NATIONAL TRUST OF AUSTRALIA (TASMANIA)
Franklin House, 413 Hobart Road, Launceston
Postal address: PO Box 711, Launceston 7250
Tel: (03) 6344 6233
Fax: (03) 6344 4033
Email: mailto:Admin@nationaltrusttas.org.au
Website: http://www.nationaltrusttas.org.au/
Here is a link to the Tasmanian National Trust’s “Properties” page

Clarendon Homestead
via Evandale (27 kms from Launceston)
Access via C416
Tel: (03) 6398 6220
Situated on the banks of the South Esk, Clarendon is one of Australia’s great Georgian houses. James Cox, second son of William Cox who pioneered the first road over the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, completed Clarendon in 1838. Enjoy the conservatory tearooms.
Open: daily, 10am–5pm (4pm Jun, Jul & Aug). Closed Christmas Day, Good Friday.

Franklin House
Hobart Road, Franklin Village, Launceston
Access C402
Tel: (03) 6344 7824
A charming Georgian house built in 1838 for Mr Britton Jones. Authentically furnished during 2004. In 1842 it became the WK Hawkes School for Boys. An outstanding feature of the interior is the woodwork, all from NSW cedar.
Open: 1 Oct to 31 Mar, Mon–Sat 9am–5pm, 1 Apr to 30 Sep, Mon–Sat,
Sundays 12 to 4pm. Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday.

Home Hill
77 Middle Road, Devonport
Tel: (03) 64248055
The former Australian Prime Minister, Joseph Lyons, and Dame Enid Lyons
built Home Hill in 1916. The house is as Dame Enid left it and contains many interesting and historic mementos.
Open: 1 May-31 Dec Tue–Thu & Sun 2pm-4pm, Sat 12–4pm. 1 Jan to 30
Apr, Tue-Thurs & Sat 12-4pm, Wed & Sun 2pm–4pm. Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday.

Latrobe Court House Museum, 1882
113 – 115 Gilbert Street, Latrobe
Tel: (03) 6426 2777 or 6426 1833
The Court House Museum tells the story of Latrobe and surrounding areas
since European settlement began in the mid nineteenth century. The centre of a rich agricultural and forestry district the town has also been a major port on the North West coast, the site of the Tasmania’s oil shale industry and birthplace of competitive wood chopping in Australia. The Museum tells its stories through changing displays and rich photographic collections. The Latrobe Court House Museum holds a large collection of images tracing the Latrobe area's history. This is now available to view on-line together with the Curators' notes. Prints from the majority of images are available for non-commercial use.
Open: Tues, Wed, Thurs and Fri 1.00pm–4.00pm. Booked groups by
arrangement. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Good Friday.

Norfolk Plains Heritage Centre & Lake Masonic Lodge
Masonic Hall, 11 William Street, Longford
Tel: (03) 63911860
The Norfolk Plains Heritage Centre with Lake Masonic Lodge is located in
Longford near the historic Christ Church. The Heritage Centre has an
exhibition space and archival resources which draw on the significant
collections of the Norfolk Plains Group of the National Trust and explore the towns, people and industries of the Norfolk Plains District. The Lake Masonic Lodge is a fully furnished Masonic Lodge open to the public. The furnishings have a symbolic value within the practice of freemasonry. In addition, the Heritage Centre provides access for both visitors and those undertaking research on aspects of the history of the Norfolk Plains District or the families of those who lived in the District.
Open: Wed 11.00am-4.00pm, Thurs 11.00am-4.00pm, Sun 2.00pm-4.00pm. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Good Friday.

Oak Lodge
18 Bridge Street, Richmond
Tel: (03) 6344 6233
A beautiful Georgian three-storeyed ashlar dwelling with a lovely fan light
over the entry door and convict paved ‘cobbled’ garden paths with two
substantial oak trees in the front garden.

Old Umbrella Shop
60 George Street, Launceston
Tel: (03) 6331 9248
Constructed in the 1860s in a transitional early Victorian style and built
entirely of Tasmanian Blackwood, the Shop is the last genuine period shop in Tasmania. Umbrellas were manufactured and sold at the shop from the turn of the century. Umbrellas used during the last 100 years are on display.
Open: Mon–Fri 9am–5pm, Sat 9am–12noon. Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday.

Penghana, 1898
32 The Esplanade, Queenstown
Tel: (03) 6471 2560
An impressive house and grounds dramatically sited overlooking
Queenstown. It was the home of Robert Sticht the first mine manager of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company who developed the company into the largest industrial enterprise in Tasmania during the early twentieth century. Subsequently this splendid Federation style house was home to 13 more mine managers. The grounds of the house are open. The house is now used for accommodation and a restaurant.
Open: daily.

Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site
Cnr Brisbane and Campbell Streets, Hobart
Tel: (03) 6231 0911
Construction began in 1831, to the design of famous colonial architect John Lee Archer, as the Chapel for the adjacent Prisoner’s Barracks.
Open: daily, guided tours at 10am, 11.30am, 1.00pm and 2.30pm. Ghost
tours at 8pm, phone 0417 361392 for bookings. Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday.

Runnymede
61 Bay Road, New Town, Hobart
Tel: (03) 6278 1269
A colonial house built in 1836 by Robert Pitcairn. Captain Charles Bayley
acquired the house in 1864 and named it Runnymede after his favourite
ship.
Open: Mon–Fri 10am–4.30pm, weekends 12noon–4.30pm. Closed Christmas Day, Good Friday and July.