Type: | town |
Round Hill | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 109 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7320 |
Region: | North-west and west |
Location1: | Burnie |
Dist1: | 6 |
Dir1: | SE |
Lga: | Burnie |
Stategov: | Braddon |
Fedgov: | Braddon |
Near-Nw: | Bass Strait |
Near-N: | Bass Strait |
Near-Ne: | Bass Strait |
Near-E: | Chasm Creek |
Near-W: | Wivenhoe |
Near-Sw: | Stowport |
Near-S: | Stowport |
Near-Se: | Heybridge |
Round Hill is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Burnie in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-east of the town of Burnie. The 2016 census recorded a population of 109 for the state suburb of Round Hill.[1]
Round Hill was gazetted as a locality in 1974.[2]
It is believed that the hill (Round Hill) in the locality was named by George Bass in 1798, during his circumnavigation of Van Diemen's Land with Matthew Flinders.[3]
The waters of Bass Strait form the northern boundary. The Western Railway Line passes through from north-east to north-west.
National Route 1 (Bass Highway) runs through from north-east to north-west.[2] [4]