Type: | town |
Montagu | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 92 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7330 |
Region: | North-west and west |
Location1: | Smithton |
Dist1: | 19 |
Dir1: | NW |
Lga: | Circular Head |
Stategov: | Braddon |
Fedgov: | Braddon |
Near-Nw: | Robbins Passage |
Near-N: | Robbins Passage |
Near-Ne: | Robbins Passage |
Near-E: | Scopus, Mella |
Near-W: | West Montagu |
Near-Sw: | West Montagu |
Near-S: | Christmas Hills |
Near-Se: | Christmas Hills |
Montagu is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Circular Head in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north-west of the town of Smithton. The 2016 census recorded a population of 92 for the state suburb of Montagu.[1]
Montagu was gazetted as a locality in 1967. The Montagu River and the locality were named for John Montagu, who was Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's Land from 1834 to 1842.[2]
The Montagu River forms the western boundary, and the waters of Robbins Passage form the northern.
Route C215 (Montagu Road) runs through from east to west.[2] [3]