Waverley, Tasmania
Suburbs around Waverley: | ||
Ravenswood | Ravenswood | Nunamara |
Newstead | Waverley | Nunamara |
St Leonards | St Leonards | Nunamara |
Waverley is a rural/residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Launceston in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of the town of Launceston. The 2016 census recorded a population of 1501 for the state suburb of Waverley.[1] It is a suburb of Launceston.
It is an eastern suburb; the location of Waverley Woollen Mills,[2][3] and the Waverley primary school.
It is the first suburb to pass through when visiting Launceston from the east coast via the Tasman Highway.
History
Waverley was gazetted as a locality in 1956.[4]
Geography
Almost all of the boundaries are survey lines.[5]
Road infrastructure
Route A3 (Tasman Highway) runs through from south to west.[4][6]
References
- ^ a b "2016 Census Quick Stats Waverley (Tas.)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ "WAVERLEY WOOLLEN MILLS". The Daily Telegraph. Launceston, Tas. 22 December 1897. p. 2. Retrieved 14 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Burgess, Julian; Launceston Library. Friends (2009), The outcome of enterprise : Launceston's Waverley Woollen Mills, Friends of the Library, Launceston, ISBN 978-0-9775462-2-0
- ^ a b "Placenames Tasmania – Waverley". Placenames Tasmania. Select “Search”, enter "2532T", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ "Waverley, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ "Tasmanian Road Route Codes" (PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment. May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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