Type: | town |
Broadmeadows | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 40 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7330 |
Region: | North-west and west |
Location1: | Smithton |
Dist1: | 4 |
Dir1: | W |
Lga: | Circular Head |
Stategov: | Braddon |
Fedgov: | Braddon |
Near-Nw: | Mella |
Near-N: | Smithton, Mella |
Near-Ne: | Smithton |
Near-E: | Smithton |
Near-W: | Mella, Christmas Hills |
Near-Sw: | Christmas Hills |
Near-S: | Smithton, Christmas Hills |
Near-Se: | Smithton |
Broadmeadows 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 west of the town of Smithton. The 2016 census recorded a population of 40 for the state suburb of Broadmeadows.[1]
Broadmeadows was gazetted as a locality in 1973.[2]
This area was cleared of heavy timber and drained to become prime farming land.[3]
The Duck River forms the north-eastern boundary. Many of the boundaries are survey lines.
Route A2 (Bass Highway) runs through from north-east to south-west.[2] [4]