Sandford (Tas.)
- Local Government Area
- Clarence
- Postcode
- 7020
- Population
- 2,046
- Area
- 49.06 km²
- Coordinates
- -42.9689, 147.4907
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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About Sandford (Tas.)
Sandford is a semi-rural locality in the Clarence municipality of Greater Hobart, about 16 kilometres south-east of Rosny Park on the South Arm Peninsula, with the waters of Ralphs Bay to the west and Frederick Henry Bay to the south and east. Long known as Muddy Plains, it was renamed Sandford in the 1880s, reputedly when the Bishop of Tasmania, Daniel Fox Sandford, jokingly suggested the name after himself on a visit. The district's Muddy Plains Post Office opened in 1850 and closed in 1972.
Nearby localities
- Clifton Beach (Tas.) 3 km
- Cremorne (Tas.) 3 km
- Lauderdale 7 km
- Opossum Bay 7 km
- Tranmere (Tas.) 8 km
- Oakdowns 8 km