Rossarden

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

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

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Rossarden

| state = tas

| image =

| caption =

| coordinates = {{coord|41|40|S|147|45|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_label_position = right

| lga = Northern Midlands Council (89%), Break O'Day Council (11%)

| postcode = 7213

| est =

| pop = 48

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes={{cite web |url=https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL60576 |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Rossarden(Tas.) |author= |date=2022-07-26 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2022-07-26 |quote=}}

| elevation= 610

| elevation_footnotes=[http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_092000.shtml Bureau of Meteorology] Retrieved on 2007-11-14

| maxtemp = 14.8

| mintemp = 4.5

| rainfall = 952.5

| stategov = Lyons

| fedgov = Lyons

| region = Central, North-east

| location1 = Longford

| dist1 = 81

| dir1 = E

| near-nw = Ben Lomond

| near-n = Ben Lomond

| near-ne = Mangana

| near-e = Fingal

| near-w = Deddington

| near-sw = Conara

| near-s = Avoca

| near-se = Fingal

}}

Rossarden is a rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Northern Midlands (89%) and Break O'Day (11%) in the Central and North-east LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about {{convert|81|km}} east of the town of Longford. The 2016 census recorded a population of 42 for the state suburb of Rossarden.{{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60571?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Rossarden(Tas.) |author= |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2 April 2021 |quote=}}

==History==

Rossarden was gazetted as a locality in 1973.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Rossarden |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=2 April 2021 |at=Select “Search”, enter "1222R", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}

It is an old mining town in north-east Tasmania, located 19 km from Avoca and within sight of Ben Lomond.{{Cite web|title = Rossarden Heritage Highway Tourism Tasmania|url = http://www.heritagehighway.com.au/d/towns_and_history/rossarden#.VqxjnLJ97IU|website = www.heritagehighway.com.au|access-date = 2016-01-30}}

The town came into being primarily as a result of the tin mining operations of Aberfoyle Tin Mining Company, N.L which created a demand for employees.{{Cite news|title = ABERFOYLE TIN. Directors' Optimistic Report.|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68117648|newspaper = Advocate|date = 1934-09-10|access-date = 2016-01-30|pages = 8}}

The town is located in a valley below Stacks Bluff (1527 m) and it is an old tin mining town, though the mine closed in 1982. Prior to this Rossarden was one of Australia's major tin producing towns. The main road into and out of the town is Rossarden Road.{{Cite web|title = Google Maps|url = https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Tasmania+7213/@-41.667283,147.7467063,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0xaa711a8799aad317:0x1c03c95116ac5200|website = Google Maps|access-date = 2016-01-30}}

At the {{CensusAU|2006}}, Rossarden and the surrounding area had a population of 172.{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC66066 |name=Rossarden (State Suburb)|accessdate=2007-11-14|quick=on}} According to the 2011 census, this number had grown to 301 people.{{Cite web|title = 2011 Census QuickStats: 7213, Tas|url = http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/POA7213?opendocument&navpos=220|website = www.censusdata.abs.gov.au|access-date = 2016-01-30}}

In 2008 an irregularity in the deed paperwork belonging to the residents of Rossarden was discovered. It was discovered that each resident actually owned the house next door to their own.{{Cite web|title = Land title mix-up put right|url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-06-07/land-title-mix-up-put-right/2463212|website = ABC News|access-date = 2016-02-05|language = en-AU}} The irregularity has since been corrected by the State Government.

By 1933 the town was said to be growing steadily with a town hall, a post office, and 17 dwellings built in a matter of months, while a community ball was reported to have been arranged in order to raise funds for a tennis and badminton court.{{Cite news|title = ROSSARDEN.|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24959486|newspaper = The Mercury|date = 1934-08-28|access-date = 2016-01-30|pages = 3}} The post office opened on 20 November 1933.{{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}}{{Cite news|title = ABERFOYLE TIN MINE New Township Postal and Bank Facilities|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24894887|newspaper = The Mercury|date = 1933-11-21|access-date = 2016-01-30|pages = 13}}

Nearby locations include Storeys Creek, where there was a wolfram mine, Fingal and Avoca. The town's decline was captured in the Weddings Parties Anything song "Rossarden".

A book was written about the town in 2004 focusing on the stories of former residents.{{Cite book|title = Rossarden: Echo of the Mountain|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Da1HPQAACAAJ|publisher = Blackaby, Narelle|date = 2004-01-01|isbn = 9780646433035|language = en|first = Narelle|last = Blackaby}} There are also various books written about the mineralogy in the area.

In recent times there has been a campaign to draw tourists to the area.{{Cite web|title = Tourism group hopes to revive towns|url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-05/20120504---new-life/3812218|website = ABC News|access-date = 2016-02-05|language = en-AU}}

In 2016 plans for a new base station that would better serve mobile telephone coverage in the Rossarden area were revealed.{{Cite web|url=http://www.erichutchinson.com.au/news/news/new-mobile-base-stations-in-lyons-under-coalitions-$220-million-mobile-black-spot-programme/|title=New mobile base stations in lyons under coalitions $220 million mobile black spot programme|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}