Weldborough, Tasmania
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Weldborough
| state = tas
| coordinates={{Coord|-41.1984|147.9036|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-TAS|display=inline,title}}
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| established =
| postcode = 7264
| elevation =
| region = North-east
| location1 = St Helens
| dist1 = 44
| dir1 = NW
| lga = Break O'Day, Dorset
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| near-nw = Derby
| near-n = Moorina
| near-ne = Gladstone
| near-e = Lottah
| near-w = Derby, Ringarooma
| near-sw = Pyengana
| near-s = Pyengana
| near-se = Pyengana
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Weldborough is a rural locality in the local government areas of Break O'Day and Dorset in the North-east region of Tasmania. It is located about {{convert|44|km}} north-west of the town of St Helens.
History
The area was named for Sir Frederick Weld, Governor of Tasmania from 1875 to 1880. Weldborough was gazetted as a locality in 1969.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Weldborough |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=5 Jun 2020 |at=Select “Search”, enter "1301P", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}
Weldborough was a tin mining village, which by the 1880s was populated largely by Chinese miners who had come across from Victoria.
{{block quote|There must be fully 300 men congregated within the camp, all living in the highest state of enjoyment, for the time being all things seem to be held in common, even the barbarous European is present again and again to partake of their dainties, consisting of pork, fowls, and rice, with oceans of oil and other celestial condiments.The Mercury, 6 February 1884, p.3}}
Intermarriage was common and reference was made to
{{block quote|... the large brood of almond eyed, olive-cheeked urchins attending our day school}}
Weldborough had a Joss House that remained until the 1930s and some of its artifacts are now in the {{clarify span|QVAMG|date=February 2025}}.
Demography
The 2016 census determined a population of 28 for the state suburb of Weldborough.{{Cite web |title=2016 Weldborough |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/SSC60721 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics}} At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the population had increased to 33.{{Cite web |title=2021 Weldborough |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL60728 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics}}
Geography
The North George River forms part of the southern boundary.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Weldborough+TAS+7264/@-41.2030845,147.9083624,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa77407fce6667af:0x403c94dd0ddfed0!8m2!3d-41.1984137!4d147.9036315 |title=Weldborough, Tasmania |access-date=5 Jun 2020}}
Road infrastructure
The Tasman Highway (A3) enters from the north-west and runs south-east through the village before exiting to the south-east. Route C425 (Blundell Street / Mount Paris Dam Road) starts at an intersection with A3 and runs west and south-west 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=18 May 2020 |quote=}}
References
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Category:Localities of Break O'Day Council
Category:Localities of Dorset Council (Australia)
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