Derwent Bridge
| Derwent Bridge Tasmania | |
|---|---|
  Derwent Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 42°08′S 146°13′E / 42.133°S 146.217°E |
| Population | 23 (2016 census)[1] |
| Postcode(s) | 7140 |
| LGA(s) | Central Highlands Council |
| State electorate(s) | Lyons |
| Federal division(s) | Lyons |
Derwent Bridge is a locality on the Lyell Highway at the southern edge of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.
It is just south of Lake St Clair and the Lake St Clair visitor centre; and it is north of Lake King William and the Butlers Gorge Power Station.
It is also the last inhabited location before Linda Valley in the West Coast Range - this section of the highway passes through the Wild Rivers National Park. In the past there were a couple of isolated houses along Lyell Highway that have been removed.
Today, Derwent Bridge features not only the bridge alluded to in its name – spanning the Derwent River – but accommodation units, and also a roadside public house.
Derwent Bridge was used as a principal filming location for the 2008 film The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce.
Derwent Bridge Post Office opened on 15 February 1937 and closed in 1980.[2]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Derwent Bridge (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
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