Copping is a small township and agricultural district in the south-east of Tasmania between Dunalley and Sorell. Part of the Bream Creek district, it was named after Captain Richard Copping, who purchased a property here from George Moore in 1860 upon which he settled three of his half-brothers as tenant farmers. Captain Copping established his own property Rochford Hall nearby at Kellevie.
Copping gained some notoriety when it was revealed that Martin Bryant lived there for a number of years in the 1980's.[[[1]]].
References
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- Walker, Ian. Tall Ships and Cannibals - The Story of Captain Richard Copping of Hobart Town (2006 ed.). Hobart, Tasmania: Navarine Publishing.
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