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Beaconsfield, Tasmania
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
A town of Devon county, Tasmania, on the river Tamar, 28 m. direct N.W. of Launceston. Pop. (1901) 2658. From its port at Beauty Point, 31 m. distant, with which it is connected by a steam tramway, communication is maintained with Georgetown and Launceston. It is the centre of the most important gold-field in the island.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Beaconsfield, Tasmania'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/beaconsfield-tasmania.html. 1910.