Type: | town |
Malbina | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 67 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7140 |
Region: | South-east |
Location1: | New Norfolk |
Dist1: | 6 |
Dir1: | E |
Lga: | Derwent Valley |
Stategov: | Lyons |
Fedgov: | Lyons |
Near-Nw: | Sorell Creek |
Near-N: | Sorell Creek |
Near-Ne: | Sorell Creek |
Near-E: | Sorell Creek |
Near-W: | Sorell Creek |
Near-Sw: | Molesworth |
Near-S: | Molesworth |
Near-Se: | Molesworth |
Malbina is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Derwent Valley in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about east of the town of New Norfolk. The 2016 census recorded a population of 67 for the state suburb of Malbina.[1]
Malbina was gazetted as a locality in 1970.[2]
The locality was originally called Molesworth, but was changed to avoid confusion with other places. Malbina is believed to be an Aboriginal word for “drake”.[3]
Sorell Creek forms the northern and eastern boundaries.
Route C615 (Molesworth Road) runs through from north to south.[2] [4]