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Launceston , city (1991 pop. 66,747), on Tasmania, SE Australia, where the North Esk and South Esk rivers join to form the Tamar estuary; founded 1806. Launceston is the second most populous city in Tasmania and the main port for trade with the Australian mainland. The principal exports are dairy products, flour, and lumber. There are woolen mills and aluminum works. The city has teacher-training and technical schools.

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Launceston, Australia, UK 1. Australia (Tasmania): originally named Patersonia after the founder of a nearby settlement, Colonel William Paterson, but renamed in 1826 after the Cornish birthplace of Philip Gidley King (1758–1808), the third governor of New South Wales (1800–7).2. UK (England): formerly Lanscavetone ‘Estate near the Site of the Church of St Stephen’ from a possible Cornish word lann ‘church’, the saint's name, and tūn.

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