Lapoinya

Lapoinya
Tasmania
Lapoinya
Coordinates 41°02′S 145°34′E / 41.033°S 145.567°E / -41.033; 145.567Coordinates: 41°02′S 145°34′E / 41.033°S 145.567°E / -41.033; 145.567
Postcode(s) 7325
LGA(s) Waratah-Wynyard Council
State electorate(s) Braddon
Federal Division(s) Braddon

Lapoinya (pronounced La-poin-ya) is a small agricultural centre on the north-west coast of Tasmania west of Wynyard. The name is Tasmanian aboriginal word for "fern tree", a plant that abounds in those surviving untouched parts of the original temperate rainforest. At the 2006 census, Lapoinya had a population of 368.[1]

History

First developed commercially around 1900 it has been a centre for forestry, mixed agriculture (especially potato-growing and grazing (mostly dairy cattle). In November 2014 it was announced the town was fighting Forestry Tasmania to attempt to stop the company logging the towns surrounding forest.[2]

Lapoinya Post Office opened on 1 November 1912 and closed in 1970.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Lapoinya (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Town fights bid to harvest much-loved trees". The Mercury. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.


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