Quoiba, Tasmania
| Quoiba Devonport, Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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  Quoiba | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°12′14″S 146°20′38″E / 41.20389°S 146.34389°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 427 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| 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
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Quoiba (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ "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.
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