CARRICK & Entally Estate

 

1/ The Carrick Inn is a good place to park and begin your tour of Carrick.

2/ This double storey house would have been the house of a professional.

3/ This cottage was covered in greenery, as was the custom in Old England.

4/ As the sign says St Andrews would be one of the oldest churches in Tasmania.

5/ The European trees around St Andrews and the style of the church reminded me a lot of the Old England that these people wanted to recreate.

6/ In the church yard cemetery, it was hard to believe that I was not in Old England.

7/ The cemetery had a strange ethereal air about it.

8/ This is a great example of a Victorian cottage.

9/ This was a larger style Victorian cottage.

10/ This is the Victorian style hall.

11/ This is a larger Victorian gentleman's style house.

12/ This shows a Victorian era shop cum house. Behind it is the church shown above.

13/ The Prince of Wales Hotel is an impressive example of Victorian architecture.

14/ This quaint stone house is near the Stables Restaurant.

15/ The Mill Inn is an impressive Georgian style building. I was lucky to catch it in its beautiful autumn colours.

16/ This is the neo Gothic, Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd in Hadspen. Hadspen is just east of Carrick on the edge of Launceston.

 

1/ Entally House is a Colonial estate with a variety of well preserved buildings.

2/ To the rear is a large coach house and a chapel. Country estates strove to be self sufficient as importing was both expense and difficult in the 19th Century.

3/ The Chapel was built out of stone and represents a considerable expense for the Estate.

4/ The stain glass window would have been very expensive to import and it shows the importance of religion in 19th Century society.

5/ There are quite a variety of buildings housing the different activities of the workers.

6/ The very large garden demonstrates the importance of gardens to the gentry, plus the effect of 170 years of development. This is why it today hosts the garden festival today.

7/ Beyond this gate is the Yard or major work area of the old Estate.

8/ The lawn was once the bustling centre of work on the Estate. The sheds are where various labours were performed. Today they house a display of ancient tools and equipment.

9/ The gardener was such an important worker that he was even provided with his own cottage.

 

1/ This water color painting shows what Entally looked like in the late 19th Century. The bottom picture shows a cricket match being played on the Estate's lawn.

2/ The lounge room was decorated with authentic, expensive furniture of the 19th Century.

3/ The Dining Room was decorcated with beautiful exhibits of the time. You appreciate exhibits much more when you see them in their authentic, historic environment.

4/ The Gentlemens' Retreat contained a card table and other furnishings. Here the gentry once discussed the affairs of the Colony and the British Empire.

5/ The Hallway was decorated with a number of paintings. Unfortunately, they were not flush with the wall, as was the custom in the 19th Century.

6/ The Library contained a collection of old tomes, which would be of interest to history students.

7/ The Master Bedroom contained a ladies seen and a vanity mirror.

8/ The master bed was impressive, but small by modern standards.

9/ The stairway demonstrated that life was difficult, even for the rich in the 19th Century.

10/ The Maid's Bedroom was quite small compared to the Master Bedroom.

11/ The Nursery had a lovely collection of 19th Century toys.

12/ These three dolls looked, almost, like they were part of a story.

13/ The piano seemed to be a very ancient type and shows the wealth of the Estate.

14/ This was the Gentleman's Toilet. The maid had to empty it in the morning and on demand.

 

1/ Agfest is held near Carrick in March. It is the largest agricultural event in Tasmania. It had over 500 stores display a very wide range of products related to agriculture.

2/ These prize bulls were on display in the stock section.

3/ These ancient 2 stroke outboard engines for boats were on display.

4/ The historic section even included this ancient potato picking machine.

5/ Steam prime movers were very important for production in the 19th Century.

6/ This Massey Tractor was one of the first to be mass produced in Australia.

7/ The historic tractor display included many fine examples.

8/ The tractor displays also included a very wide range of ultra modern types.

9/ A variety of 4WD vehicles demonstrated their endurance around a very difficult track.

10/ A very wide range of plows and harvesters were on display.

11/ In the sheep dog trials you see the skill of both the dog and the trainer as they dog puts the sheep through the obstacles with a minimum of commands from the trainer.

12/ A wide range of heavy transport vehicles were on display.

13/ People could even go on helicopter flights around the Carrick area.