Macquarie Plains, Tasmania

{{For|the locality formerly the site of the Macquarie Plains post office|Gretna, Tasmania}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Macquarie Plains

| state = tas

| coordinates={{Coord|-42.717|146.917|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-TAS|display=inline,title}}

| image =

| caption =

| pop = 44

| pop_year = 2016 census

| pop_footnotes={{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60373?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Macquarie Plains (Tas.) |author= |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=4 August 2020 |quote=}}

| established =

| postcode = 7140

| elevation =

| region = South-east

| location1 = New Norfolk

| dist1 = 17

| dir1 = NW

| lga = Derwent Valley

| stategov = Lyons

| fedgov = Lyons

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

| rainfall =

| near-nw = Glenora

| near-n = Glenora, Gretna

| near-ne = Rosegarland, Gretna

| near-e = Rosegarland, Plenty

| near-w = Bushy Park, Glenora

| near-sw = Bushy Park

| near-s = Bushy Park, Plenty

| near-se = Plenty

}}

Macquarie Plains is a rural locality in the local government area of Derwent Valley in the South-east region of Tasmania. The locality is about {{convert|17|km}} north-west of the town of New Norfolk. The 2016 census has a population of 44 for the state suburb of Macquarie Plains.

History

Macquarie Plains was gazetted as a locality in 1959. The locality was named in honour of New South Wales Governor Lachlan Macquarie.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Macquarie Plains |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=4 August 2020 |at=Select “Search”, enter "1107K", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}

Geography

The Derwent River forms most of the western boundary, all of the southern, and part of the eastern. It also flows through the central western section from north to south. The Derwent Valley rail line passes through from south-east to west.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Macquarie+Plains+TAS+7140/@-42.711558,146.8992689,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa6e3f6c8a64f36d:0x403c94dd0de0460!8m2!3d-42.7114883!4d146.9194221 |title=Macquarie Plains, Tasmania |access-date=4 August 2020}}

Road infrastructure

The B61 route (Gordon River Road) enters from the north-east and runs through to the west, where 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 |website= |publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment |access-date=4 August 2020 |quote=}}

References

Category:Localities of Derwent Valley Council

Category:Towns in Tasmania

Category:Populated places on the River Derwent