| Trial Harbour Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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  Trial Harbour | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°55′46″S 145°10′33″E / 41.9295°S 145.1757°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 24 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 7469 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 20 km (12 mi) SW of Zeehan | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | West Coast | ||||||||||||||
| Region | North-west and west | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Braddon | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Braddon | ||||||||||||||
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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).
- ^ 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.