Type: | town |
Calder | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 212 |
Pop Year: | 2016 census |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7325 |
Region: | North West |
Location1: | Wynyard |
Dist1: | 18 |
Dir1: | SW |
Lga: | Waratah-Wynyard |
Stategov: | Braddon |
Fedgov: | Braddon |
Near-Nw: | Moorleah |
Near-N: | Flowerdale |
Near-Ne: | Wynyard |
Near-E: | Oldina, Yolla |
Near-W: | Preolenna, Moorleah |
Near-Sw: | Takone |
Near-S: | Takone |
Near-Se: | Henrietta |
Calder is a rural locality in the local government area of Waratah-Wynyard in the North West region of Tasmania. It is located about south-west of the town of Wynyard. The 2016 census determined a population of 212 for the state suburb of Calder.[1]
The locality was named for James Erskine Calder, the Surveyor General of Tasmania between 1859 and 1870. It was gazetted as a locality in 1966.[2]
The Inglis River forms most of the western boundary. The Calder River enters the locality in the south-east and flows north-west until it meets the Inglis River.
The C235 route (Calder Road) enters from the north-east and runs south to the centre before exiting to the east as Kellatier Road.[3]