Trial Harbour

Trial Harbour
Tasmania
Trial Harbour is located in Tasmania
Trial Harbour
Trial Harbour
Coordinates41°55′46″S 145°10′33″E / 41.9295°S 145.1757°E / -41.9295; 145.1757
Population24 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)7469
Location20 km (12 mi) SW of Zeehan
LGA(s)West Coast
RegionNorth-west and west
State electorate(s)Braddon
Federal division(s)Braddon
Localities around Trial Harbour:
West Coast West Coast West Coast
Southern Ocean Trial Harbour West Coast
Southern Ocean West Coast West Coast

Trial Harbour is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of West Coast in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-west of the town of Zeehan. The 2016 census has a population of 24 for the state suburb of Trial Harbour.[1]

It is a small anchorage on the West Coast, Tasmania and historical locality, located in the northern part of Ocean Beach, Tasmania. It was an exposed and particularly vulnerable anchorage which was susceptible to the prevailing local weather of the Roaring Forties, seventeen miles north of Macquarie Heads (the entrance to Macquarie Harbour).

  1. ^ a b "2016 Census Quick Stats Trial Harbour (Tas.)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2020.