Type: | town |
Loorana | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 120 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Lga: | King Island |
Stategov: | Braddon |
Fedgov: | Braddon |
Postcode: | 7256 |
Region: | North-west and west |
Location1: | Currie |
Dist1: | 9 |
Dir1: | NE |
Near-Nw: | Southern Ocean |
Near-N: | Bungaree |
Near-Ne: | Sea Elephant |
Near-E: | Sea Elephant, Pegarah |
Near-W: | Southern Ocean |
Near-Sw: | Southern Ocean |
Near-S: | Currie, Nugara |
Near-Se: | Pegarah |
Loorana is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of King Island in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north-east of the town of Currie. The 2016 census recorded a population of 120 for the state suburb of Loorana.[1]
Loorana was gazetted as a locality in 1971. The name is believed to be an Aboriginal word for “brushwood”. The area was previously known as Porky.[2]
The waters of the Southern Ocean form the western boundary.
Route B25 (North Road) runs through from south to north.[2] [3]