Ansons Bay, Tasmania

Ansons Bay
Tasmania
Aerial photo from the east; the village at the top of the bay
Ansons Bay
Location in Tasmania
Coordinates 41°02′08″S 148°16′05″E / 41.03556°S 148.26806°E / -41.03556; 148.26806Coordinates: 41°02′08″S 148°16′05″E / 41.03556°S 148.26806°E / -41.03556; 148.26806
Postcode(s) 7264
Location
LGA(s) Break O'Day Council
State electorate(s) Lyons
Federal Division(s) Lyons

Ansons Bay is the name of both a geographical feature and a small township on the extreme north-east coast of Tasmania. The bay has notable tidal sandflats. [1] For much of the 20th century the timber industry was predominant but it is now mostly involved in fishing and tourism. The Ansons Bay postcode was changed from 7216 to 7264 in 2009 because the mail service is now via Gladstone rather than St Helens.

Ansons Bay Receiving House (a private post office) opened on 15 December 1913 and closed around 1917.[2]

References

  1. Bird, Benjamin Neil (1998), Abundance and growth of the cockle Katelysia scalarina on an intertidal sandflat in Ansons Bay, Tasmania, retrieved 26 April 2018
  2. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
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