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Blackwood Creek
Tasmania
Blackwood Creek is located in Tasmania
Blackwood Creek
Blackwood Creek
Location in Tasmania
Population 134 (2016)
Established 1862
Postcode(s) 7301
Elevation 300 m (984 ft)
Location 31 km (19 mi) SW of Longford
LGA(s) Northern Midlands
Region Central
State electorate(s) Lyons
Federal Division(s) Lyons
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
15 °C
59 °F		 5 °C
41 °F		 949 mm
37.4 in
Localities around Blackwood Creek:
Liffey Bracknell, Liffey Cressy
Central Plateau Blackwood Creek Cressy
Central Plateau Central Plateau, Cressy Cressy

Blackwood Creek is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Northern Midlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 31 kilometres (19 mi) south-west of the town of Longford. The 2016 census has a population of 134 for the state suburb of Blackwood Creek. It is a small community at the base of the Great Western Tiers in Tasmania. Nearby towns include Poatina, Liffey, Bracknell, Cressy and Miena.

Road infrastructure

Route C514 (Blackwood Creek Road) passes through from east to north.

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