Carrick is a small historic village 17 kilometres (11 mi) west of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, on the banks of the Liffey River.

[4] Carrick never grew large—the population varied from around 200 to 439—and today it is largely a residential settlement for those who work in Launceston and the rural areas surrounding the town.

[22] A post office opened in November 1841,[8] and at the end of the year the village had also four dwellings, a blacksmith shop, a police station, the flour mill and an adobe hotel built by John Archer.

[28] When a nearby rail line was built in 1869 traffic through Carrick greatly diminished and trade in the town suffered, though the nearest station was Bishopbourne over 5 miles (8 km) away.

To reduce the incidence and impact of flooding both were raised substantially leaving the mill's ground floor far below the road level.

[38] By 1877 there was a twice daily mail and passenger cart connecting Carrick to the railway station at Bishopbourne and "Blair's Bus" ran thrice weekly to Launceston.

[23] The Carrick Racing Club was formed in 1848 and the course was well regarded; it was called "the best in Tasmania" by author Hugh Munro Hull in 1859.

[30] Five years later Thomas Monds installed hydraulic rams and began pumping water from the river to three iron tanks in the town.

[8] Up to the 1970s, Carrick's growth was limited by the lack of town sewerage—which restricted the minimum allotment size—and reluctance of landowner's to subdivide property.

[40] A 1977 planning study found that the land structure allowed most of the town to be served by a gravity fed system and recommended construction.

By late 1976 the population had shrunk to around 200 living in 70 buildings—of which sixteen were classified as "Significantly contributing to the heritage of Australia" by the National Trust.

[74] Carrick's role in 1976 was as: a residential area for those working in Launceston; a retirement village; and a service centre for farming and stock breeding enterprises.

[76] He ended up working as a gardener and spent about 50 years living in a cottage on the "Little Moat" property on the Launceston side of Carrick.

Cox died in the Launceston invalid depot, 5 June 1891 claiming to be 117 years old, though 115 is a more credible figure[77] (von Stieglitz in 1946 credited his age as 118).

It has been called into doubt, though, with historian Dr Andrew Piper describing the story as a tall tale constructed by Cox.

[79] He donated over 10,000 pounds for the construction of the town's Anglican church, a very large sum for the time,[69] and was appointed as the Archdeacon of Launceston in 1858.

Monds built the Gothic house "Hawthorn" in 1875 and worked the nearby 1,200 acres (490 ha) farm called "Hattondale", as well as the mills.

[83] Carrick is a small historic village that is primarily a residential settlement for those who work in Launceston and the rural areas surrounding the town.

Other heritage listed buildings are the ruin of Archer's Folly (begun 1847),[90] St Andrews Church (1845), Balmoral (1851), The Old Watchhouse (1837), the Carrick Hotel (1833).

[92] It was first held at Symmons Plains, near Perth, Tasmania, in 1982 but the organising committee soon recognised the need for a larger site and in 1986 they purchased land on Oaks Road, Carrick from the Peterson family.

[93] Agfest has grown to the state's largest single event and attracts up to 70,000 visitors[94] during the three days in May each year at the 200-acre (80 ha) site.

[97] Pensioner's Row is a pair of co-joined brick cottages built by Thomas Reibey, originally for the blacksmith and saddler for "Entally Estate" in Hadspen.

[111] The first mill was built of timber and powered by a water wheel fed from a dam on the Liffey, all constructed by William Bryan in 1826.

[113] Thomas Wilkes Monds was born in Launceston in 1829 and spent his early life gaining experience in numerous milling operations.

In early 1841, on Monds' first visit to the town, he recorded it as having only four houses, a wooden flour mill, a blacksmith's shop and a pub constructed of mud and straw.

[117] Over time the mill's machinery was updated: in 1868 the existing wire machine was replaced with a silk dressing machine; a corn screen was installed in 1871;[113] an oatmeal plant was added in 1880; the water wheel was replaced with an American-built water-powered "Victor" turbine in 1887;[118] and in 1889 the plant was converted from millstones to roller milling, making it one of the earliest conversions in Tasmania.

[113] This last change, to roller milling, was recorded by Monds as driven by public demand for the whiter flour that process produced.

The building is made from stuccoed brick with a crenelated tower and sits on 14 acres (6 ha)—that includes a cemetery and a rectory—abutting the Liffey River.

[125] St Andrew's east window commemorates James, Charlotte and Thomas Reibey (Archdeacon of Launceston for a time).

[128] John Kinder Archer, son of Carrick's first Inn's builder, began building a large mansion on Bishopbourne Road in 1847.