| Type: | town |
| Upper Scamander | |
| State: | tas |
| Pop: | 44 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Postcode: | 7215 |
| Region: | North-east |
| Location1: | St Helens |
| Dist1: | 28 |
| Dir1: | SW |
| Lga: | Break O'Day |
| Stategov: | Lyons |
| Fedgov: | Lyons |
| Near-Nw: | St Helens |
| Near-N: | St Helens |
| Near-Ne: | St Helens |
| Near-E: | Scamander, Falmouth, Beaumaris, St Helens |
| Near-W: | St Helens, Mathinna |
| Near-Sw: | Mathinna |
| Near-S: | St Marys |
| Near-Se: | Falmouth |
Upper Scamander is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Break O'Day in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of St Helens. The 2016 census recorded a population of 44 for the state suburb of Upper Scamander.[1]
Upper Scamander was gazetted as a locality in 1964. The district was originally known as Lolla, but the current name was in use by 1855.[2]
It is believed that the name “Scamander” was given by Surveyor-General George Frankland (also known as George Franklin)[3] who was a scholar with an interest in Greek culture.[4]
The Scamander River forms part of the western boundary before flowing through to the east, where it then forms part of the eastern boundary.
Route C421 (Upper Scamander Road / Catos Road) enters from the east and runs north-west to the village, where it turns south-west and runs to the western boundary. From there it follows the western boundary to the south-west corner.[2] [5]