Glenora
Glenora is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Derwent Valley in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 20 km north-west of the town of New Norfolk. The 2016 census recorded a population of 78 for the state suburb of Glenora.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Type — town • Name — Glenora • State — tas • Pop — 78 • Postcode — 7140 • Region — South-east • Location1 — New Norfolk • Dist1 — 20 • Dir1 — NW • Lga — Derwent Valley • Stategov — Lyons • Fedgov — Lyons • Near Nw — Gretna • Near N — Gretna • Near Ne — Gretna • Near E — Gretna • Near W — Karanja, Westerway • Near Sw — Westerway • Near S — Bushy Park, Macquarie Plains • Near Se — Macquarie Plains
History
History
Glenora was gazetted as a locality in 1959. It is believed that the name was intended to be Glen Nora, after the daughter of a pioneer of the district, but it was corrupted over time.
Geography
Geography
The Tyenna River forms part of the northern boundary until it meets the Derwent River, which then forms the remainder of the northern boundary and part of the eastern. The Derwent Valley Railway line runs through from south-east to north-west.
Road infrastructure
Road infrastructure
Route B61 (Gordon River Road) runs through from south to north-west.
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The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Glenora, Tasmania, revision 1262071040 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2016 Census Quick Stats Glenora (Tas.). quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. 23 October 2017.
- 2.Placenames Tasmania. Placenames Tasmania – Glenora. Select “Search”, enter "1015B", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”.
- 3.Dennison Publications. Where in Tasmania? A-K Page 61. July 2003.
- 4.Glenora, Tasmania.
- 5.Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment. Tasmanian Road Route Codes. May 2017.
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