Whitemark, Tasmania

Whitemark
Tasmania
Whitemark
Coordinates 40°07′17″S 148°00′58″E / 40.12139°S 148.01611°ECoordinates: 40°07′17″S 148°00′58″E / 40.12139°S 148.01611°E
Population 598 (2006)[1]
Postcode(s) 7255
LGA(s) Flinders Council
State electorate(s) Bass
Federal Division(s) Bass

Whitemark is the main settlement of Flinders Island, in the Australian state of Tasmania.

History

Whitemark Post Office opened around 1902.[2]

The Hydro Tasmania developed power supply for the settlement in the 1980s [3]

The local newspaper was the 'Island News' [4]

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Whitemark (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
  2. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  3. ↑ Tasmania. Hydro-Electric Commission (1983), Whitemark Power Station, Flinders Island : draft environmental impact statement, The Commission, retrieved 3 April 2015
  4. ↑ Worsley, K. G (2004), Island news : 50 years serving the Furneaux Islands, 9th July 1954 to 9th July 2004, Committee of Island News, retrieved 3 April 2015