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Dover, Tasmania
Dover is the southernmost town of its size in Australia, on the western shore of Port Esperance.
At the 2021 census Dover had a population of 923, of whom 288 were aged under 40 years. 118 residents (including 59 of the 288 residents aged under 40 years) identified as 'Aboriginal' and/or 'Torres Strait Islander.' 83% of residents were born in Australia, 6% in the United Kingdom, 2% in New Zealand and about 1% each in China, Canada, Korea, the USA, Ireland and Nepal. 197 residents were employed, including 54% in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, 6% each in construction, retail and health care/ social assistance, and 5% each in public administration and professional services.
The word Dover, first recorded in its Latinised form of Portus Dubris, derives from the Brythonic word for waters (dwfr in Middle Welsh). The same element is present in the name of a French commune (Douvres) and in Modern Welsh (Dofr).
The Dover area was first inhabited by the Lyluequonny people, who were studied in detail by the French naturalists on the d'Entrecasteaux expedition in 1793.
A convict probation station the Dover Convict Probation Station was established in the 1840s, and was in use between 1844 and 1848. The Dover Museum and Gallery reports that convicts were accommodated on Hope Island or sent to Southport, and that at one time swimming was prohibited in Port Esperance due to the danger posed by sharks attracted by whaling activities.
The place name of Blubber Head, at the northern entrance to Port Esperance, indicates that shore-based bay whaling activity may have taken place here in the 19th century.
Port Esperance Post Office, which opened on 6 February 1856, was renamed "Dover" in 1895.
In 2013, the Dover Hotel pub/tavern was engulfed by fire and destroyed.
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Dover, Tasmania
Dover is the southernmost town of its size in Australia, on the western shore of Port Esperance.
At the 2021 census Dover had a population of 923, of whom 288 were aged under 40 years. 118 residents (including 59 of the 288 residents aged under 40 years) identified as 'Aboriginal' and/or 'Torres Strait Islander.' 83% of residents were born in Australia, 6% in the United Kingdom, 2% in New Zealand and about 1% each in China, Canada, Korea, the USA, Ireland and Nepal. 197 residents were employed, including 54% in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, 6% each in construction, retail and health care/ social assistance, and 5% each in public administration and professional services.
The word Dover, first recorded in its Latinised form of Portus Dubris, derives from the Brythonic word for waters (dwfr in Middle Welsh). The same element is present in the name of a French commune (Douvres) and in Modern Welsh (Dofr).
The Dover area was first inhabited by the Lyluequonny people, who were studied in detail by the French naturalists on the d'Entrecasteaux expedition in 1793.
A convict probation station the Dover Convict Probation Station was established in the 1840s, and was in use between 1844 and 1848. The Dover Museum and Gallery reports that convicts were accommodated on Hope Island or sent to Southport, and that at one time swimming was prohibited in Port Esperance due to the danger posed by sharks attracted by whaling activities.
The place name of Blubber Head, at the northern entrance to Port Esperance, indicates that shore-based bay whaling activity may have taken place here in the 19th century.
Port Esperance Post Office, which opened on 6 February 1856, was renamed "Dover" in 1895.
In 2013, the Dover Hotel pub/tavern was engulfed by fire and destroyed.