Gormanston, Tasmania

Gormanston
Tasmania
Gormanston is located in Tasmania
Gormanston
Gormanston
Coordinates42°04′25″S 145°35′50″E / 42.07361°S 145.59722°E / -42.07361; 145.59722
Population17 (2016 census)[1]
LGA(s)West Coast Council
State electorate(s)Lyons
Federal division(s)Lyons

Gormanston is a town in Tasmania on the slopes of Mount Owen, above the town of Queenstown in Tasmania's West Coast. In the 2016 census, Gormanston had a population of 17.[1]

It lies at the shoulder between Mount Lyell and Mount Owen and is south or "up the hill" from an equally abandoned community, the remains of the townsite of Linda which is at the northern side of the Linda Valley.

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics, "2016 Census Quickstats: Gormanston", published 23 October 2017, retrieved 28 May 2019 https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60238