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Layer Id 711 Name Tasmanian 19th century Parish Centroids v.1
Description

This file contains 499 centroids for Van Diemen's Land/Tasmanian parishes

These centroids are used as a reference point to aid the location of other information. Digital History Tasmania is in the process of creating a series of shape files for each parish. This information will be updated and links provided when these are completed.

Subject Keywords tasmania, van diemen's land, centroid, parish
Type Placename Creator Trudy Cowley, Jacinta Marr, Hamish Maxwell-Stewart, Monika Schwarz, Richard Tuffin
Publisher Digital History Tasmania Citation

The parent dataset from which this file is derived is described here:

T. Cowley, L. Frost, K. Inwood, R. Kippen, H. Maxwell-Stewart, M. Schwarz, J. Shepherd, R. Tuffin, M. Williams, J. Wilson, P. Wilson, ‘Reconstructing Longitudinal datasets for Tasmania’, Historical Life Course Studies, 11, 2 (2021): 20-47, doi.org/10.51964/hlcs10912

Temporal From 1821 Temporal To 1919
Created At 2023-09-16 11:06:44 Updated At 2023-09-16 11:07:40
Ghap Url https://tlcmap.org/layers/711
Statistic Value Unit
Total Places
490 -
Area
42718809.618106 km2
Convex Hull
POLYGON((146.8610618 -43.54167355,47.49365 -41.63308,145.97793 41.13107,148.33075 -39.9477,148.3078797 -42.20822796,148.2831605 -42.30986683,147.9333787 -43.15108738,146.8610618 -43.54167355)) -
Density
1.1470357071755E-5 places/km2
Centroid
POINT(146.75395322510198 -41.553254642510176) -
Bounding Box
POLYGON((47.49365 -43.54167355,47.49365 41.13107,148.33075 41.13107,148.33075 -43.54167355,47.49365 -43.54167355)) -
Most Central Place
Exton -
Most Distant Place from center
Stowport 1112 -
Distribution
  • Average Distance from Centroid: 138.9368555526
  • Average Distance from Centroid / Area of Convex Hull: 3.2523578441126E-6
kilometers