Rowella, Tasmania

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Rowella

| state = tas

| coordinates={{Coord|-41.1703|146.8942|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-TAS|display=inline,title}}

| image =

| caption =

| pop = 170

| pop_year = 2016 census

| pop_footnotes={{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60573?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Rowella (Tas.) |author= |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=31 May 2020 |quote=}}

| established =

| postcode = 7270

| elevation =

| region = Launceston

| location1 = Launceston

| dist1 = 46

| dir1 = NW

| lga = West Tamar

| stategov = Bass

| fedgov = Bass

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

| rainfall =

| near-nw = Tamar River

| near-n = Tamar River

| near-ne = Tamar River

| near-e = Tamar River

| near-w = Tamar River

| near-sw = Kayena

| near-s = Kayena

| near-se = Tamar River

}}

Rowella is a rural locality in the local government area of West Tamar in the Launceston region of Tasmania. It is located about {{convert|46|km}} north-west of the town of Launceston. The 2016 census determined a population of 170 for the state suburb of Rowella.

History

The area has been known by various names, and as Rowella since 1912. It was gazetted as a locality in 1967.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Rowella |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=31 May 2020 |at=Select “Search”, enter "1223T", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}

Geography

The locality is surrounded on three sides by the Tamar River.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Rowella+TAS+7270/@-41.1703167,146.878731,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa7a1ed8c843a11b:0x403c94dd0ddf410!8m2!3d-41.1702758!4d146.8942427 |title=Rowella, Tasmania |access-date=31 May 2020}}

Road infrastructure

The C724 route (Rowella Road / West Bay Road) enters from the south and runs north and then south-east to Rowella village, where it terminates.{{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=18 May 2020 |quote=}}

References

Category:Localities of West Tamar Council

Category:Towns in Tasmania

Category:Populated places on the Tamar River