| Type: | town |
| Lottah | |
| State: | tas |
| Coordinates: | -41.2208°N 148.0219°W |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pop: | 13 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Lga: | Break O'Day Council |
| Postcode: | 7216 |
| Stategov: | Lyons |
| Fedgov: | Lyons |
| Region: | North-east |
| Location1: | St Helens |
| Dist1: | 27 |
| Dir1: | NW |
| Near-Nw: | Weldborough |
| Near-N: | Goulds Country |
| Near-Ne: | Goulds Country |
| Near-E: | Goulds Country |
| Near-W: | Weldborough |
| Near-Sw: | Pyengana |
| Near-S: | Pyengana |
| Near-Se: | Goulds Country |
Lottah is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Break O'Day in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania, Australia. The locality is about north-west of the town of St Helens. The 2016 census recorded a population of 13 for the state suburb of Lottah.[1] It is a small town in Northeastern Tasmania. The closest settlement is Pyengana and the closest major town is St Helens.
Lottah was gazetted as a locality in 1969.[2] It was historically known as Blue Tier Junction. A post office of that name was established in 1877 and renamed "Lottah" in 1895,[3] supposedly an Aboriginal word for "gum tree".[4]
Tin was discovered in Lottah in about 1875.[5] The Anchor Mine became operational in 1880, and the town of Lottah grew up around the mine. At its peak, it had several hundred residents, and community facilities included a school, two hotels, two churches, a bakery, and a football club.[6] Lottah supported a small Chinese community, and one of its more notable residents was Senator Thomas Bakhap, who had a Chinese stepfather and worked as an interpreter.[7] People born in Lottah during its heyday include architecture professor Brian Lewis and RAAF officer Alan Charlesworth.[8] The Anchor Mine closed in 1950, at which point the town's population had been in decline for several decades.[6]
Almost all the boundaries are survey lines.
Route A3 (Tasman Highway) passes to the south. From there, several roads provide access to the locality.[2] [9]