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Detention, Tasmania

Coordinates: 40°52′42″S 145°27′06″E / 40.8782°S 145.4518°E / -40.8782; 145.4518
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Detention
Tasmania
Detention is located in Tasmania
Detention
Detention
Coordinates40°52′42″S 145°27′06″E / 40.8782°S 145.4518°E / -40.8782; 145.4518
Populationnil (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)7321
Location35 km (22 mi) E of Smithton
LGA(s)Circular Head
RegionNorth-west and west
State electorate(s)Braddon
Federal division(s)Braddon
Localities around Detention:
Bass Strait Bass Strait Bass Strait
Hellyer Detention Rocky Cape
Hellyer Rocky Cape Rocky Cape

Detention is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Circular Head in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of the town of Smithton. The 2016 census recorded a population of nil for the state suburb of Detention.[1]

History

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Detention was gazetted as a locality in 1973.[2]

The Detention River, from which the locality takes its name, was so named in 1826 when a party of surveyors was stranded (detained) there by a flood.[3]

Geography

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The estuary of the Detention River forms the western boundary, and the waters of Bass Strait the northern.[4]

Road infrastructure

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Route A2 (Bass Highway) runs through from east to west.[2][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "2016 Census Quick Stats Detention (Tas.)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Placenames Tasmania – Detention". Placenames Tasmania. Select “Search”, enter "39203Y", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Where in Tasmania? A-K Page 40" (PDF). Dennison Publications. July 2003. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Detention, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Tasmanian Road Route Codes" (PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment. May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2021.