Detention is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of
Circular Head
Circular Head Council is a local government body in Tasmania covering the far north-west mainland. It is classified as a rural local government area with a population of 8,066, and its major towns and localities include Arthur River, Marrawah ...
in the
North-west and west LGA region of
Tasmania
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. The locality is about east of the town of
Smithton. The
2016 census recorded a population of nil for the state suburb of Detention.
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History
Detention was gazetted as a locality in 1973.
Geography
The estuary of the Detention River forms the western boundary, and the waters of Bass Strait
Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...
the northern.
Road infrastructure
Route A2 ( Bass Highway) runs through from east to west.
References
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Towns in Tasmania
Localities of Circular Head Council