Cornwall is one of Tasmania’s twenty land districts, in the north-east of the state. It was proclaimed as a county in 1836 and named after the English county.
It is bordered by the North Esk River to the north and the South Esk River to the south, and contains most of Launceston, Tasmania’s second city.
Eastward the district reaches the Tasman Sea, taking in the coastal towns of St Helens and St Marys.
Towns and localities in the Cornwall Land District:
- Launceston
- Perth
- Evandale
- Hadspen
- Breadalbane
- Avoca
- Fingal
- St Marys
- St Helens
- Scamander
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