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History & Culture
A Sense of History…1846:
Australia's oldest continuous school…
now your home away from home…
history, charm & elegance
Classified by the National Trust and built in 1847 at a cost of 1000 pounds, The Colonial originally housed the Launceston Church Grammar School, opening with 24 pupils.
The establishment of the school was largely due to the efforts of Governor Sir John Franklin, after whom the function room The Guv’nors Table has been named.
At this time, Launceston had only 8000 inhabitants (2000 of whom turned out to witness the laying of the foundation stone).
There were no street lights, water was carted to the doors, mail services were uncertain, coaches were the only means of transport and the electric telegraph was unknown.
The twice-weekly coach trip to Hobart Town took 16 hours and 10 changes of horses. A far cry from the two hour car journey of today!
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