Prospect Vale is a rural/residential locality in the local government areas (LGA) of
Launceston (1%) and
Meander Valley
Meander Valley Council is a local government body in northern Tasmania. It covers the western outskirts of Launceston, and further westward along the Meander River. Meander Valley Council is classified as a rural local government area and h ...
(99%) in the
Launceston LGA region of
Tasmania
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. The locality is about south-west of the town of
Launceston. The
2016 census recorded a population of 5067 for the state suburb of Prospect Vale.
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It is a small suburb of Greater Launceston. Prospect Vale has a small shopping centre, Prospect Vale Marketplace, containing a ]Woolworths supermarket
Woolworths Supermarkets (colloquially known in Australia as "Woolies") is an Australian chain of supermarkets and grocery stores owned by Woolworths Group. Founded in 1924, Woolworths today is Australia's biggest supermarket chain with a ma ...
and a small industrial park lies within its boundaries. Sporting grounds include the St Patrick's Old Collegians Football Club Oval, who compete in the Northern Tasmania Football Association.
History
Prospect Vale was gazetted as a locality in 1963.[Westbury Municipal Council, p.26] It contains two schools, the public Prospect High School and a private Catholic school, St. Patricks College.
St Patrick's moved to the current site in the late 1950s, to where the Rising Sun Hotel, a 2-storey 12-room building had been first built. The current school buildings were built for around 400 students.
Geography
Most of the boundaries are survey lines.
Road infrastructure
National Route 1 ( Bass Highway) runs through from south-east to south-west.
References
Bibliography
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Localities of Meander Valley Council
Localities of City of Launceston
Suburbs of Launceston, Tasmania
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