Pelverata | |
Coordinates: | -43.038°N 147.1172°W |
State: | tas |
Type: | suburb |
Lga: | Huon Valley Council, Kingborough Council |
Stategov: | Franklin, Clark |
Fedgov: | Franklin, Clark |
Postcode: | 7150 |
Pop: | 206 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Region: | South-east, Hobart |
Location1: | Kingston |
Dist1: | 22 |
Dir1: | SW |
Near-Nw: | Grove |
Near-N: | Kaoota, Grove |
Near-Ne: | Kaoota |
Near-E: | Snug, Kaoota |
Near-W: | Huonville |
Near-Sw: | Upper Woodstock |
Near-S: | Upper Woodstock, Cygnet |
Near-Se: | Snug |
Pelverata is a rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Huon Valley and Kingborough in the South-east and Hobart LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of Kingston. The 2016 census recorded a population of 206 for the state suburb of Pelverata.[1] It is a town in Tasmania,[2] Australia,[3] to the east of Huonville. It is mainly in the Huon Valley Council area, with about 4% in the Kingborough Council LGA.
Pelverata was gazetted as a locality in 1968. Previously known as Upper Woodstock, the name was changed in 1912.[4] The name Pelverata is a Tasmanian Aboriginal word for "ear".[5]
Most of the boundaries are survey lines.
Route B621 (Pelverata Road) runs through from south-west to north-east.[4] [6]