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Bass and flinders started to explore if they was a strait that existed
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Lt col William Paterson settled in Georgetown and made camp for his party.
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Lt Col paterson chaged Patersonia's name to launceston in honour of Governer philip king
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Launceston oringally called Patersonia was found on this day
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The first Colonial and Victorian buildings were built.
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The superintendant house on the corner of gorge and william was built and prisoners slept there.
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Paterson barracks was described as the best brick building in Van demons land.
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All the public buildings in st john street were built with the pos office and the telegraph office.
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The very first telegraph message sent from england and it toke 24 hours to recieve to get.
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Where the first custom house was built the mining industrie was booming with rich tin at Mt Bischoff and was processed.
