Boat Harbour Beach Explained

Type:town
Boat Harbour Beach
State:tas
Coordinates:-40.9333°N 182°W
Pushpin Label Position:right
Lga:Waratah-Wynyard
Postcode:7321
Location1:Wynyard
Pop:429
Region:North West Tasmania
Dist1:15
Stategov:Braddon
Fedgov:Braddon
Near-W:Boat Harbour
Near-E:Boat Harbour
Near-Sw:Boat Harbour
Near-S:Boat Harbour
Near-Se:Boat Harbour

Boat Harbour Beach is a small seaside township located about from Wynyard on the north-west coast of Tasmania. "Boat Harbour" is the name of the locality which surrounds the township. In the, Boat Harbour Beach, Boat Harbour and the nearby districts had a population of 429.

Boat Harbour Primary School is a rural government funded public school situated at 17386 Bass Highway Boat Harbour Tasmania 7321.[1] Located nearby are the Boat Harbour fire brigade and Boat Harbour post shop, which first opened on 1 November 1878.[2]

History

Boat Harbour was originally named Jacobs' Boat Harbour after Captain John Jacobs, master of small vessels owned by the Van Diemen's Land Company. The vessels were used for trading between the VDL establishments at Circular Head and Woolnorth with Launceston, Tasmania between the late 1820s and the 1840s.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Department of Education : Boat Harbour Primary School. https://web.archive.org/web/20080728080924/http://www.education.tas.gov.au/dept/contact/schoolsatoz/boatharbour. dead. 28 July 2008. Department of Education (Tasmania). 19 August 2005. 2008-08-15.
  2. Web site: Premier Postal History . Post Office List . Premier Postal Auctions . 16 June 2012 .