Type: | town |
Grassy | |
State: | tas |
Coordinates: | -40.05°N 147°W |
Pop: | 139 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7256 |
Utc: | +10 |
Location1: | Currie |
Dist1: | 25 |
Dir1: | SE |
Lga: | King Island |
Region: | North-west and west |
Stategov: | Braddon |
Fedgov: | Braddon |
Near-Nw: | Lymwood |
Near-N: | Yarra Creek |
Near-Ne: | Yarra Creek |
Near-E: | Bass Strait |
Near-W: | Lymwood |
Near-Sw: | Lymwood |
Near-S: | Lymwood |
Near-Se: | Bass Strait |
Grassy is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of King Island in the north-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. It is about south-east of the town of Currie. The 2016 census recorded a population of 139 for the state suburb of Grassy.[1] It was a tungsten mining town. Evidence of this can still be found in the small town. The highest population of Grassy was 767 in 1971.
Grassy is a confirmed locality.[2]
Grassy Post Office first opened on 11 March 1918 and closed in 1991.[3]
The waters of Bass Strait form the eastern and south-eastern boundaries.
Route B25 (Grassy Road) provides access to the locality.[2] [4]