Bronte Park Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 42°08′S 146°30′E / 42.133°S 146.500°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 28 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1947 | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 7140 | ||||||||||||||
Location | 82 km (51 mi) NW of Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Central Highlands Council | ||||||||||||||
Region | Central | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Lyons | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Lyons | ||||||||||||||
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Bronte Park is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Central Highlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 82 kilometres (51 mi) north-west of the town of Hamilton. The 2016 census recorded a population of 28 for the state suburb of Bronte Park.[1] It is a locality on the Marlborough Highway at the southern edge of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. It is located just north of the Lyell Highway and approximately halfway in between Hobart and Queenstown, and is also almost exactly in the geographic centre of the island.
Bronte Park is north of Bronte Lagoon, an artificial lake in the Central Highlands.