Copping, Tasmania
| Copping Tasmania | |
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  Copping | |
| Coordinates | 42°53′S 147°48′E / 42.883°S 147.800°ECoordinates: 42°53′S 147°48′E / 42.883°S 147.800°E |
| Postcode(s) | 7174 |
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| LGA(s) | Sorell Council |
Copping is a small township and agricultural district in the south-east of Tasmania between Dunalley and Sorell. Part of the Bream Creek district, it was named after Captain Richard Copping, who purchased a property here from George Moore in 1860 upon which he settled three of his half-brothers as tenant farmers. Captain Copping established his own property Rochford Hall nearby at Kellevie.
Copping Post Office opened on 1 October 1886 and closed in 1988.[1]
Copping gained notoriety when it was revealed that Martin Bryant lived there for a number of years in the 1980s.
Properties were destroyed in Copping during bushfires in January 2013.[2]
References
- ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ↑ Killick, David (5 January 2013). "Copping properties lost". The Hobart Mercury. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- Walker, Ian (2006). Tall Ships and Cannibals - The Story of Captain Richard Copping of Hobart Town (2006 ed.). Hobart, Tasmania: Navarine Publishing.
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