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New Norfolk, town, southern Tasmania, Australia, on the River Derwent. It is located about 15 miles (25 km) northwest of Hobart. From 1807 to 1808, inhabitants of Norfolk Island in the South Pacific Ocean were resettled in the area, and in 1811 the town site was chosen by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and named Elizabeth Town after his wife. It was renamed in 1827 by the settlers for their earlier island home. New Norfolk was the centre of a municipality from 1863. Linked to Hobart by rail and the Lyell Highway, the town serves a locale yielding hops, apples, oats, and ...(100 of 156 words)

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