Detention, Tasmania
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| Coordinates: 40°52′42″S 145°27′06″E / 40.8782°S 145.4518°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||
| Region | North-west and west | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | nil (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 7321 | ||||||||||||
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Detention is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Circular Head in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of the town of Smithton. The 2016 census recorded a population of nil for the state suburb of Detention.[1]
History
Detention was gazetted as a locality in 1973.[2]
The Detention River, from which the locality takes its name, was so named in 1826 when a party of surveyors was stranded (detained) there by a flood.[3]
Geography
The estuary of the Detention River forms the western boundary, and the waters of Bass Strait the northern.[4]
Road infrastructure
Route A2 (Bass Highway) runs through from east to west.[2][5]
Notable residents
Senator Eric Bessell attended the state school at Detention in the 1930s.[6]
References
- 1 2 "2016 Census Quick Stats Detention (Tas.)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- 1 2 "Placenames Tasmania – Detention". Placenames Tasmania. Select “Search”, enter "39203Y", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ↑ "Where in Tasmania? A-K Page 40" (PDF). Dennison Publications. July 2003. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ↑ "Detention, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ↑ "Tasmanian Road Route Codes" (PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment. May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ↑ Bennett, Scott. "BESSELL, Eric James (1923–1979)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 29 November 2022.