Type: | town |
Luina | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | nil |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7321 |
Region: | North-west and west |
Location1: | Wynyard |
Dist1: | 93 |
Dir1: | SW |
Lga: | Waratah–Wynyard |
Stategov: | Braddon |
Fedgov: | Braddon |
Near-Nw: | West Coast |
Near-N: | West Coast |
Near-Ne: | West Coast |
Near-E: | Waratah |
Near-W: | Savage River |
Near-Sw: | West Coast |
Near-S: | West Coast |
Near-Se: | West Coast |
Luina is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Waratah–Wynyard in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of Wynyard. The 2016 census recorded a population of nil for the state suburb of Luina.[1]
Luina was gazetted as a locality in 1966. Previously known as Whyte River, the current name was in use by 1914. It is believed to be an Aboriginal word for “blue headed wren”.[2]
The area was the site of a tin mining town in the early 1900s.[3]
Most of the boundaries are ridge lines.
Route B23 (Waratah Road) runs through from east to west.[2] [4]