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.
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]