Swansea is a town in the heart of Tasmania's east coast, on the north-west shore of Great Oyster Bay and overlooking Freycinet National Park.

On 3 July 1789, having heard of vast colonies of seals in the area, he sailed along the western shore of Maria Island and into a stretch of water he named Oyster Bay.

The land was developed and made suitable for seasonal crops and grazing stock and a tannery and flour mill were established by the Meredith River.

[4] Swansea was originally called Great Swanport and Meredith built the family home, Cambria, which is now in private hands.

The nearby Freycinet National Park has quolls, wallabies, native microbats, possums and Tasmanian devils.