Poatina (derived from an indigenous word for "cave") is a town in
Tasmania
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
60 km south of
Launceston. The Western Tiers mountain range surrounds Poatina.
Poatina Village was constructed in the 1960s to house the work force of the
Poatina Power Station
The Poatina Power Station is a conventional hydroelectric power station located in the Central Highlands region of Tasmania, Australia. The power station is situated on the Great Lake and South Esk and is owned and operated by Hydro Tasmania ...
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which was commissioned in 1964. Hydro Tasmania sold the village in 1995 to
Fusion Australia, an Australian Christian not-for-profit youth and community organisation.
In 2010, Poatina was described as "a tightly knit Christian community".
As of 2014, the Poatina Chalet was part of a resort area owned by Fusion Australia.
At that time, Poatina was home to a Golden Chain Motel, Mountain View Restaurant, a metal fabrication workshop, a hot glass studio, a golf course, a private school,
and an artists' community.
As of 2020, Poatina had "streets...lined with 1950s houses," "a general store, a petrol pump and even a phone box".
The
2016 census reported that Poatina had a population of 96.
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Midlands (Tasmania)