Little Swanport
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| Coordinates: 42°20′26″S 147°56′17″E / 42.3405°S 147.9380°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||
| Region | South-east | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 117 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 7190 | ||||||||||||
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Little Swanport is a rural locality and an estuary in the local government area of Glamorgan–Spring Bay in the South-east region of Tasmania. It is especially significant for the Little Swanport language. The locality is about 23 kilometres (14 mi) south of the town of Swansea. The 2016 census recorded a population of 117 for the state suburb of Little Swanport.[1]
History
Little Swanport is a confirmed suburb/locality.[2] The indigenous name for the Little Swanport area was recorded by George Augustus Robinson in 1831 as meaning "place where a moving stream flows into a large estuary surrounded by hills".[3]
The Little Swanport language was spoken by the Oyster Bay tribe of Aboriginal Tasmanians in the area.[4][5]
Geography
The eastern boundary of Little Swanport is the Tasman Sea. The locality surrounds the estuary of the Little Swanport River and the locality of Pontypool.[6][7]
Road infrastructure
The A3 route (Tasman Highway) enters from the south and runs through to the north-east.[2][8]
References
- 1 2 "2016 Census Quick Stats Little Swanport (Tas.)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- 1 2 "Placenames Tasmania – Little Swanport". Placenames Tasmania. Select “Search”, enter "1096Q", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ↑ "Background Report 2019-Little Swanport Reserve Page 11" (PDF). www.tasland.org.au. Tasmanian Land Conservancy. 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ↑ Plomley, N. J. B. (1976). A Word-list of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Languages. Launceston: Government of Tasmania. ISBN 0724601988.
- ↑ Bowern, Claire (2012). "The riddle of Tasmanian languages". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279 (1747): 4590–4595. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.1842. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 3479735. PMID 23015621.
- ↑ "Little Swanport, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ↑ "Map of Little Swanport, TAS 7190 | Whereis®".
- ↑ "Tasmanian Road Route Codes" (PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment. May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2020.