Description
Otago is a rural residential locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Brighton and Clarence in the Hobart LGA region of Tasmania.
Otago is a rural residential locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Brighton and Clarence in the Hobart LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of the town of Brighton. The 2016 census provides a population of 554 for the state suburb of Otago.
It is a suburb of Hobart, located on the shores of Otago Bay.
History
Otago was gazetted as a locality in 1977. Previously gazetted as Gregson, after Thomas Gregson, the second Premier of Tasmania, the name was changed in 1977.The area takes its name from the iron barque Otago, the only command of the author Joseph Conrad, which was dismantled at a shipbreaking establishment that operated at the bay (formerly known simply as part of Old Beach) between the 1920s and 1960s.The remains of the Otago (beached there in 1931) and a steel river steamer the Westralian (beached in 1937) can still be seen on the beach.
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Population: 101 - 1,000
Time zone: UTC +11:00
Area: 6.406 km2
Elevation: 51 to 200 metres
Town elevation: 52 m
Population number: 554
Local Government Area: Clarence City Council
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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Otago, Tasmania