Oyster Cove is a semi-rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of
Kingborough
Kingborough Council is a local government body in Tasmania, and one of the five municipalities that constitutes the Greater Hobart Area. Kingborough is classified as an urban local government area and has a population of 37,734, it covers the ...
and
Huon Valley
The Huon Valley, or simply the Huon, is a valley and geographic area located in southern Tasmania, Australia. The largest town is Huonville, with other smaller towns spread across the area. It includes Australia's most southern permanent settle ...
in the
Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
and
South-east LGA regions of
Tasmania
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. The locality is about south-west of the town of
Kingston. The
2016 census has a population of 319 for the state suburb of Oyster Cove.
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History
Oyster Cove was gazetted as a locality in 1968.Aboriginal Tasmanians
The Aboriginal Tasmanians (Palawa kani: ''Palawa'' or ''Pakana'') are the Aboriginal people of the Australian island of Tasmania, located south of the mainland. For much of the 20th century, the Tasmanian Aboriginal people were widely, and ...
that had survived forced removal from the Tasmanian mainland to Wybalenna, Flinders Island
Flinders Island, the largest island in the Furneaux Group, is a island in the Bass Strait, northeast of the island of Tasmania. Flinders Island was the place where the last remnants of aboriginal Tasmanian population were exiled by the colon ...
, were moved to Oyster Cove. The locality was returned to the indigenous people of Tasmania in 1995 under the Aboriginal Lands Act 1995
The ''Aboriginal Lands Act 1995'' is a statute passed by the Parliament of Tasmania
The Parliament of Tasmania is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Tasmania. It follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system and consi ...
, and in 1999 Oyster Cove was declared an Indigenous Protected Area
An Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) is a class of protected area used in Australia; each is formed by voluntary agreement with Indigenous Australians, and declared by Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander representative organisations ...
.
Oyster Cove Post Office opened in 1897 and closed in 1924. It re-opened in 1927 and closed in 1964.Lily Poulett-Harris
Lily Poulett-Harris (2 September 1873 – 15 August 1897) was an Australian sportswoman and educationalist, notable for being the founder and captain of the first Women's cricket team in Australia. Poulett-Harris continued to play until forced ...
established the first woman's cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
league in Australia at Oyster Cove, The Oyster Cove Ladies Club.
Geography
The shore of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel forms the eastern boundary.
Road infrastructure
The Channel Highway
The Channel Highway is a regional highway that travels south from Hobart To Huonville, Tasmania, Australia. The Channel Highway starts from the end of Sandy Bay Road and travels south toward Huonville via Taroona, Kingston, Huntingfield, M ...
(Route B68) passes through from north to south. Route C626 (Nicholls Rivulet Road) starts at an intersection with B68 and runs west until it exits.
See also
* English Passengers
''English Passengers'' () is a 2000 historical novel written by Matthew Kneale, which won that year's Whitbread Book Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Miles Franklin Award. It is narrated by 20 different characters and ...
by Matthew Kneale
Matthew Kneale (born 24 November 1960) is a British writer. He is best known for his 2000 novel '' English Passengers''.
Life
Kneale was born on 24 November 1960 in London, the son of screenwriter Nigel Kneale, and the children's writer Judith ...
References
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Southern Tasmania
Protected areas of Tasmania
Localities of Kingborough Council
Towns in Tasmania
Localities of Huon Valley Council