Touring Tasmania - Stanley
One of the last towns on the north-west coast of Tasmania is Stanley. Stanley has some interesting scenery and is the main fishing port on this coast as well as being a popular tourist destination.

Stanley was founded in October 1826 by English settlers who were employees of Van Diemen’s Land Company. They named the settlement Stanley after Lord Stanley, the British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, and who later became British Prime Minister.

Stanley was the first location for a connection between the mainland and Tasmania, when in 1936 a submarine telegraph and telephone cable was used between Stanley and Apollo Bay.   Read More ...