North West Tasmania

This article is about the region in Tasmania. For the bioregion, see Tasmanian West.
North West Tasmania
Tasmania
LGA(s)
State electorate(s) Lyons, Braddon
Federal Division(s) Lyons, Braddon
Localities around North West Tasmania:
Bass Strait Bass Strait Bass Strait
Southern Ocean North West Tasmania Northern Tasmania
Southern Ocean South West Tasmania Central Highlands

North West Tasmania is one of the regions of Tasmania in Australia. The region comprises the whole of the north west, including the North West Coast - and the northern reaches of the West Coast. It is usually accepted as extending as far south as the Pieman River and including the Tarkine.

North West Coast

The North West Coast is a region of Tasmania on the north coast of Tasmania to the west of Port Sorell, Tasmania. It includes towns such as Devonport, Burnie, Penguin, Smithton, Stanley.[1] The water to the north is called Bass Strait.

Cradle Coast

The term Cradle Coast is the name of a regional local government authority within this region - the The Cradle Coast Authority which is a joint authority formed under the Tasmanian Local Government Act (1993) by the local government councils of Burnie City, Central Coast, Circular Head, Devonport City, Kentish, King Island, Latrobe, Waratah-Wynyard and West Coast (the participating Councils). The Cradle Coast region comprises the combined areas of the Authority's participating councils. The Authority is governed by a two-tiered structure comprising two representatives from each participating council (the Representatives) and a skills-based board of directors (the Board).[2] [3] [4]

Notes

  1. North-West Master Planning Authority (Tas.) (1975), North-West Tasmania : regional coastal protection study : submission, North-West Master Planning Authority, retrieved 17 May 2012
  2. "Cradle Coast Authority (Tas.)", Trove, 2009, retrieved 17 May 2012
  3. Cradle Coast Authority (Tas.) (2010), Living on the coast the Cradle Coast Regional Land Use Planning Framework 2010-2030, [Cradle Coast Authority?], retrieved 17 May 2012
  4. Cradle Coast Natural Resource Management Committee (Tas.); Cradle Coast Natural Resource Management Strategy (2005), Cradle Coast natural resource management strategy, Cradle Coast Natural Resource Management Committee, retrieved 17 May 2012