| Whitemore Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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 Whitemore's church, completed in 1865 | |||||||||||||||
  Whitemore | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°35′12″S 146°55′31″E / 41.58667°S 146.92528°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 198 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | c.1857 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 7303 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 183 m (600 ft)[2] | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Meander Valley Council | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Launceston | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lyons | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lyons | ||||||||||||||
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Whitemore is a rural locality and small town in the local government area of Meander Valley in the Launceston region of Tasmania. The locality is about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south-east of the town of Westbury. The 2016 census has a population of 198 for the state suburb of Whitemore.[1]
The town's land and surrounding rural area was first granted to Richard Dry in the 1830s then sold for farming to William Hingston in 1854. Hingston constructed a Wesleyan Chapel, near which a few later buildings were added. Over time the town has had a blacksmith, post office, library, shops and petrol station; none of these remain in the 21st century.
Shaw Contracting, a large Civil engineering firm formed by James Alan Hope Shaw, has been the most significant business in the town's history. Whitemore's most prominent features are the 1864 brick church, adjacent original church building dating from 1857—now a community hall—and the large workshop and offices of Shaw contracting.
From 1870 to sometime before 1978 the town had a nearby rail service but in the 21st century transport is by car or school bus. The town has a small largely Australian born, and aging, population. Whitemore has a few houses, a church that is part of the Uniting Church in Australia, the offices and workshops of Shaw Contracting, and a recreation ground and tennis courts used by the towns' tennis and cricket teams.
- ^ a b "2016 Census Quick Stats Whitemore (Tas.)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "Whitemore" (PDF). Tasmanian Aero Club. Retrieved 15 January 2015.