| Type: | town |
| Blackwall | |
| State: | tas |
| Coordinates: | -41.3°N 204°W |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Lga: | West Tamar |
| Region: | Launceston |
| Postcode: | 7275 |
| Pop: | 270 |
| Pop Year: | 2016 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Stategov: | Bass |
| Fedgov: | Bass |
| Dist1: | 221 |
| Dir1: | N |
| Location1: | Hobart |
| Dist2: | 24 |
| Dir2: | NW |
| Location2: | Launceston |
| Dist3: | 2 |
| Dir3: | E |
| Location3: | Exeter |
| Location4: | Beaconsfield |
| Dist4: | 21 |
| Dir4: | SE |
| Near-Nw: | Gravelly Beach |
| Near-N: | Gravelly Beach |
| Near-Ne: | Tamar River |
| Near-E: | Tamar River |
| Near-W: | Exeter |
| Near-Sw: | Lanena |
| Near-S: | Lanena |
| Near-Se: | Tamar River |
Blackwall is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of West Tamar in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania, Australia. The locality is about south-east of the town of Beaconsfield. The 2016 census has a population of 270 for the state suburb of Blackwall.[1] It is a small town located near Gravelly Beach on the western side of the Tamar River, north of Launceston.
Named after Blackwall on the River Thames in England, it was likewise a noted shipbuilding centre. The second-largest ship built in Tasmania during the 19th century, the 547-ton barque Harpley, was launched here in 1847.Blackwall was gazetted as a locality in 1966.[2] Lanena Post Office opened on 1 April 1911, was renamed Blackwall in 1968, and closed in 1975.[3]
The waters of the Tamar River estuary form the eastern boundary. Stony Brook forms the northern boundary.
Route C728 (Gravelly Beach Road) passes through from south-west to north-east.[2] [4]