottsdale | Tin Mining Town |
| Mount Direction aka Dilston | 9 miles North From Launceston | Agricultural District | |
| Mount Horror | see Boobyalla | ||
| Mount Lyell | see Lynch's Creek & strahan | ||
| Mount Lyons | see Montagu River | ||
| Mount Nicholas | see Millbrook | ||
| Mount Seymour aka Rumney Huts | 60 miles North From Hobart | rail to Parattah | Agricultural District |
| Mount Zeehan | 190 miles N.W. by steamer From Hobart | Silver Mining District | |
| Mountain River | 24 miles North From Hobart | Agricultural District | |
| Mowbray | a suburb of Launceston | ||
| Muddy Creek | see Duck River | ||
| Myrtle Bank | 23 miles S.E. From Launceston | rail to Lisle | Agricultural District |
| Nedles | 51 miles From Launceston | rail to Deloraine | Agricultural District |
| New Ground | see Moriarty Road | ||
| New Norfolk | 21 1/2 miles West From Hobart | Fruit & Hopgrowing District | Agricultural & Pastoral District |
| Newnham | 3 miles North From Launceston | East Tamar District | Agricultural District |
| Newstead | a suburb of Launeston | ||
| Newtown | suburb of Hobart | ||
| Nile | see Lymington | ||
| Nine Mile Springs | see Lefroy | ||
| Norfolk Bay | see Taranna | ||
| North Motton | 100 miles South From Launceston | rail to Formby | Agricultural District |
| Northdown | 83 miles West From Launceston | Steamer to Torquay | |
| Nubeena | 25 miles East From Hobart | Tasman Peninsula | Agricultural District |
| Nugent | 45 miles From Hobart | Agricultural District | |
| O'Briens Bridge | see Glenorchy | ||
| Oaks | in Bracknell & Glenore Districts | Farming District | |
| Oatlands | 52 miles North From Hobart | via Parattah | Agricultural & Pastoral District |
| Old Beach aka Pontville | 13 miles N.E. From Hobart | rail to Austins Ferry | Agricultural District |
| Orford | 49 miles From Hobart | rail to Campania | Agricultural District |
| Ormley | 59 miles From Launceston | on Fingal line via Conara | |
| Ouse | 54 miles N.W. From Hobart | rail to Macquarie Plains | Agricultural District |
| Oyster Cove | see Little Oyster Cove | ||
| Panama | see Gloconda | Floating Goldfield district | |
| Paradise | see Sheffield | ||
| Parattah | 55 miles From Hobart | 78 miles From Launceston | |
| Parkham | 40 Miles From Launceston | 10 miles from Whitefoord Hills | Agricultural District |
| Pateena | 20 miles From Launceston | rail to Longford | Agricultural District |
| Patersonia | 16 miles N.E From Launceston | Farming District | |
| Pearsons Point | 18 miles From Hobart | 8 miles from Kingston | A Pilot Station |
| Penguin Creek | 100 miles N.W.From Launceston | rail to Formby | Agricultural District |
| Peppermint Bay | see Woodbridge | ||
| Perth | 14 miles From Launceston | ||
| Piemans River | see Royenrine | ||
| Pipers River aka Turners Marsh | 30 miles North From Launceston | 15 miles from Lilydale | Agricultural District |
| Pontville | 20 miles North From Hobart | rail to Brighton | Agricultural District |
| Porkham | see Elizabeth Town | ||
| Port Arthur | Postal name Carnarvon | ||
| Port Cygnet | 50 miles South | see Lymington | Agricultural & Fruit Growing District |
| Port Esperance | 42 miles From Hobart | Agricultural District | |
| Powers Rivulet | see Goshen | ||
| Premaydena | see Impression Bay | ||
| Prossers Plains | see Buckland | ||
| Pygengana | see Georges River | ||
| Quamby Brook | 51 miles West From Launceston | 6 miles from Deloraine | |
| Queens River | see Lynchs Creek & Strahan | ||
| Queensborough | see Hobart | ||
| Railton | 67 miles West From Launceston | see also Dulverton | |
| Raminea | 45 miles From Hobart | 3 miles from Port Esperance | |
| Ramsgate | see Recherche bay | ||
| Ravenswood | a suburb of Launeston | ||
| Recherche bay | 57 miles South From Hobart | Timber District | |
| Red Hills | see Deloraine | ||
| Reedy marsh | see Mathinna & Deloraine | ||
| Remine | 24 miles from Strahan | ||
| Rhyndaston | 45 miles North From Hobart | Agricultural District | |
| Richmond | 15 miles North From Hobart | Agricultural District | |
| Ridgeway | 4 miles From Hobart | Fruit Growing District | |
| Ringarooma | 65 miles From Launceston | 18 miles from Scottsdale | Agricultural District |
| Risdon | 3 miles From Hobart | Agricultural District | |
| River Plenty | 25 miles From Hobart | Via new Norfolk | |
| Rokeby | see Clarence Plains | ||
| Rosevale | 8 miles North From Launceston | Agricultural District | |
| Rosevears | 11 Miles North From Launceston | On Tamar River | |
| Ross | 83 miles North From Hobart | 50 miles From Launceston | Agricultural District |
| Royenrine | 40 miles from Waratah | Mining Township | |
| Rumney Huts | 62 miles South From Hobart | rail to Parattah | Agricultural District |
| Russelldale | see Glenora | ||
| Russells Falls | see Fentonbury | ||
| Safety Cove | see Carnarvon | ||
| Salisbury | see Beaconsfield Co | ||
| Saltwater River | 30 miles South From Hobart | ||
| Sandford | see Rokeby,South Arm,Bellerive | ||
