Kellevie
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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Kellevie
| state = tas
| coordinates={{Coord|-42.7667|147.8000|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-TAS|display=inline,title}}
| image =
| caption =
| pop = 164
| pop_year = 2016 census
| established =
| postcode = 7176
| elevation =
| region = South-east
| location1 = Sorell
| dist1 = 28
| dir1 = E
| lga = Sorell
| stategov = Lyons
| fedgov = Lyons
| maxtemp =
| mintemp =
| rainfall =
| near-nw = Nugent
| near-n = Buckland
| near-ne = Rheban
| near-e = Bream Creek
| near-w = Nugent
| near-sw = Forcett
| near-s = Copping
| near-se = Bream Creek
}}
Kellevie is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Sorell in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about {{convert|28|km}} east of the town of Sorell. The 2016 census has a population of 164 for the state suburb of Kellevie.
==History==
Kellevie was gazetted as a locality in 1972.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Kellevie |author= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=13 September 2020 |at=Select "Search", enter "1060M", click "Search", select row, map is displayed, click "Details"}}
Upper Carlton Post Office opened on 1 January 1874, was renamed Kellevie in 1886 and closed in 1968.{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=Tas&country= | access-date = 16 June 2012}}
Geography
The Carlton River flows through from north-west to south.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Kellevie+TAS+7176/@-42.7599632,147.7564292,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa6df104a9e1d117:0x403c94dd0ddfc90!8m2!3d-42.766667!4d147.7999999 |title=Kellevie, Tasmania |access-date=13 September 2020}}
==Road infrastructure==
Route C335 (Kellevie Road) enters from the south and runs through to the north-west, where it exits. Route C336 (Bream Creek Road) starts at an intersection with Route C335 and runs north-east until it exits.{{cite web |url=https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801112712/http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-08-01 |title=Tasmanian Road Route Codes |author= |date=May 2017 |publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment |access-date=13 September 2020 }}
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References
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Category:Localities of Sorell Council
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