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Arcoona is a magnificent and well preserved Victorian Era Deloraine property currently operating as a "Flag Choice" Heritage Hotel. DELORAINE Deloraine, exactly half way between Launceston and Devonport on the Bass Highway nestles in a fertile valley dominated by Quamby Bluff and the Western Tiers.
Tasmania's 1992, 1993 and 1995 State Tidy Towns Winner and the 1997 Australian Community of the Year
Population 2,100 classified by the National Trust as a town of historical significance..
In 1823 Governor Sorell sent Captain Rolland to explore the far west of Norfolk Plains (now Longford) and a district west (now Deloraine) to find suitable agricultural land. This expedition led to the opening up of the area and the naming of Mount Roland in honour of their leader and the renaming of the Western River to the Meander
The Deloraine township was named by the Surveyor Scott, after Sir William Deloraine in "Lay of the Last Minstrel", a poem by his kinsman Sir Walter Scott.
Bowerbank Mill a first class Fine Art Gallery within a peaceful country house.
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