Geeveston
- Local Government Area
- Huon Valley
- Postcode
- 7116
- Population
- 1,431
- Area
- 231.40 km²
- Coordinates
- -43.1532, 146.8658
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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About Geeveston
Geeveston is a small town in the south of Tasmania in Australia near the Huon River, 62 km (39 mi) south west of Hobart, making it one of Australia's southernmost towns. The town name originates William Geeves, an English settler who was given a land grant by Lady Jane Franklin in the area then known as Lightwood Bottom (after a type of timber prevalent in the area). The settlement Geeves set up was renamed Geeves Town in 1861, and the name eventually became Geeveston.
Description from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nearby localities
- Port Huon 7 km
- Castle Forbes Bay 8 km
- Cairns Bay 9 km
- Waterloo (Tas.) 10 km
- Lower Wattle Grove 12 km
- Petcheys Bay 12 km