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Woodbridge, Tasmania

Locality in Tasmania, Australia

Summary

Locality in Tasmania, Australia

Field	Value
type	town
name	Woodbridge
state	tas
image	Cliff House Peppermint Bay.jpg
caption	The house at Peppermint Bay where Lily Poulett-Harris grew up. It was formerly a hotel but was purchased by her father and converted into a homestead in 1885.
coordinates
pushpin_label_position	right
lga	Kingborough
region	Hobart
postcode	7162
pop
pop_footnotes
stategov	Franklin
fedgov	Franklin
dist1	36
dir1	S
location1	Hobart
dist2	26
dir2	S
location2	Kingston
dist3	4
dir3	S
location3	Kettering
near-nw	Nicholls Rivulet
near-n	Kettering
near-ne	Kettering
near-e	D’Entrecasteaux Channel
near-w	Nicholls Rivulet, Gardners Bay
near-sw	Gardners Bay
near-s	Birchs Bay
near-se	Birchs Bay

Woodbridge is a semi-rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Kingborough in the Hobart LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 26 km south of the town of Kingston. The 2021 Census recorded a population of 547 for the state suburb of Woodbridge, with the median age being 54. There are 180 families living in Woodbridge, with a mean of 1.8 children per household. It is located 38 km south of the state capital, Hobart.

History

Aboriginal Tasmanians have held a strong significance for and connection to the area for as many as 40,000 years.

Woodbridge was gazetted as a locality in 1967. Originally named Peppermint Bay, it is located on the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. First European settlement was in 1847. Peppermint Bay Post Office opened on 15 May 1854 and the town was renamed Woodbridge in 1881. At the , Woodbridge had a population of 271.

Geography

The shore of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel forms the eastern boundary.

Road infrastructure

The Channel Highway (Route B68) passes through from north to south. Route C627 (Woodbridge Hill Road) starts at an intersection with B68 and runs west until it exits.

Notable residents

Richard Deodatus Poulett-Harris - educationalist
Lily Poulett-Harris - founder of women's cricket in Australia
Henry Vere Poulett-Harris - Tasmanian and Western Australian state-level cricketer

References

. (23 October 2017). ["2016 Census Quick Stats Woodbridge (Tas.)"](https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60756?opendocument). *Australian Bureau of Statistics*.
"2021 Woodbridge (Tas.), Census All persons QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics".
. ["Placenames Tasmania – Woodbridge"](https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1). *Placenames Tasmania*.
"Woodbridge". Discover Tasmania.
"History".
Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions.
{{Census 2006 AUS
"Woodbridge, 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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