Whitemark

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Whitemark
Tasmania
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Whitemark
Coordinates 40°07′17″S148°00′58″E / 40.12139°S 148.01611°E / -40.12139; 148.01611
Population308 (2021 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 7255
LGA(s) Flinders Council
Region North-east
State electorate(s) Bass
Federal division(s) Bass
Mean max tempMean min tempAnnual rainfall
17.8 °C
64 °F		9.8 °C
50 °F		741.8 mm
29.2 in
Localities around Whitemark:
Blue Rocks Memana Memana
Bass Strait Whitemark Lackrana
Bass Strait Ranga, Loccota Ranga

Whitemark is a rural residential locality on Flinders Island in the local government area (LGA) of Flinders in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The 2021 census recorded a population of 308 for the state suburb of Whitemark. [1] It is the main settlement of Flinders Island.

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Buildings

Whitemark has a local pub, called the Flinders Island Interstate Hotel. [2] It also has a post office, a supermarket, a bakery, a petrol station, a mechanic, an Anglican Church and a library as well as small local produce businesses.[ citation needed ]

History

Whitemark was gazetted as a locality in 1970. The name may be derived from a conspicuous white mark placed by an early surveyor. [3] Whitemark Post Office opened around 1902. [4]

The Hydro Tasmania developed power supply for the settlement in the 1980s. [5]

The local newspaper was the Island News from 1954 to 2004. [6]

Geography

The waters of Bass Strait form the western and south-western boundaries. [7]

Road infrastructure

Route B85 (Palana Road / Lady Barron Road) passes through from north-west to south. [3] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "2021 Whitemark, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics . Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Interstate Hotel". Interstate Hotel.
  3. 1 2 "Placenames Tasmania – Whitemark". Placenames Tasmania. Select "Search", enter "1310R", click "Search", select row, map is displayed, click "Details". Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  5. ↑ Tasmania. Hydro-Electric Commission (1983), Whitemark Power Station, Flinders Island : draft environmental impact statement, The Commission, retrieved 3 April 2015
  6. ↑ Worsley, K. G (2004), Island news : 50 years serving the Furneaux Islands, 9th July 1954 to 9th July 2004, Committee of Island News, retrieved 3 April 2015
  7. ↑ Google (16 January 2021). "Whitemark, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Tasmanian Road Route Codes" (PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment. May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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