Type: | town |
Glengarry | |
State: | tas |
Coordinates: | -41.3297°N 146.8789°W |
Pop: | 525 |
Pop Year: | 2016 census |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Location1: | Beaconsfield |
Dist1: | 26 |
Dir1: | SE |
Lga: | West Tamar |
Region: | Launceston |
Stategov: | Bass |
Fedgov: | Bass |
Near-Nw: | Winkleigh |
Near-N: | Winkleigh |
Near-Ne: | Winkleigh |
Near-E: | Exeter |
Near-W: | Frankford |
Near-Sw: | Birralee |
Near-S: | Rosevale, Selbourne |
Near-Se: | Notley Hills, Bridgenorth |
Glengarry is a rural locality in the local government area of West Tamar in the Launceston region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-east of the town of Beaconsfield. The 2016 census has a population of 525 for the state suburb of Glengarry.[1]
Glengarry Post Office opened on 1 December 1878.[2] The name is Scottish in origin. Glengarry was gazetted as a locality in 1966.[3]
The Supply River forms part of the northern boundary. Tunks Creek, a tributary of the Supply River, flows through from south to north.
Route B71 (Frankford Road) passes through from north-east to south-west. Route C716 (Lamont Road) starts at an intersection with B71 and runs north-west until it exits. Route C718 (Glengarry Road) starts at an intersection with B71 and runs north until it exits.[3] [4]