Description
Penna is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Sorell in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania.
Penna is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Sorell in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north-west of the town of Sorell. The 2016 census has a population of 422 for the state suburb of Penna.
History
An early farm in the area was named “Pennar”, and this is the most likely source of the name. Others have been suggested, including an Aboriginal word for either “man” or “man and wife”. Penna was gazetted as a locality in 1972.Frogmore Post Office opened on 30 October 1914. It was renamed Penna next month and closed in 1955.
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Population: 101 - 1,000
Time zone: UTC +11:00
Area: 29.426 km2
Elevation: 4 to 10 metres
Town elevation: 5 m
Population number: 422
Local Government Area: Sorell Council
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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Penna, Tasmania