Claude Road, Tasmania
Town in Tasmania, Australia
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Claude Road is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Kentish in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south-west of the town of Sheffield. The 2016 census recorded a population of 257 for the state suburb of Claude Road.[1]
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| Coordinates: 41°26′32″S 146°15′57″E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||
| Region | North-west and west | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 257 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 7306 | ||||||||||||
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History
Claude Road was gazetted as a locality in 1965. A post office of that name opened in 1906.[2]
Geography
Most boundaries are survey lines. The Dasher River, a tributary of the Mersey River, flows through from south-west to north-east where it briefly follows the northern boundary.[3]