Alonnah is a rural locality on

Bruny Island Bruny Island ( Nuenonne: Lunawanna-alonnah) is a island located off the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is separated from the Tasmanian mainland by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, and its east coast lies within the Tasman S ...

in the local government area (LGA) of

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in the

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LGA region of

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. The locality is about south (by ferry) of the town of Kingston. The 2021 census recorded a population of 164 for Alonnah. It is a small

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on the western side of Bruny Island, facing the

D'Entrecasteaux Channel The D'Entrecasteaux Channel is a body of water located between Bruny Island and the south-east of the mainland of Tasmania, Australia. The channel is the mouth for the estuaries of the Derwent and the Huon Rivers and empties into the Tasman S ...

. Alonnah is the main location in Bruny Island for government facilities, including post office, police station, primary school, internet centre, community library, pharmacy, and health centre with nurses, a visiting doctor, physiotherapist, and other health practitioners. There is also a museum located in the court house, Bruny Hotel, and a small general store. The Alonnah Dray track (also known as Sheepwash track) is an easy walking track of historical value, beginning at Alonnah jetty.

History

Alonnah was gazetted as a locality in 1955. Originally named ''Mill's Reef'', it was renamed in the early 1900s after part of the

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name for Bruny Island, Lunawanna-alonnah (a nearby township a little to its south being named Lunawanna). Mill's Reef Post Office opened on 1 February 1905 and was renamed ''Alonnah'' in 1909.

Geography

The waters of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel form the western boundary.

Road infrastructure

Route B66 (Bruny Island Main Road) runs through from south-west to east.

References

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