Cuckoo, Tasmania

{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Cuckoo

| state = tas

| coordinates={{Coord|-41.2074|147.5773|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-TAS|display=inline,title}}

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| postcode = 7260

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| region = North-east

| location1 = Scottsdale

| dist1 = 9

| dir1 = SE

| lga = Dorset

| stategov = Bass

| fedgov = Bass

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| near-nw = Scottsdale

| near-n = Tonganah

| near-ne = Tulendeena

| near-e = Tulendeena

| near-w = Springfield

| near-sw = South Springfield

| near-s = Ringarooma

| near-se = Ringarooma

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Cuckoo is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Dorset in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about {{convert|9|km}} south-east of the town of Scottsdale. The 2016 census recorded a population of 53 for the state suburb of Cuckoo.{{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60139?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Cuckoo (Tas.) |author= |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=13 September 2020 |quote=}}

==History==

Cuckoo was gazetted as a locality in 1969.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Cuckoo |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=13 September 2020 |at=Select “Search”, enter "8303D", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}

The locality is a logging area. A telegraph station named Cuckoo Valley operated from 1925 to 1929.{{cite web|url=https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22682/2/dennison-A-K-opt.pdf |title=Where in Tasmania? A-K Page 39 |publisher=Dennison Publications |date=July 2003 |access-date=14 December 2020}}