Royal George, Tasmania Explained

Type:town
Royal George
State:tas
Lga:Northern Midlands Council (46%), Break O'Day Council (27%), Glamorgan-Spring Bay Council (27%)
Postcode:7213[1]
Coordinates:-41.8222°N 147.8911°W
Pop:59
Pop Footnotes:[2]
Stategov:Lyons
Fedgov:Lyons
Dir1:S
Location1:Hobart
Dir2:W
Location2:Launceston
Dir3:N
Location3:St Helens
Region:Central, North-east, South-east
Location4:Longford
Dist4:86
Dir4:SE
Near-Nw:Fingal
Near-N:Fingal
Near-Ne:St Marys
Near-E:Douglas-Apsley
Near-W:Avoca, Lake Leake
Near-Sw:Lake Leake
Near-S:Cranbrook
Near-Se:Cranbrook

Royal George is a rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Northern Midlands (46%), Break O'Day (27%) and Glamorgan-Spring Bay (27%) in the Central, North-east and South-east LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about south-east of the town of Longford. The 2016 census recorded a population of 45 for the state suburb of Royal George.[2]

It is a village in northeast Tasmania on the St Pauls River.

At the, Royal George had a population of 127.

It was a mining village, with the mine and locality named after one of the Royal Navy vessels named from the 19th century. HMS Royal George was under the command of Captain Robert Hepburn during the Napoleonic Wars Captain Hepburn settled nearby at Roy's Hill in 1828.[3]

History

Royal George was gazetted as a locality in 1954.[4]

The first Royal George Post Office opened on 5 May 1914 and closed in 1920. The second office opened in 1955 and closed in 1971.[5] Royal George is served by a school bus that takes students to Avoca Primary School and Campbell Town District High School., there is a population of around 28 people living in Royal George.[6]

Geography

Many of the boundaries are survey lines. St Pauls River, a tributary of the South Esk River, rises in the north and flows through to the west.

Road infrastructure

Route C301 (Royal George Road / Old Coach Road) runs through from west to south-east.[4] [7]

Notes and References

  1. White Pages Canberra 2008
  2. Web site: 2021 Census Quick Stats Cranbrook (Tas.) . . 26 July 2022 . quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au . Australian Bureau of Statistics . 26 July 2022 .
  3. http://www.tasmaniacentral.tas.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=299 Tasmania Central Portal
  4. Web site: Placenames Tasmania – Royal George . . Placenames Tasmania . 2 April 2021 . Select “Search”, enter "1224X", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”.
  5. Web site: Premier Postal History . Post Office List . Premier Postal Auctions . 16 June 2012.
  6. News: Arndt. Dinah. Concern for children who will spend hours on buses. 18 April 2017. The Examiner. 23 June 2011. en.
  7. Web site: Tasmanian Road Route Codes . https://web.archive.org/web/20170801112712/http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf . dead . 2017-08-01 . . May 2017 . Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment . 2 April 2021 .