Type: | Town |
Premaydena | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 99 |
Pop Year: | 2016 census |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7185 |
Region: | South-east |
Location1: | Nubeena |
Dist1: | 7 |
Dir1: | N |
Lga: | Tasman |
Stategov: | Lyons |
Fedgov: | Lyons |
Near-Nw: | Saltwater River |
Near-N: | Norfolk Bay |
Near-Ne: | Norfolk Bay |
Near-E: | Koonya |
Near-W: | Saltwater River |
Near-Sw: | Nubeena |
Near-S: | Nubeena |
Near-Se: | Koonya |
Premaydena is a rural locality in the local government area of Tasman in the South-east region of Tasmania. The locality is about north of the town of Nubeena. The 2016 census has a population of 99 for the state suburb of Premaydena.[1]
Premaydena was gazetted as a locality in 1967.[2]
It was the site of a convict settlement.[3] It was once known as Impression Bay.[4]
A digital scan of a painting of Impression Bay station at Premaydena, dated approximately 1845, is freely available online to the public.[5] [6]
The shore of Norfolk Bay forms the northern boundary.
The B37 route (Nubeena Road) enters from the north-east and runs through to the south, where it exits. Route C341 (Saltwater River Road) starts at an intersection with B37 in the north and runs north-west until it exits.[2] [7]