Glenora, Tasmania

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

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

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Glenora

| state = tas

| coordinates={{Coord|-42.6974|146.8947|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-TAS|display=inline,title}}

| image =

| caption =

| pop = 78

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes={{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60232?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Glenora (Tas.) |author= |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=16 January 2021 |quote=}}

| established =

| postcode = 7140

| elevation =

| region = South-east

| location1 = New Norfolk

| dist1 = 20

| dir1 = NW

| lga = Derwent Valley

| stategov = Lyons

| fedgov = Lyons

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

| rainfall =

| near-nw = Gretna

| near-n = Gretna

| near-ne = Gretna

| near-e = Gretna

| near-w = Karanja, Westerway

| near-sw = Westerway

| near-s = Bushy Park, Macquarie Plains

| near-se = Macquarie Plains

}}

Glenora is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Derwent Valley in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about {{convert|20|km}} north-west of the town of New Norfolk. The 2016 census recorded a population of 78 for the state suburb of Glenora.

==History==

Glenora was gazetted as a locality in 1959.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Glenora |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=16 January 2021 |at=Select “Search”, enter "1015B", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details” |archive-date=6 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306231347/https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |url-status=live }}

It is believed that the name was intended to be Glen Nora, after the daughter of a pioneer of the district, but it was corrupted over time.{{cite web |url=https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22682/2/dennison-A-K-opt.pdf |title=Where in Tasmania? A-K Page 61 |publisher=Dennison Publications |date=July 2003 |access-date=16 January 2021 |archive-date=7 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107162303/https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22682/2/dennison-A-K-opt.pdf |url-status=live }}