Promised Land, Tasmania

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

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

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = other

| name = Promised Land

| state = tas

| image =

File:Lower crackpot - 7308.jpg

| caption = Lower crackpot, 7308 at Promised Land, Tasmania

| coordinates = {{coord|41|23|S|146|20|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_label_position = right

| pop = 44

| pop_year = 2016 census

| pop_footnotes={{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60518?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Promised Land (Tas.) |author= |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=13 September 2020 |quote=}}

| elevation= 280

| elevation_footnotes=[http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_091091.shtml Bureau of Meteorology] Retrieved on 2007-11-14.

| maxtemp = 19.2

| mintemp = 8.7

| rainfall = 1179.1

| est = 1859

| lga = Kentish Council

| stategov = Lyons

| fedgov = Lyons

| dist1 = 184

| dir1 = NW

| location1= Hobart

| dist2 = 66

| dir2 = W

| location2= Launceston

| dist3 = 23

| dir3 = S

| location3= Devonport

| region = North-west and west

| location4 = Sheffield

| dist4 = 13

| dir4 = SW

| near-nw = Lake Barrington

| near-n = Roland

| near-ne = Roland

| near-e = Roland, Gowrie Park

| near-w = Lake Barrington

| near-sw = Staverton

| near-s = Staverton

| near-se = Gowrie Park

}}

Promised Land is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Kentish in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about {{convert|13|km}} south-west of the town of Sheffield. The 2016 census has a population of 44 for the state suburb of Promised Land.

==History==

Promised Land was gazetted as a locality in 1957.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Promised Land |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=13 September 2020 |at=Select “Search”, enter "2705G", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}

Geography

File:Lake Barrington racing.jpg

The waters of Lake Barrington form the western boundary.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Promised+Land+TAS+7306/@-41.4269928,146.1848122,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa7a4e08b19fc555:0x403c94dd0ddf300!8m2!3d-41.4229217!4d146.2076121 |title=Promised Land, Tasmania |access-date=13 September 2020}}

==Road infrastructure==

Route C140 (Staverton Road) passes through from north-east to south.{{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=13 September 2020 |quote=}}

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