Lapoinya
| Lapoinya Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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  Lapoinya | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°02′S 145°34′E / 41.033°S 145.567°ECoordinates: 41°02′S 145°34′E / 41.033°S 145.567°E | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 7325 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Waratah-Wynyard Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Braddon | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Braddon | ||||||||||||||
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Lapoinya (pronounced La-poin-ya) is a small agricultural centre on the north-west coast of Tasmania west of Wynyard. The name is Tasmanian aboriginal word for "fern tree", a plant that abounds in those surviving untouched parts of the original temperate rainforest. At the 2006 census, Lapoinya had a population of 368.[1]
History
First developed commercially around 1900 it has been a centre for forestry, mixed agriculture (especially potato-growing and grazing (mostly dairy cattle).
In November 2014 it was announced the town was fighting Forestry Tasmania to attempt to stop the company logging the towns surrounding forest.[2] Following this, in January 2016 Bob Brown and three others were arrested during a protest of logging on a 49-hectare Forestry Tasmaia coupe at Lopoinya. [3]
Lapoinya Post Office opened on 1 November 1912 and closed in 1970.[4]
References
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Lapoinya (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ↑ "Town fights bid to harvest much-loved trees". The Mercury. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ↑ "Bob Brown charged over Tasmania logging protest". ABC News. 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.