STORIES OF CAMPBELL TOWN
Campbell Town, Tasmania, is the home of both the first telephone call in the Southern Hemisphere, from Campbell Town to Launceston, and the oldest continuous agricultural show in the Commonwealth. It began in 1839 and is still held the first Tuesday and Wednesday in June--and it usually rains.
In 1874, Dr William Valentine provided the site for a viewing of a rare astronomical event, the transit of Venus. Special trains brought dy trippers from Launceston. Experts urged people to view the transit only through deeply coloured or smoked glass to protect their eyes
Colonel Harold Gatty, born in Campbell Town, navigated the first round-the-world flight in Winnie Mae, which was piloted by one-eyed stuntman American Indian Wiley Post.
Harold Gatty Memorial, Campbell Town, Tasmania
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