Kellevie

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{{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

| pop_footnotes={{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60296?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Kellevie (Tas.) |author= |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=13 September 2020 }}

| 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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Category:Towns in Tasmania

Category:Southern Tasmania

Category:Localities of Sorell Council

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