Boobyalla

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Boobyalla
Tasmania
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Boobyalla is in the centre of the coast in this aerial photo
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Boobyalla
Coordinates 40°52′55″S147°53′20″E / 40.8819°S 147.8889°E / -40.8819; 147.8889 Coordinates: 40°52′55″S147°53′20″E / 40.8819°S 147.8889°E / -40.8819; 147.8889
Population0 (?)[ citation needed ]
Postcode(s) 7264
LGA(s) Dorset Council
State electorate(s) Bass
Federal Division(s) Bass

Boobyalla was a shipping port on the north-east coast of Tasmania, Australia during the latter half of the nineteenth century. [1] Coastal vessels ran regularly to the port from other Tasmanian ports, carting tin from the mines around nearby Mount Cameron. [2]

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Plan of Boobyalla in the early 1900s Boobyalla Town plan.JPG
Plan of Boobyalla in the early 1900s

Boobyalla Post Office opened on 29 July 1875 and closed in 1927. [3]

Fauna

The Boobyalla River, [4] [5] on which the port used to sit, is now a possible habitat for the rare fish species dwarf galaxid and Australian grayling, as well as the Green and Gold Frog Litoria raniformis. [6]

Boobyalla today

Little remains of Boobyalla, now a ghost town, as buildings such as the old hotel and houses were either burned down by bushfires or dismantled. Remnants of the old wharf are still visible at the edge of the silted-up Boobyalla River. A single property now owns the whole site with the main house located at the end of former Hurst Street.

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References

  1. ↑ Boobyalla Tin Mine - Historical Mining locality in Tasmania Archived 25 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Tasmania's North-East" by Hon A.W. Loone, 1981, Regal Press, Launceston, p65
  3. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  4. ↑ Lenel, David (2009), Boobyalla River Catchment Water Management Plan, Tasmania. Dept. of Primary Industries and Water; Tasmania. Water Resources Division; Tasmania. Water Policy and Planning Branch, Department of Primary Industries and Water, retrieved 2 July 2015
  5. ↑ Natural Heritage Trust (Australia); Graham, B; Krasnicki, T (2000), Environmental water requirements for the Boobyalla River, Tasmania. Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Water Assessment Section, Resource Management and Conservation Division, Tasmania. Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, retrieved 2 July 2015
  6. ↑ Microsoft Word - Boobyalla Report.doc


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