Flowerdale, Tasmania Explained

Type:town
Flowerdale
State:tas
Coordinates:-40.97°N 145.6639°W
Pop:324
Pop Year:2011
Postcode:7325
Elevation:24
Region:North West Tasmania
Location1:Wynyard, Tasmania
Dist1:6
Dir1:NW
Lga:Waratah-Wynyard
Stategov:Braddon
Fedgov:Braddon
Pushpin Label Position:right
Near-Nw:Boat Harbour
Near-N:Table Cape
Near-Ne:Table Cape
Near-W:Boat Harbour
Near-E:Wynyard
Near-Sw:Moorleah
Near-S:Calder
Near-Se:Wynyard

Flowerdale is a locality and small rural community of Waratah-Wynyard, in north-west Tasmania. Significant geographic features include the Inglis River and the confluence of its largest tributary, the Flowerdale River. The 2011 census determined a population of 324 for the state suburb of Flowerdale, which includes Flowerdale and the nearby Table Cape locality.

History

Flowerdale Post Office opened on 1 March 1891 and closed in 1981.[1]

The Preolenna line was a railway line which extended from the Flowerdale junction, to as far as Maweena, a small distance past Preolenna. It was first opened in 1917 but was soon closed in 1931 - in one of its annual reports, the TGR operators had described the traffic along the route as "infintecimal".[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Premier Postal History . Post Office List . Premier Postal Auctions . 16 June 2012.
  2. Web site: Preolenna Line . railtasmania.com . Rail Tasmania . 19 January 2016 . 24 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205704/http://www.railtasmania.com/lines/preolenna_line.htm . dead .