Trevallyn, Tasmania
suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Trevallyn is a residential locality in the local government areas (LGAs) of Launceston (25%) and West Tamar (75%) in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the city of Launceston. The 2021 census recorded a population of 4,826 for the state suburb of Trevallyn.
It is a suburb of Launceston.
It is located on the north western part of the city (west of the Tamar River and north of the South Esk River).
History
Trevallyn was gazetted as a locality in 1963.
The name of the suburb spelled backwards, Nyllavert, can be found on postal records and lists of localities; the local post office used to carry this name in the 1930s. Despite the place name no longer existing and not being officially gazetted, the name still appears in many lists and indexes of localities.
The name of the suburb could be also of Welsh origin. In that language, Trevallyn means Town of the Ax: Tref (the f sounds like a v in Welsh) means town.
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