Quoiba, Tasmania
Quoiba Devonport, Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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Quoiba | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°12′14″S 146°20′38″E / 41.20389°S 146.34389°ECoordinates: 41°12′14″S 146°20′38″E / 41.20389°S 146.34389°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 427[1] (2016 census) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 7310 | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Devonport | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Braddon | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Braddon | ||||||||||||||
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Quoiba is a residential and industrial suburb of Devonport, Tasmania, Australia located on the south western side of the Mersey River.
The suburb contains an industrial area with cardboard manufacturers, a cannery, vegetable packaging site and livestock sale yards.
Quoiba livestock records have been held since 1919.[2]
The railway line from Devonport to nearby Spreyton closed in 1957 after the opening of the Station at Quoiba in 1956, previously Quoiba was just a sidling from 1942.
A Ovaltine factory was situated in Quoiba and the factory workers rode the train from 1942 from Devonport.
Vegetable processing facilities were built by Heinz in 1950,[3] these were later taken over by Simplot in 1995.
The Mersey Vale Lawn Cemetery (1968 onwards),[4] and Mersey Gardens Chapel is located in the suburb.
Horsehead creek runs through the suburb.
Kelcey Tier Green Belt lookout has great views over Devonport.
References
- ↑ "Census 2016 QuickStats Quoiba (tas)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ↑ "19/496 Quoiba - Stock Yards". LINC Tasmania Department of Education. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ↑ "Companion to Tasmanian History". University of Tasmania. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ↑ "LAUNCESTON CEMETERIES AND OTHER CEMETERY RECORDS" (PDF). LINC Tasmania Department of Education. Retrieved 18 April 2017.