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The first official land grant was provided in 1830 and in 1835 the small village was renamed St Helens. It would have continued to be an inconsequential port had not tin been discovered at Blue Tier in 1874. Suddenly the port, and the routes to the tin mines, were awash with miners. Over 1000 Chinese
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116:Population
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1300:St Helens
1295:Scamander
1275:Coles Bay
375:St Helens
313:Australia
305:St Helens
281:Stieglitz
277:St Helens
238:717.9 mm
145:Scamander
88:41°19′0″S
65:St Helens
25:St Helens
1697:Category
1614:Schouten
1599:Governor
1508:Man-made
1305:St Marys
1280:Dunalley
1250:Tasmania
1049:See also
1037:Source:
989:Average
937:(28.26)
868:Average
653:(107.2)
593:(107.2)
472:seabirds
387:swimming
368:shipping
344:St Marys
309:Tasmania
228:18.1 °C
151:St Marys
138:Location
30:Tasmania
1709:Commons
1578:Lachlan
1559:Islands
1472:Natural
1310:Swansea
1265:Bicheno
1206:24 June
1175:Birdata
1136:16 June
1081:28 June
932:(2.33)
927:(3.07)
922:(2.80)
917:(2.09)
912:(2.20)
907:(1.73)
902:(2.59)
897:(1.89)
892:(2.10)
887:(2.67)
882:(2.43)
877:(2.35)
863:(30.2)
858:(39.7)
853:(35.4)
848:(33.6)
843:(31.5)
838:(30.2)
833:(30.4)
828:(30.2)
823:(32.0)
818:(34.3)
813:(37.6)
808:(43.3)
803:(40.6)
793:(48.2)
788:(53.2)
783:(50.4)
778:(46.8)
773:(44.1)
768:(41.5)
763:(40.8)
758:(42.1)
753:(45.0)
748:(49.3)
743:(53.4)
738:(55.9)
733:(56.3)
723:(64.6)
718:(70.3)
713:(67.1)
708:(63.7)
703:(61.0)
698:(57.7)
693:(56.5)
688:(57.4)
683:(61.0)
678:(65.5)
673:(70.0)
668:(71.8)
663:(73.2)
648:(98.2)
643:(92.8)
638:(85.5)
633:(77.4)
628:(69.6)
623:(66.7)
618:(66.6)
613:(75.4)
608:(83.1)
603:(93.9)
598:(96.1)
508:Köppen:
498:Climate
383:fishing
360:whaling
354:History
348:Bicheno
340:Star FM
240:28.3 in
233:9.0 °C
1609:Picnic
1327:former
1290:Orford
1285:Fingal
984:154.1
544:Month
526:Hobart
476:waders
391:timber
172:LGA(s)
1583:Maria
981:10.9
978:12.0
975:12.8
972:12.7
969:16.1
966:17.5
963:16.8
960:13.6
957:12.3
954:10.2
951:10.3
935:717.9
583:Year
235:48 °F
230:65 °F
201:Lyons
189:Lyons
1208:2024
1183:2011
1138:2012
1083:2022
993:(%)
948:8.9
930:59.2
925:77.9
920:71.2
915:53.0
910:55.9
905:44.0
900:65.9
895:48.0
890:53.3
885:67.7
880:61.6
875:59.6
861:−1.0
841:−0.3
836:−1.0
831:−0.9
826:−1.0
786:11.8
781:10.2
741:11.9
736:13.3
731:13.5
721:18.1
716:21.3
711:19.5
706:17.6
701:16.1
696:14.3
691:13.6
686:14.1
681:16.1
676:18.6
671:21.1
666:22.1
661:22.9
651:41.8
646:36.8
641:33.8
636:29.7
631:25.2
626:20.9
621:19.3
616:19.2
611:24.1
606:28.4
601:34.4
596:35.6
591:41.8
580:Dec
577:Nov
574:Oct
571:Sep
568:Aug
565:Jul
562:Jun
559:May
556:Apr
553:Mar
550:Feb
547:Jan
518:Cfbk
474:and
371:port
133:7216
1032:62
1029:58
1026:62
1023:60
1020:60
1017:62
1014:67
1011:68
1008:64
1005:64
1002:61
999:63
996:58
856:4.3
851:1.9
846:0.9
821:0.0
816:1.3
811:3.1
806:6.3
801:4.8
791:9.0
776:8.2
771:6.7
766:5.3
761:4.9
756:5.6
751:7.2
746:9.6
511:Cfb
364:tin
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377:,
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