Type: | town |
Stieglitz | |
State: | tas |
Pop: | 561 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Postcode: | 7216 |
Region: | North-east |
Location1: | St Helens |
Dist1: | 8 |
Dir1: | E |
Lga: | Break O'Day |
Stategov: | Lyons |
Fedgov: | Lyons |
Near-Nw: | Georges Bay |
Near-N: | Akaroa |
Near-Ne: | Tasman Sea |
Near-E: | Tasman Sea |
Near-W: | Georges Bay |
Near-Sw: | St Helens |
Near-S: | St Helens |
Near-Se: | Tasman Sea |
Stieglitz is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Break O'Day in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about east of the town of St Helens. The 2016 census recorded a population of 561 for the state suburb of Stieglitz.[1]
Stieglitz was gazetted as a locality in 1964. The name was in use by 1855.[2]
The name comes from a pioneer family named von Stieglitz.[3]
The waters of the Tasman Sea form the eastern boundary, and Georges Bay the western. St Helens Airport is within the locality.
Route C851 (St Helens Point Road) passes through from south-west to north-west.[2] [4]