| Sassafras | 81 miles From Launceston | rail to Latrobe | Agricultural District |
| Scotchtown | see Duck River | ||
| Scottsdale | see Ellesmere | ||
| Selbourne | 40 miles N.W. From Launceston | rail to Hagley | Agricultural District |
| Seymour | 151 miles From Hobart | 16 miles from St Marys | Agricultural District |
| Sheffield | 75 miles From Launceston | 8 miles Railton | Agricultural District |
| Shellstone | see Risdon | ||
| Shepton Montacute | see Constitution Hill | ||
| Shipwrights Point | 33 miles From Hobart | via Geeveston | |
| Sidmouth | 28 miles S.E From Launceston | Agricultural District | |
| Snake Banks | see Epping Forest | ||
| Snug River | 18 miles South From Hobart | Fruit Growing District | |
| Somerset | 97 miles From Launceston | near Burnie | Agricultural District |
| Sorell | 15 miles East From Hobart | 13 miles from Bellerive | |
| South Arm | 25 miles South From Hobart | Fruit & Agricultural District | |
| South Franklin | 30 miles South From Hobart | Agricultural District | |
| South Port | 60 miles South From Hobart | Agricultural District | |
| Southbridge | see Victoria | ||
| Spalford | 100 miles N.W. From Launceston | 13 1/2 miles from Formby | Agricultural District |
| Spreyton | 80 miles From Launceston | 3 miles from Formby | |
| Spring Bay | see Triabunna | ||
| Spring Hill | 38 miles North From Hobart | via melton Mowbray | |
| Springfield | 39 miles N.E. From Launceston | Agricultural District | |
| St Helens | 115 miles From Launceston | 150 miles From Hobart | |
| St Leonards | suburb of Launceston | ||
| St Marys | 82 miles From Launceston | Agricultural District | |
| St Michaels | 11 miles North From Launceston | Agricultural District | |
| Stanley | 245 miles From Hobart | 141 miles From Launceston | Pastoral District |
| Stonehenge | 71 miles From Hobart | 94 miles From Launceston | |
| Strahan | 180 miles West From Hobart | ||
| Strathblane | see kaminea | ||
| Summerleas | see Kingston | ||
| Surges Bay | 44 | miles S.W. From Hobart | Agricultural District |
| Swan bay | see Dilston | ||
| Swansea | 90 miles N.E. From Hobart | 80 miles From Launceston | Agricultural District |
| Table Cape | see Wynyard | ||
| Taranna | 48 miles East From Hobart | Includes Norfolk Bay | Agricultural District |
| Taylors Bay | 35 miles South From Hobart | Agricultural District | |
| Tea Tree | 21 miles North From Hobart | Farming District | |
| Terry Vale | see Goshen | ||
| The Nook | 85 miles West From Launceston | Agricultural District | |
| Thomas Plains | see Weldborough | ||
| Three Hut Point | see Gordon | ||
| Tongataboo | see Deloraine | ||
| Torquay | see East Devonport | ||
| Trevallyn | suburb of Launceston | ||
| Triabunna | 55 miles From Hobart | 40 miles from Campania | |
| Trial Bay | see Woodbridge | ||
| Trial Harbour | see Remine | ||
| Tunbridge | 59 miles South From Launceston | 74 miles From Hobart | Agricultural District |
| Tunnack | 65 1/2 miles From Hobart | Agricultural District | |
| Turners Marsh | 13 1/2 miles From Launceston | Agricultural District | |
| Tyenna | see Glenora | ||
| Ulverstone | 95 miles N.W. From Launceston | see also Railton & Lowes Bridge | |
| Underwood | 9 miles N.E From Launceston | Agricultural District | |
| Uxbridge | 6 miles S.W. From Hobart | Agricultural District | |
| Victoria AKA Huonville | 23 miles West From Hobart | Fruit,Timber & Agricultural District | |
| Waratah | 100 miles N.E.From Hobart | Tin Mining District | |
| Waterloo | see Sturges bay | ||
| Wattle hill | 20 miles East From Hobart | Agricultural District | |
| Wedge bay | see Nubeena | ||
| Weldborough | 70 miles N.E.From Launceston | Mining Township | |
| Welsh | see Port Cygnet | ||
| Wesley Vale | 80 miles West From Launceston | 5 miles from Latrobe | |
| West Devonport | see Devonport | ||
| West Kentish | 50 miles From Launceston | 12 miles from Railton | Pastoral & Agricultural District |
| Westbury | 35 miles | From Launceston | Pastoral & Agricultural District |
| Westwood | 35 miles From Launceston | 5 miles from Hagley | Agricultural District |
| Weymouth | see Back Creek | ||
| White Hills | 9 miles South From Launceston | 3 miles from Breadalbane | |
| Whitefoord | 65 mile N.W.From Hobart | 10 miles from Parattah | Agricultural District |
| Whitefoord Hills | 55 miles From Launceston | Agricultural District | |
| Windermere | see Dilston | ||
| Winkleigh | 23 miles North From Launceston | Agricultural District | |
| Woodbridge | 52 miles South From Hobart | Agricultural District | |
| Woodsdale | 71 miles From Hobart | 94 miles From Launceston | Agricultural District |
| Woodstock | 27 miles South From Hobart | Agricultural District | |
| Wyniford River | 80 miles From Launceston | on East Coast | Tin Mining District |
| Wynyard | 104 miles From Launceston | 250 miles From Hobart | |
| Youngtown | 4 miles From Launceston | On Hobart Main Road | |
| Zeehan | see Mount Zeehan |