East Grinstead, Tasmania

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East Grinstead, Tasmania is a township in Somerset County, Tasmania about 80 miles from Hobart. [1] It is named after East Grinstead, a Sussex township between London and Eastbourne, England.

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References

  1. Rev. John West, History of Tasmania.