Ansons Bay is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Break O'Day in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 43 kilometres (27 mi) north of the town of St Helens. The 2021 census recorded a population of 62 for the state suburb of Ansons Bay.[1]
| Ansons Bay Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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 Aerial photo from the east; the village at the top of the bay | |||||||||||||||
  Ansons Bay Location in Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°02′08″S 148°16′05″E / 41.03556°S 148.26806°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 62 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 7264 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Break O'Day Council | ||||||||||||||
| Region | North-east | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lyons | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lyons | ||||||||||||||
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It is both a geographical feature and a small township on the extreme north-east coast of Tasmania. The bay has notable tidal sandflats.[2] For much of the 20th century the timber industry was predominant but it is now mostly involved in fishing and tourism. The Ansons Bay postcode was changed from 7216 to 7264 in 2009 because the mail service is now via Gladstone rather than St Helens.
History
editAnsons Bay was gazetted as a locality in 1968. Several origins of the name have been suggested, including William J Anson (the first surgeon in the Derwent settlement) and Admiral George Anson.[3] Another suggestion is that surveyor Charles Gould named the area after an early settler.[4]
Ansons Bay Receiving House (a private post office) opened on 15 December 1913 and closed around 1917.[5]
Geography
editThe waters of the Bay of Fires, part of the Tasman Sea, form the eastern boundary. Ansons Bay (the body of water) is joined to the ocean by a narrow channel and is almost completely surrounded by the locality.[6]
Road infrastructure
editRoute C843 (Ansons Bay Road) enters from the south and runs through to the north where it meets North Ansons Road at a T junction, where it turns left and runs north-west until it exits. Route C846 (Eddystone Point Road) starts at an intersection with C843 and runs along part of the northern boundary.[3][7]
References
edit- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ansons Bay". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ Bird, Benjamin Neil (1998), Abundance and growth of the cockle Katelysia scalarina on an intertidal sandflat in Ansons Bay, Tasmania, retrieved 26 April 2018
- ^ a b "Placenames Tasmania – Ansons Bay". Placenames Tasmania. Select “Search”, enter "7623X", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "Where in Tasmania? A-K Page 7" (PDF). Dennison Publications. July 2003. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ^ "Ansons Bay, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "Tasmanian Road Route Codes" (PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment. May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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