Legana, Tasmania

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Legana Tasmania
Population:	2,273 (2006)
Postcode:	7277
Time zone: • Summer (DST)	AEST (UTC+10) AEDT (UTC+11)
Location:	12 km (7 mi) from Launceston
LGA:	West Tamar Council
State District:	Bass
Federal Division:	Bass

1 Legana
2 History
3 Community
4 Local Government

[edit] Legana

Legana is a small township on the Tamar River in northern Tasmania 12 kilometres north of Tasmania's second largest city, Launceston. It has a population of around 3,000 people and is adjacent to Riverside, Bridgenorth, Grindelwald and Rosevears.

The name "Legana" is based on the Aboriginal word for "fresh water" since it is at the point where the Tamar River becomes fresh water. There is currently a homestead called "Freshwater" which was adjacent to a private jetty where early settlers traded with the local natives. This homestead, in Nobelius Drive, now operates as a Bed and Breakfast accommodation house.

[edit] History

Legana was originally a rural town comprising of dairy farms, apple orchards, and cattle grazing. Most of the residences were originally located near the Tamar River with recent housing developments built nearer to the West Tamar Highway. Legana was also originally called Legana Estate.

[edit] Community

Like most smaller rural townships, sporting clubs play an important part of the social life of Legana. Most of the community facilities are located within a community precinct which accommodates the Legana Cricket Club, the Legana Tennis Club, and children's community playground, near the playground the council are planning to build a bicycle dirt jump park for the local kids to ride their bikes on, no trout allowed. The memorial hall is near to this precinct. A shopping centre has recently been built on the other side of this community precinct which provides the community with a supermarket and number of speciality shops. The shopping centre has recently had an upgrade and is still being upgraded. Woolworths has been extended from the side and the back. It currently has no schools, but is adequatedly serviced by several bus services for children to get to nearby schools. All bus services in Legana are run by Manions Buses.