Talk:New Norfolk

Hobart Suburbs Template
New Norfolk is not a suburb of Hobart, it is a separate town 35km from Hobart. User:Kyle sb was quite right to remove the template. Phaedrus86 22:56, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

While this may be true, is it likely to be absorbed into Hobart anytime soon? I ask because i see both Bridgewater and Kingston have been absorbed (I realise they're closer), despite being seperate in the ABS stats as late as 2004. Davo499 (talk) 13:23, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

New Norfolk is not part of a council
It is not possible for a town to be part of a council. A council in Tasmania is an elected body of people. The town is part of the municipality that the council governs, in this case the Municpality of Derwent Valley. I think this should be changed. Phaedrus86 10:29, 2 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I withdraw my objection. This issue has been resolved by Chuq - see Talk:Derwent Valley Council. Phaedrus86 06:56, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Lt Gov David Collins relevance?
I'm removing the following two paragraphs from the article for the moment because there's no stated or apparent connection (i.e. the information, in its current state, appears to be irrelevant) between Lt Gov David Collins and New Norfolk.

Resettlement of Norfolk Islanders
"The town has strong links to Australia's First Fleet of 1788, since Lieutenant Governor David Collins himself was a First Fleet Officer who spent 8 years in Sydney from 1788 until 1796.

He was transferred back to England to be later appointed leader of the expedition to form the settlement near Bass Strait which today is Tasmania. Collins named the district "The Hills" and selected the fertile valley as a separate crop production area for the colony."

-- Ty rS  16:18, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Oldest pub
The matter of which is the oldest pub in Australia is contentious, and a consensus has not been publicly reached yet. I think the best idea would be to discuss this 'highly' controversal topic here: Talk:Australian_pub

Jkokavec (talk) 07:48, 15 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Read the context - it does not say it is the oldest, it says it is the oldest continously licenced - see the plaque at http://www.australianbeers.com/pubs/bushin/bush.htm. Andreclos (talk) 00:06, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
 * It has now been discussed and there have been no objections to it being described as is - there is no claim that it is the oldest per se. I will now remove the "dubious-discuss" tag, since it has been discussed. Andreclos (talk) 07:08, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 20 November 2018

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: moved  (non-admin closure)   JC7V (talk) 09:03, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

New Norfolk, Tasmania → New Norfolk – The only place name in the world, no need disambigulation. B dash (talk) 09:26, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment: Is it possible that this would be confused with other Norfolks that aren't New?  ONR  (talk)  10:56, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Hatnote added. --B dash (talk) 12:23, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Support Per WP:PRECISE/WP:NCAUST as "New Norfolk" already redirects here. There isn't much confusion between New York and York so the hatnote is more than enough. I'll also add a hatnote to New Norfolk County, Virginia but that should't be a problem as US counties always include the word "County" in the name and its long extinct anyway.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 13:22, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose see Gbooks; absolutely no benefit in removing Tasmania. In ictu oculi (talk) 13:53, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Support Entirely unnecessary disambiguation that adds nothing to the encyclopedia. The "disambiguation" of non-ambiguous terms confuses casual readers and new editors alike. Only kept as the remnants of a defunct naming guideline, long since changed. If this was for any other topic except for a place name in Australia or the US (or potentially Canada) it wouldn't even be controversial. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 07:04, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Support There is no reason to use unnecessary disambiguation for geographical names.--Grahame (talk) 23:56, 21 November 2018 (UTC)


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