Southport (Tas.)
- Local Government Area
- Huon Valley
- Population
- 149
- Area
- 34.54 km²
- Coordinates
- -43.4125, 146.9847
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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About Southport (Tas.)
Southport is a small township in far southern Tasmania; the southernmost township in Australia, Cockle Creek, is located further south, but it is not a gazetted town. Settled in 1837, it grew to be the largest town south of Hobart and served as a convict probation station from 1841 to 1848, with shore-based whaling in the 19th century. A declining shipping industry slowly shrank the town, and fire has destroyed much of the original settlement.
Nearby localities
- Ida Bay 6 km
- Strathblane 6 km
- Hastings (Tas.) 8 km
- Southport Lagoon 10 km
- Lune River 10 km
- Dover 13 km