Guide to the Health Resorts in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. Centennial edition / edited and compiled by Ludwig Bruck.

Date:
1888
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Credit: Guide to the Health Resorts in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. Centennial edition / edited and compiled by Ludwig Bruck. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Deep Creek, (6m.) ; Glenlyon (6^m.) ; the Coliban Falls, a romantic spot 2^ miles from Trentham (14m.) ; Mt. Blow- hard. Special Indications : General Debility, Pulmonary and Nervous Affections. Season : From October to April. Doctors : Drs. E. H. C. Massy, T. R. H. Willis. Hotels : The “ Commercial,” the “ Victoria,” the “ Royal,” the “ Albert,” the “ Terminus,” the “ Liverpool Arms,” the “ Raglan,” the “ Manchester.” Mrs. Brown’s Coffee Palace (charges moderate), with excellent accommoda- tion. DELORAINE, Tasmania, 800 feet above sea-level, 45 miles (by rail) S.W. from Launceston, and 23 miles from the coast, pleasantly situated on the river Meander, the centre of one of the finest agricultural districts in the colony. The total rainfall in 1886 amounted to 37 inches, with 146 wet days. Post and Telegraph Office ; Public Library. Excursions : The famous Chudleigh Caves (15m.) ; the magnificent falls of the Meander ; Quamby Bluff, an isolated, lofty montain ; Mount Rolland. Doctor : Dr. J. M. MacNeece. Hotels: The “Deloraine,” the “Commercial,” the “ Shamrock,” the “ Plough,” the “ Bush.” DEVONPORT or NORTH SHORE, New Zealand, a marine suburb, 2\ miles N.E. of Auckland. Fine strand ; sea-bathing ; fishing ; boating ; yachting. Post and Tele- graph Office. Good hotels. Excursions : See Auckland. DROMANA, Victoria, 35 miles (by steamer) S. from Melbourne, a favourite watering-place on the shores of Hob- son’s Bay ; surrounding country mountainous. The average annual rainfall is 29-2 inches. Sea-bathing ; sea-fishing ; shooting (rabbits). Jetty, 1,400 feet long, forming a pleasant promenade. Post and Telegraph Office ; Mechanics’ Institute ; Race-course (3m.)