Type: | town |
Brittons Swamp | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 50 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7330 |
Region: | North-west and west |
Location1: | Smithton |
Dist1: | 17 |
Dir1: | SW |
Lga: | Circular Head |
Stategov: | Braddon |
Fedgov: | Braddon |
Near-Nw: | Togari |
Near-N: | Christmas Hills |
Near-Ne: | Christmas Hills |
Near-E: | Christmas Hills |
Near-W: | Togari |
Near-Sw: | Togari |
Near-S: | Christmas Hills, Togari |
Near-Se: | Christmas Hills |
Brittons Swamp 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 south-west of the town of Smithton. The 2016 census recorded a population of 50 for the state suburb of Brittons Swamp.[1]
Brittons Swamp was gazetted as a locality in 1973.[2]
An early settler named Britton established a sawmill in the area. It was later used as a soldier settlement.[3]
Many of the boundaries are survey lines.
Route A2 (Bass Highway) runs through from north-east to south-west.[2] [4]