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Mountain River, Tasmania

Locality in Tasmania, Australia

Summary

Locality in Tasmania, Australia

Field	Value
type	town
name	Mountain River
state	tas
lga	Huon Valley Council
postcode	7109
relief	1
coordinates
pop	559
pop_year	2016 census
pop_footnotes
stategov	Franklin
fedgov	Franklin
region	South-east
location1	Huonville
dist1	15
dir1	NE
near-nw	Wellington Park
near-n	Wellington Park
near-ne	Wellington Park
near-e	Wellington Park, Lower Longley
near-w	Wellington Park, Crabtree
near-sw	Crabtree
near-s	Grove, Lower Longley
near-se	Lower Longley

| near-nw = Wellington Park | near-n = Wellington Park | near-ne = Wellington Park | near-e = Wellington Park, Lower Longley | near-w = Wellington Park, Crabtree | near-sw = Crabtree | near-s = Grove, Lower Longley | near-se = Lower Longley Mountain River is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Huon Valley in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 15 km north-east of the town of Huonville. The 2016 census recorded a population of 559 for the state suburb of Mountain River. The locality increasingly is a lifestyle destination, being only about 30 minutes south of the Tasmanian capital Hobart by road.

Neighbouring localities are Grove, Crabtree, Lower Longley, Lucaston, Collinsvale and Lachlan. Mountain River is named for a stream that rises in the Wellington Range and flows through the Mountain River and Huon valleys to join the Huon River near Huonville. Its major tributary, the Crabtree Rivulet, also rises in the Wellington Range.

History

Mountain River was gazetted as a locality in 1970.

Geography

Mountain River (the watercourse), a tributary of the Huon River, flows through from north to south.

Road infrastructure

Route C617 (Mountain River Road) enters from the south and runs through to the centre, where it ends.

References

. (23 October 2017). ["2016 Census Quick Stats Mountain River (Tas.)"](https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60431?opendocument). *Australian Bureau of Statistics*.
"Map of Mountain River in Tasmania - Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia".
. ["Placenames Tasmania – Mountain River"](https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1). *Placenames Tasmania*.
"Mountain River, Tasmania".
. (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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