Flowerdale, Tasmania
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| Coordinates: 40°58′12″S 145°39′50″E / 40.97000°S 145.66389°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||
| Region | North West Tasmania | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 24 m (79 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 324 (2011)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 7325 | ||||||||||||
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Flowerdale is a locality and small rural community of Waratah-Wynyard, in north-west Tasmania. Significant geographic features include the Inglis River and the confluence of its largest tributary, the Flowerdale River. The 2011 census determined a population of 324 for the state suburb of Flowerdale, which includes Flowerdale and the nearby Table Cape locality.[1]
History
Flowerdale Post Office opened on 1 March 1891 and closed in 1981.[2]
The Preolenna line was a railway line which extended from the Flowerdale junction, to as far as Maweena, a small distance past Preolenna. It was first opened in 1917 but was soon closed in 1931 - in one of its annual reports, the TGR operators had described the traffic along the route as "infintecimal".[3]
Notes and references
- 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Flowerdale (State Suburb SCC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ↑ "Preolenna Line". railtasmania.com. Rail Tasmania. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2016.