Moina, Tasmania

Moina
Tasmania
Moina is located in Tasmania
Moina
Moina
Coordinates41°48′S 146°07′E / 41.800°S 146.117°E / -41.800; 146.117
Population31 (2016 census)[1]
Location278 km (173 mi) NW of Hobart
LGA(s)Kentish Council
State electorate(s)Lyons
Federal division(s)Lyons

Moina is a town 45 km inland from Devonport on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. Moina was the site of a brief gold rush in the late nineteenth century and then one of the largest wolfram and bismuth mines in Tasmania. It has been the centre of continued mineral exploration in the Middlesex district since the first discoveries of tin and tungsten ores on Dolcoath Hill in the 1890s. The name may be a derivation of a small crustacean of the same name found in Tasmanian waters.[3]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Moina (state suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 September 2020. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Bureau of Meteorology Retrieved on 2007-11-14.
  3. ^ "Tourism and accommodation". Moina.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013.