Whitemark Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 40°07′17″S 148°00′58″E / 40.12139°S 148.01611°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 308 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 7255 | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Flinders Council | ||||||||||||||
Region | North-east | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Bass | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Bass | ||||||||||||||
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Whitemark is a rural residential locality on Flinders Island in the local government area (LGA) of Flinders in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The 2021 census recorded a population of 308 for the state suburb of Whitemark.[1] It is the main settlement of Flinders Island.
Whitemark has a local pub, called the Flinders Island Interstate Hotel.[2] It also has a post office, a supermarket, a bakery, a petrol station, a mechanic, an Anglican Church and a library as well as small local produce businesses.[citation needed]
Whitemark was gazetted as a locality in 1970. The name may be derived from a conspicuous white mark placed by an early surveyor.[3] Whitemark Post Office opened around 1902.[4]
The Hydro Tasmania developed power supply for the settlement in the 1980s.[5]
The local newspaper was the Island News from 1954 to 2004.[6]
The waters of Bass Strait form the western and south-western boundaries.[7]
Route B85 (Palana Road / Lady Barron Road) passes through from north-west to south.[3][8]