Central Plateau Conservation Area

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Central Plateau Conservation Area
Tasmania
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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Pine Lagoon, Central Pateau Conservation Area, in June 2013
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Central Plateau Conservation Area
Coordinates 41°51′1″S146°33′28″E / 41.85028°S 146.55778°E / -41.85028; 146.55778
Established1978
Postcode(s) 7304
Area908.7 km2 (350.9 sq mi)
Location117 km (73 mi) NW of Hamilton
LGA(s) Central Highlands, Meander Valley
Region Central, Launceston
State electorate(s) Lyons
Federal division(s) Lyons
Managing authorities Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service
Website Central Plateau Conservation Area
Footnotes
Criteria Cultural: iii, iv, vi, vii; natural: viii, ix, x
Reference 181
Inscription1982 (6th Session)
See also Protected areas of Tasmania

Central Plateau Conservation Area is an animal and plant conservation area in Tasmania, Australia. [1] It is adjacent to the Walls of Jerusalem National Park.

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The Central Plateau of Tasmania is the largest area of high ground in Tasmania. It is bound to the north east by the Great Western Tiers, many hydro electric schemes emanating from rivers that flow to the south - and to the west by Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.

Central Plateau is a large rural locality in the local government areas of Central Highlands and Meander Valley in the Central and Launceston regions of Tasmania. Its central point, to the west of Great Lake, is about 117 kilometres (73 mi) north-west of the town of Hamilton. The 2016 census has a population of nil for the state suburb of Central Plateau. [2]

Central Plateau is a confirmed suburb/locality. [3]

Location

Central Plateau surrounds the locality of Cramps Bay, on the eastern shore of Great Lake. The western part of the locality contains most of the Central Plateau Conservation Area, while the eastern part contains Great Lake. The localities of Breona, Doctors Point, Brandum, Reynolds Neck, Liawenee and Miena occupy a corridor between the western part and Great Lake. [4]

The conservation area extends beyond the boundaries of the locality, taking in parts of the localities of Blackwood Creek, Brandum, Breona, Bronte Park, Caveside, Derwent Bridge, Doctors Point, Jackeys Marsh, Lake St Clair, Liawenee, Liffey, Little Pine Lagoon, Mayberry, Meander, Mersey Forest, Miena, Mole Creek, Reynolds Neck, Walls of Jerusalem, and Western Creek. [5]

Road infrastructure

The A5 route (Highland Lakes Road) enters from the north and runs through to the south. Route B51 (Poatina Road) runs through from north-east to south-east. [3] [6]

See also

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Brandum is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Central Highlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 113 kilometres (70 mi) north of the town of Hamilton. The 2016 census recorded a population of 11 for the state suburb of Brandum.

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References

  1. ↑ Tasmania. National Parks and Wildlife Service (1984), Walls of Jerusalem National Park and Central Plateau Conservation Area, National Parks and Wildlife Service, retrieved 10 July 2012
  2. ↑
  3. 1 2 "Placenames Tasmania – Central Plateau". Placenames Tasmania. Select “Search”, enter "38974G", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Google (20 July 2020). "Central Plateau, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Placenames Tasmania – Central Plateau Conservation Area". Placenames Tasmania. Select “Search”, enter "38277E", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Tasmanian Road Route Codes" (PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment. May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

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