MONDAY 23.1.2012: We set off on our journey to the west coast of Tasmania. First stop The "Blue Place" - a Freedom Camp at Kempton. The Presbyterian Church (The "Blue Place"), was built in 1886. The Church was used by the local congregation for many years until it fell into disrepair after WWII. It was renovated and is now used as a community hall.
Originally the home of the Big River tribe of Aboriginal people, Kempton was first settled by Europeans in the 1820s, when it was known as Green Ponds. In 1838 the town was renamed after early administrator and businessman Anthony Fenn Kemp who established the property Mount Vernon immediately to the north of where the township later grew. 
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| W.H. ELLIS' GREEN PONDS STORE 1843 |
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