Type: | town |
Lower Marshes | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 9 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7030 |
Region: | Central |
Location1: | Hamilton |
Dist1: | 60 |
Dir1: | NE |
Lga: | Central Highlands, Southern Midlands |
Stategov: | Lyons |
Fedgov: | Lyons |
Near-Nw: | Bothwell |
Near-N: | Bothwell, Oatlands |
Near-Ne: | Oatlands |
Near-E: | Jericho, Oatlands |
Near-W: | Bothwell |
Near-Sw: | Bothwell |
Near-S: | Apsley |
Near-Se: | Jericho |
Lower Marshes is a rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Central Highlands and Southern Midlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north-east of the town of Hamilton. The 2016 census recorded a population of 9 for the state suburb of Lower Marshes.[1]
Lower Marshes was gazetted as a locality in 1974. It was previously known as Rutland and as Pooles Marsh.[2]
The Exe Rivulet forms the north-eastern boundary. The Jordan River flows through from east to south-west.
Route C529 (Lower Marshes Road) runs through from south-east to south-west.[2] [3]