Pembroke 6 - Historical Chart

Pembroke 6 - Historical ChartItalian born Angelo Giulio Diego Bernacchi (1853 1925), entrepreneur moved to the convict settlement of Darlington, Maria Island in 1884 with a grand scheme to establish vines and orchards. In 1886 the first grapes were picked from 50,000 vines planted. Sir Matthew Davis visited the island and was so impressed be became Bernacchis partner and the Maria Island Co. The company established a township with interests in wine making, fruit growing, farming,

this plan affords us the opportunity of seeing what was in the greater CBD district of Hobart

for a more current portrayal of the area covered the Bathurst 1:50 000 map

while the town of Waratah supported a tin mine at Mount Bischoff during the late 19th/early 20th century and was Australia’s first town to have electric street lights

to the main commercial and cultural centre of Whitemark with its nearby airport

The 46km return walk is considerably more arduous than many other Tasmanian walks

this 1857 plan of part of the township shows the early street names

the two settlements were united to form the town of Devonport

Flanked on the eastern side by the seemingly endless Foochow Beach

caves and rivers was nearly flooded by hyrdo-electric scheme in the 1980s but was saved by a High Court decision

An ideal map for rafters and explorers of the wilderness

Print Size: 70cm x 112cm

Click here to see the Sideling 1:50 000 map