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Ross - TAS

The Uniting church overlooks the bridge

The original bakery at Ross. Part is now accommodation.

The Man O Ross hotel

The cenotaph at the turn to Hobart

The historic Ross Bridge completed in 1836

The Barracks where detachments of soldiers from a number of famous British regiments once lived and guarded convicts

The Commandant's Cottage is all that is left of the old Female Factory

20th Century telephone boxes with working modern phones inside them.

Convict Bridge at Ross

Ross

Town

Position

DEG: -42.03081 147.49269

DMS: 42º 01' 50.92" S 147º 29' 33.69" E

UTM: 55 G 5346686mN 540784mE

Altitude: 185.61m

Place Type

Population - Town

Location

95.61kms North of Hobart - Driving 121 km (1 hour 26 mins)
515.66kms SouthEast of Melbourne - Driving 617 km (22 hours 27 mins)

Address & Contact

35 Church St
Ross TAS 7209

Phone: 03 6381 5466

Email: taswoolcentre@bigpond.com

Web: http://www.visitross.com.au

Information

Ross is an historic town in the Midlands of the state of Tasmania in Australia. On the Macquarie River, Ross is located 78 km south of Launceston and 117 km north of Hobart. The town is listed on the Register of the National Estate and is noted for its historic bridge, original sandstone buildings and convict history, Originally established as a garrison in 1821, it was laid out as a town, but was not proclaimed as such until 1847.

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Ross at 16/09:00am EST

Distance from Ross 0.68km N

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
10.6°C	4.8°C	75%	6.4°C	hPa	0.2mm	NNW	26km/hr 14knots	km/hr knots

Closest Climatic Station

Ross (The Boulevards)

Distance from Ross 0.68km N

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	24.5	24.1	21.6	17.5	14.3	11.7	11.2	12.6	14.4	17.0	20.0	22.6
Mean Min. °C	10.6	10.6	7.9	5.7	3.3	1.7	1.4	2.4	3.7	4.8	6.8	8.5
Mean Rain mm	45.2	39.3	35.5	36.0	29.1	39.8	38.0	48.3	54.6	41.7	48.6	39.0