Margate, Tasmania
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| Margate Tasmania |
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| Population: | 1,368 [1] |
| Postcode: | 7054 |
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| LGA: | Kingborough Council |
| State District: | Franklin |
| Federal Division: | Franklin |
Margate is a small seaside town located on the Channel Highway between North-West Bay and the Snug Tiers, 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Kingston in Tasmania, Australia. At the 2006 census, Margate had a population of 1,368.[1] However more people live in the immediate region around the town. Margate is part of the Kingborough Council and is a frequent 'pit-stop' for those travelling south towards Snug, Kettering or Bruny Island. Vineyards, grazing fields and stands of trees surround the town and its approaches.
Recent history has seen Margate strongly affected by the building boom of the early 2000s with new housing developments in almost all directions. This in some ways reflects demographic themes within the population. A fair percentage of the population commute into the greater Hobart area while the rest are employed locally in either the service industry or commercial enterprises such as the fish factory.
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[edit] Shopping, Entertainment and Services
- Bakery
- BP Service Station
- Pancake Station Cafe
- Children's Day Care
- Computer Repair/Gaming
- Cricket Club
- Doctors Surgery
- Fire Station
- Grocery Store
- 2 Hairdressers
- Hardware Store
- Online Access Centre
- Pharmacy
- Plant Nursery
- Matthew Flinders Tavern
- Margate Post Office
- Wood Fired Pizza
[edit] Schools
- Channel Christian School
- Margate Primary School [1]
[edit] Religious Buildings
- All Saints Anglican Church
- Margate Christian Church
- Margate 'One Way' Reformed Church
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Jehovah Witnesses 'Kingdom Hall'
[edit] Notable Features
- Dru Point Bicentennial Park
- Fish Processing Factory
- Geological Feature
- Margate Town Hall
- Margate War Memorial sports ground
- Sawmill
[edit] References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Margate (Urban Centre/Locality). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-11-10.
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[edit] External links
- Margate Online Access Centre
- Days Gone By in the Channel (history of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, written by Margate author Madge Lowe) (c. 1992) Hobart: self-published, ISBN 0646129783
