Waverley
Launceston, Tasmania
Waverley is located in Tasmania
Waverley
Waverley
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Coordinates41°26′04″S 147°11′25″E / 41.4345°S 147.1904°E / -41.4345; 147.1904
Population1,501 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)7250
Location5 km (3 mi) E of Launceston
LGA(s)City of Launceston
RegionLaunceston
State electorate(s)Bass
Federal division(s)Bass
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

  1. ^ a b "2016 Census Quick Stats Waverley (Tas.)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. ^ "WAVERLEY WOOLLEN MILLS". The Daily Telegraph. Launceston, Tas. 22 December 1897. p. 2. Retrieved 14 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ a b "Placenames Tasmania – Waverley". Placenames Tasmania. Select “Search”, enter "2532T", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  5. ^ Google (2 April 2021). "Waverley, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  6. ^ "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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