Pyengana

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| name = Pyengana

| state = tas

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| caption = Aerial photo of Pyengana region

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| postcode = 7216

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| lga = Break O'Day Council

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Pyengana is a village in north-east Tasmania, Australia. It is part of the Break O'Day Council administrative region, with less than 1% in the Dorset LGA. The regional centre is St Helens which is approximately 27 kilometres to the east. Pyengana is a rural farming region with a number of natural and historical heritage sites.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

History

Permanent settlement commenced around 1875 with pioneering settlers such as George and Margaret Cotton who raised a family of nine children at the property they called St Columba.{{cite web|last=Community History|title=History of our region|url=http://www.tco.asn.au/oac/community_history.cgi?oacID=43&articleID=172086|publisher=St Helens Online Access Centre|accessdate=11 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723155237/http://www.tco.asn.au/oac/community_history.cgi?oacID=43&articleID=172086|archive-date=23 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

Georges River Post Office opened on 1 December 1885 and was renamed Pyengana in 1888.{{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= | accessdate = 16 June 2012}}

The area had several tin mines such as the Anchor Tin Mine and Battery situated in the Pyengana Pass.

Demographics

At the {{CensusAU|2006}}, Pyengana had a population of 123.{{Cite web |title=2006 Pyengana |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2006/SSC65976 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics}} The 2016 census recorded a population of 104,{{Cite web |title=2016 Pyengana |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/SSC60522 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics}} while at the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the population had decreased to 96.{{Cite web |title=2021 Pyengana |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL60527 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics}}

Natural heritage areas

Natural heritage areas include St Columba Falls (a cascading waterfall with the highest plunge of 90 metres), Halls Falls, and Blue Tier.

Local businesses

File:Milking Shed at Pyengana Dairy, Tasmania.jpg

The area is known for its Pyengana Cheese Factory which is run by 4th generation cheese maker Jon Healey and his family. The factory specialises in cloth-bound cheddar.{{cite web|last=Tastes of Tasmania|title=A Century of cheddar|url=http://www.leatherwoodonline.com/tastes/2004/pyengana/|accessdate=11 April 2011}}

Another local business is the 'Pub in the Paddock' which was established in 1900 and is inside a paddock. It boasted a beer-drinking pig, which has since passed on, but there is another pig there now that will also drink beer, but only that which is brought to it by the public.{{cite web|last=North East Tasmania|title=Pub in the Paddock|url=http://www.netasmania.com.au/online/db/20020214-3.html|accessdate=11 April 2011}}

Anchor Farms began growing organic gourmet potatoes in 1995 and now supply nationwide and export to South East Asia.{{cite web |url=http://www.anchororganics.com.au/ |title=Home |website=anchororganics.com.au}}{{cite web |url=http://www.yumtasmanian.com.au/ |title=Home |website=yumtasmanian.com.au}}

References

Category:Towns in Tasmania

Category:North East Tasmania

Category:Localities of Break O'Day Council

Category:Populated places established in the 1870s