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Scamander, Tasmania

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constructed a timber bridge in 1865, but it collapsed around May in 1875 while a large herd of cattle was being driven across it. A second and third bridge were successively washed away in floods in 1889 and 1911. Further bridges succumbed to flood and
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was built in 1936 and still stands today, used by pedestrians and bicycles. The concrete bridge that currently carries the
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in 1825. He named the river "Borthwick" and the position itself he named "Yarmouth" after the English port
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Scamander Post Office opened on 1 October 1896 and closed in 1933. It reopened in 1950.
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was built on a better alignment nearby and officially opened on 26 June 1991.
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The wide river mouth has been a challenge to bridge builders for many years.
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On the evening of 11 December 2006, 18 houses and a restaurant were
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but both the river and town were both later renamed "Scamander".
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The first European to travel through the area was surveyor
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Tasmania

Scamander is located in Tasmania
Coordinates
41°27′S 148°16′E / 41.450°S 148.267°E / -41.450; 148.267
2021 census
Postcode(s)
St Marys
St Helens
Launceston
Hobart
LGA(s)
Break O'Day Council
State electorate(s)
Lyons
Federal division(s)
Lyons
Scamander River
St Helens
St Marys
Tasmania
Australia
bream
John Helder Wedge
Great Yarmouth
Richard Terry
shipworms
truss bridge
Tasman Highway
razed by a bushfire

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