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Boat Harbour Beach

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nameBoat Harbour Beach
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imageBoat_harbour_beach_from_lookout.jpg
captionBoat Harbour Beach
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lgaWaratah-Wynyard
postcode7321
location1Wynyard
pop429
pop_year
pop_footnotes
regionNorth West Tasmania
dist115
stategovBraddon
fedgovBraddon
near-wBoat Harbour
near-eBoat Harbour
near-swBoat Harbour
near-sBoat Harbour
near-seBoat Harbour

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Boat Harbour Beach is a small seaside township located about 15 km from Wynyard on the north-west coast of Tasmania. "Boat Harbour" is the name of the locality which surrounds the township. In the , Boat Harbour Beach, Boat Harbour and the nearby districts had a population of 429.

Boat Harbour Primary School is a rural government funded public school situated at 17386 Bass Highway Boat Harbour Tasmania 7321. Located nearby are the Boat Harbour fire brigade and Boat Harbour post shop, which first opened on 1 November 1878.

History

Boat Harbour was originally named Jacobs' Boat Harbour after Captain John Jacobs, master of small vessels owned by the Van Diemen's Land Company. The vessels were used for trading between the VDL establishments at Circular Head and Woolnorth with Launceston, Tasmania between the late 1820s and the 1840s.

References

References

  1. {{Census 2011 AUS
  2. [[Department of Education (Tasmania)]]. (19 August 2005). "Department of Education : Boat Harbour Primary School".
  3. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions.
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