Sorell - Tasmania - Focus on Tasmania

SORELL ( pop. 3199 )

( South )

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IN BRIEF Sorell was settled in 1808 and named after Lt. Governor William Sorell. It soon became known as the Granary of Australia as large quantities of grain were shipped to the New South Wales colony.
A railway operated between Bellerive and Sorell between mid-1892 and mid-1926. As there was no facility for turning locomotives, the train ran in reverse to Bellerive and was never connected to the main railway network at Hobart. The line was closed due to operational losses.
Sorell, the centre of a rich agricultural and pastoral district, is the gateway to both the Tasman Peninsula and the East Coast.

DISTANCES Launceston - 207 km, 2hrs 20 mins
Eaglehawk Neck - 56 km, 45 mins

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IN BRIEF	Sorell was settled in 1808 and named after Lt. Governor William Sorell. It soon became known as the Granary of Australia as large quantities of grain were shipped to the New South Wales colony. A railway operated between Bellerive and Sorell between mid-1892 and mid-1926. As there was no facility for turning locomotives, the train ran in reverse to Bellerive and was never connected to the main railway network at Hobart. The line was closed due to operational losses. Sorell, the centre of a rich agricultural and pastoral district, is the gateway to both the Tasman Peninsula and the East Coast.
DISTANCES	Launceston - 207 km, 2hrs 20 mins Eaglehawk Neck - 56 km, 45 mins
WHAT TO SEE & DO
SERVICES