Gowrie Park, Tasmania
Town in Tasmania, Australia
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Gowrie Park 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 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south-west of the town of Sheffield. The 2016 census recorded a population of 32 for the state suburb of Gowrie Park.[1]
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| Coordinates: 41°28′00″S 146°13′25″E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||
| Region | North-west and west | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 32 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 7306 | ||||||||||||
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History
Gowrie Park was gazetted as a locality in 1957. The name is believed to have come from the farm of an early settler.[2]
Geography
The Dasher River flows through from south-west to north.[3]