Talk:Oatlands, Tasmania

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I presume the English town of Oatlands is the one used as a basis for the name. I found a couple of online references for that:

• http://www.tco.asn.au/oac/community_history.cgi?oacID=49&articleID=185711
• http://www.ruralhealth.utas.edu.au/rhts/oatlands/

However, I also found a reference that claims the town was named by Governor Macquarie "as it reminded him of the oat growing areas in his native Scotland":

• http://wwwfp.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/branch/oatlands.htm

I don't know who to believe, and these references don't give the source of their information. Perhaps both possibilities need to be stated in the article unless someone knows a good reference. Barrylb (talk) 10:52, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I added a photo and removed the request template; I've also added a street shot in Commons, but I think this one is more interesting. Floatjon (talk) 22:08, 25 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]