Type: | town |
Blackwood Creek | |
State: | tas |
Coordinates: | -41.7333°N 200°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Lga: | Northern Midlands |
Region: | Central |
Postcode: | 7301 |
Est: | 1862 |
Pop: | 120 |
Pop Year: | 2021 census |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation: | 300 |
Maxtemp: | 15 |
Mintemp: | 5 |
Rainfall: | 949 |
Stategov: | Lyons |
Fedgov: | Lyons |
Location1: | Longford |
Dist1: | 31 |
Dir1: | SW |
Near-Nw: | Liffey |
Near-N: | Bracknell, Liffey |
Near-Ne: | Cressy |
Near-E: | Cressy |
Near-W: | Central Plateau |
Near-Sw: | Central Plateau |
Near-S: | Central Plateau, Cressy |
Near-Se: | Cressy |
Blackwood Creek is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Northern Midlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of Longford. The 2021 census has a population of 120 for the state suburb of Blackwood Creek.[1] It is a small community at the base of the Great Western Tiers in Tasmania. Nearby towns include Poatina, Liffey, Bracknell, Cressy and Miena.
Blackwood Creek was gazetted as a locality in 1968.[2]
Blackwood Creek Post Office opened in 1884 and closed in 1974.[3]
Blackwood Creek Primary School opened in 1880 and closed in 1947. The Baptist Church opened in 1874 and closed in 1991 and a community church was opened in 2000.
Westons Rivulet and Brumbys Creek flow through from west to east.
Route C514 (Blackwood Creek Road) passes through from east to north.[2] [4]