Bronte Park is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of
Central Highlands in the
Central LGA region of
Tasmania
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. The locality is about north-west of the town of
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. The
2016 census recorded a population of 28 for the state suburb of Bronte Park.
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It is a locality on the Marlborough Highway at the southern edge of the ]Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park
Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is located in the Central Highlands area of Tasmania ( Australia), northwest of Hobart. The park contains many walking trails, and is where hikes along the well-known Overland Track usually begin. Ma ...
. It is located just north of the Lyell Highway
The Lyell Highway (Route A10) is a highway in Tasmania, running from Hobart to Queenstown.
It is the one of two transport routes that passes through the West Coast Range, the other being the Anthony Road.
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and approximately halfway in between Hobart and Queenstown, and is also almost exactly in the geographic centre of the island.
Bronte Park is north of Bronte Lagoon, an artificial lake in the Central Highlands.
History
Bronte Park was gazetted as a locality in 1963.Hydro Electric Commission
Hydro Tasmania, known for most of its history as the Hydro-Electric Commission (HEC) or The Hydro, is the trading name of the Hydro-Electric Corporation, a Government of Tasmania, Tasmanian Government Government-owned corporation, business enterp ...
's 'Tungatinah Scheme', 'Nive River Scheme' and other associated works in the vicinity. By the 1950s it was a bustling village of over 700 workers, with a store, police station, post office, school, cinema, hospital, dairy and a church, but now many of the original houses and buildings have been removed, with only a few remaining now as part of the Bronte Lagoon Chalet.
Bronte Park Post Office opened on 1 July 1948 and closed in 1979.Hydro Tasmania
Hydro Tasmania, known for most of its history as the Hydro-Electric Commission (HEC) or The Hydro, is the trading name of the Hydro-Electric Corporation, a Tasmanian Government business enterprise which is the predominant electricity generator i ...
) sold the chalets into private ownership.
Geography
Most of the boundaries are survey lines.
Road infrastructure
Route A10 (Lyell Highway
The Lyell Highway (Route A10) is a highway in Tasmania, running from Hobart to Queenstown.
It is the one of two transport routes that passes through the West Coast Range, the other being the Anthony Road.
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) runs through from south-east to west. Route B11 (Marlborough Road) starts at an intersection with A10 and runs north through the locality.
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External links
Map of World Heritage Area
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Towns in Tasmania
Central Highlands (Tasmania)
Localities of Central Highlands Council