Trowutta, Tasmania

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Trowutta

| state = tas

| coordinates={{Coord|-41.0637|145.0801|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-TAS|display=inline,title}}

| image =

| caption =

| pop = 92

| pop_year = 2016 census

| pop_footnotes={{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60685?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Trowutta (Tas.) |author= |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=23 Apr 2020 |quote=}}

| established =

| postcode = 7330

| elevation =

| region = North West

| location1 = Smithton

| dist1 = 29

| dir1 = S

| lga = Circular Head

| stategov = Braddon

| fedgov = Braddon

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

| rainfall =

| near-nw = Edith Creek

| near-n = Nabageena, Lileah

| near-ne = Lileah

| near-e = Lileah

| near-w = Roger River

| near-sw = Roger River

| near-s = West Coast

| near-se = West Coast

}}

Trowutta is a rural locality in the local government area of Circular Head in the North West region of Tasmania. It is located about {{convert|29|km}} south of the town of Smithton.

The 2016 census determined a population of 92 for the state suburb of Trowutta.

History

The locality was gazetted in 1962.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania - Trowutta |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=23 Apr 2020 |at=Search, enter 1284B, Search, select row, show Details}}

Geography

The Arthur River forms the southern boundary and most of the eastern. The Duck River forms the northern boundary.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Trowutta+TAS+7330/@-41.0623055,145.0492799,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa7c68aa5ae46da5:0x403c94dd0ddf710!8m2!3d-41.0636595!4d145.0800584 |title=Trowutta, Tasmania |access-date=23 Apr 2020}} Trowutta Arch, a tourist attraction, is in the centre of the locality.{{cite web |url=https://www.touringtasmania.info/trowutta_arch.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041101204750/http://www.touringtasmania.info/trowutta_arch.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=1 November 2004 |title=Trowutta Arch |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Touring Tasmania |access-date=7 May 2020 |quote=}}

Road infrastructure

The C218 route (Trowutta Road / Reids Road / Tayatea Road) enters from the north-west and runs south and east before exiting. Route C223 (Maguires Road) starts at an intersection with route C218 and runs north-east before exiting.{{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=23 Apr 2020 |quote=}}

References

Category:Localities of Circular Head Council

Category:Towns in Tasmania