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Boyer, Tasmania

FieldValue
nameBoyer
statetas
coordinates
regionHobart, South-east
lgaDerwent Valley, Brighton
postcode7140
pop40
pop_year
pop_footnotes
stategovLyons
fedgovLyons
dist133
dir1NW
location1Hobart
dist25
dir2E
location2New Norfolk
location3Brighton
dist318
dir3SW
near-nwMagra, New Norfolk
near-nMagra
near-neDromedary
near-eDromedary
near-wNew Norfolk
near-swNew Norfolk
near-sSorell Creek
near-seSorell Creek, Granton

| near-nw = Magra, New Norfolk | near-n = Magra | near-ne = Dromedary | near-e = Dromedary | near-w = New Norfolk | near-sw = New Norfolk | near-s = Sorell Creek | near-se = Sorell Creek, Granton Boyer is a rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Brighton and Derwent Valley in the Hobart and South-east LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about 18 km south-west of the town of Brighton. The 2016 census recorded a population of 40 for the state suburb of Boyer. It is a town on the eastern side of the River Derwent, opposite and slightly downstream of New Norfolk.

History

Boyer was gazetted as a locality in 1970. It is named after a family who first settled in the area in the early 19th century.

Specialising in newsprint and magazine-grade paper, the Boyer Mill was established by Australian Newsprint Mills in 1941.

It was the first pulp and paper mill in the world to utilise hardwood to produce newsprint, and has been recognised by Engineering Heritage Tasmania as a national engineering landmark. For many decades paper was shipped by tug and barge from the plant to the port of Hobart, Tasmania but all freight is now sent by road or rail.

Geography

The River Derwent forms the southern boundary.

Road infrastructure

Route B10 (Boyer Road) passes through from east to west.

References

References

  1. . (23 October 2017). ["2016 Census Quick Stats Boyer (Tas.)"](https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60269?opendocument). *Australian Bureau of Statistics*.
  2. . ["Placenames Tasmania – Boyer"](https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1). *Placenames Tasmania*.
  3. Philip Heyward. (7 December 2013). "Boyer Mill Norske Skog keeps Turning Fresh Pages In Constant Reinvention To Stay Ahead". The Mercury.
  4. (22 October 1943). "BOYER NEWSPRINT ENTERPRISE". [[The Advocate (Tasmania).
  5. "Boyer Newsprint Mill, New Norfolk, 1941-". Engineers Australia.
  6. "Boyer, Tasmania".
  7. . (May 2017). ["Tasmanian Road Route Codes"](https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf). *Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment*.
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