Ocean Vista is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of
Burnie
Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. When founded in 1827, it was named Emu Bay, being renamed after William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company, in the early 1840s.
, Burnie had an urban popul ...
in the
North-west and west LGA region of
Tasmania
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. The locality is about west of the town of
Burnie
Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. When founded in 1827, it was named Emu Bay, being renamed after William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company, in the early 1840s.
, Burnie had an urban popul ...
. The
2016 census recorded a population of 306 for the state suburb of Ocean Vista.
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History
Ocean Vista was gazetted as a locality in 1966.
Geography
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 ...
form the northern boundary. The Western Railway Line passes through from north-east to north-west.
Road infrastructure
Route A2 ( Bass Highway) runs through from north-east to north-west.
References
Towns in Tasmania
Suburbs of Burnie, Tasmania
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