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{{Distinguish|Electoral district of Devon}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type     = cadastral
| name     = Devon
| state    = tas
| image    = Devon county Tasmania.PNG
| caption  = Location in [[Tasmania]]
| near-nw  = [[Bass Strait]]
| near-n   = [[Bass Strait]]
| near-ne  = [[Bass Strait]]
| near-e   = [[Dorset Land District|Dorset]]
| near-se  = [[Westmoreland Land District|Westmoreland]]
| near-s   = [[Lincoln Land District|Lincoln]]
| near-sw  = [[Russell Land District|Russell]]
| near-w   = [[Wellington Land District, Tasmania|Wellington]]
}}

[[Image:Tamar river.JPG|thumb|250px|The [[Tamar River]], the boundary between Devon and [[Dorset Land District, Tasmania|Dorset]]]]

'''Devon Land District''' is one of the twenty land districts of [[Tasmania]] which are part of the [[Cadastral divisions of Tasmania]]. It was formerly one of the 18 counties of Tasmania. The [[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|1911 Encyclopædia Britannica]] describes [[Beaconsfield, Tasmania|Beaconsfield]]<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Beaconsfield (Tasmania) |display=Beaconsfield |volume=3 |page=571}}</ref> and [[Devonport, Tasmania|Devonport]]<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Devonport, East and West |volume=8 |page=130}}</ref> as being in the county. It is bordered by the [[Tamar River (Tasmania)|Tamar River]] in the east, and the Emu River near [[Burnie, Tasmania|Burnie]] in the west. [[Deloraine, Tasmania|Deloraine]] is on the southern edge with the border with Westmoreland Land District. It is named after the [[England|English]] county of [[Devon]].

==The original parishes==
On 15 January 1836 George Arthur, the Lieutenant Governor of the Island of [[Van Diemen's Land]]
proclaimed, via [[The Courier (Hobart)|The Hobart Town Courier]], the first counties and parishes to be surveyed in the colony.
 
<blockquote>The County of Devon, bounded on the east by the river Tamar, and by a portion of the river South Esk, on the south by the river Meander and by the Great road from Deloraine bridge to the Surry hills; on the west by the continuation of that road to Emu bay; and on the north by Bass's Straits. This county to include all islands in the river Tamar, and all islands situate between the mouth of the river Tamar and the mouth of the river Emu.<ref>{{cite news |title=Proclamation |newspaper=The Hobart Town Courier|date=15 January 1836 |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4177762 |via=National Library of Australia|access-date=19 August 2010}}</ref></blockquote>

==References==
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[[Category:Land Districts of Tasmania]]