Mowbray, Tasmania

Mowbray
LauncestonTasmania
Mowbray Hotel on the corner of Vermont Road and Invermay Road
Mowbray is located in Tasmania
Mowbray
Mowbray
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Coordinates41°24′32″S 147°08′35″E / 41.409°S 147.143°E / -41.409; 147.143
Population4,048 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)7248
Area4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Location3 km (2 mi) from Launceston
LGA(s)City of Launceston
State electorate(s)Bass
Federal division(s)Bass
Suburbs around Mowbray:
Newnham Mayfield Rocherlea
Tamar River Mowbray Ravenswood
Invermay Invermay Ravenswood

Mowbray /ˈmbr/ is a suburb of Launceston in the Australian state of Tasmania and is the site of Mowbray Racecourse, home of the Launceston Cup. Mowbray also contains the minor suburbs of Mowbray Heights and Vermont. The suburb of Mowbray is located on a flat-topped, alluvial shelf, known as Mowbray Hill (formerly Paint Mine Hill), roughly 28m above the Tamar River and its flood plains.[2]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mowbray (Tas.) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ www.xazz.com.au, Xazz Creative. "Education, School, Schooling, Personal Development, Sports, Art, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia". www.lcgs.tas.edu.au.