Meunna is a rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of
Circular Head
Circular Head Council is a Local government in Australia, 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 ...
and
Waratah–Wynyard in the
North-west and west LGA region of
Tasmania
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. The locality is about south-east of the town of
Smithton. The
2016 census has a population of nil for the state suburb of Meunna.
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History
Eight farms were established at Preolenna for soldier settlement
Soldier settlement was the settlement of land throughout parts of Australia by returning discharged soldiers under soldier settlement schemes administered by state governments after World War I and World War II. The post-World War II settlemen ...
following World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, referred to as the Preolenna Estate until being renamed to Meunna. The community hall was built by the settlers in 1955 and demolished in 1995, with a plaque now marking the location of the building. The Meunna locality is now unpopulated, with the exception of the Tarkine Wilderness Lodge, after the farms were acquired and converted to forestry plantation in the late 1990s.
Meunna was gazetted as a locality in 1961.
Geography
The Flowerdale River
The Flowerdale River is a river in North West Tasmania, Australia, it extends approximately from the Campbell Ranges near West Takone before discharging into the Inglis River at Wynyard. The Flowerdale is the largest tributary system on the I ...
forms most of the eastern boundary.
Road infrastructure
The C229 route (Myalla Road / Meunna Road) passes through from north to south-east.
References
Localities of Circular Head Council
Towns in Tasmania
Localities of Waratah–Wynyard Council
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