WELLINGTON STREET

WELLINGTON STREET, LOOKING SOUTH

Wellington Street has been a main thoroughfare in Launceston since its earliest days.

It was one of the original fourteen streets of Launceston officially named by Lt Governor Arthur in January 1825.

The others were:  Bathurst, Charles, Elizabeth, Brisbane, Frederick, George, Cameron, Tamar, William, York, Cimitiere and Paterson.  The fourteenth street was recorded in the Tasmanian and Port Dalrymple Advertiser of 26th January 1825 as St John's Street.  Today we seem to have done away with the 's and it is simply referred to as St John Steet.

157 ST JOHN STREET - MOSAIC MEMORIAL

MOSAIC RAREDOS, ST JOHN'S LAUNCESTON

This lovely mosaic reredos (“an ornamental screen covering the back wall of an altar”), made as a memorial to the fallen of World War One, is located inside St John's church in Launceston. It was made in 1921. The glass tiles were from England, and the construction was carried out by Brooks Robinson and Co of Melbourne. There is no need to say more, but if you'd like additional details, you can use TROVE to read an informative article in The Examiner 30^th June 1921.