Quamby Brook is a rural locality in the local government area of
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 ...
in the
Launceston region of
Tasmania
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. It is located about south-west of the town of
Launceston. The
2016 census
Sixteen or 16 may refer to:
*16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17
*one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016
Films
* ''Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film
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determined a population of 106 for the state suburb of Quamby Brook.
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History
Quamby Brook was gazetted as a locality in 1968.
Geography
The watershed
Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to:
Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
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of the Cluan Tiers forms part of the north-eastern boundary.
Road infrastructure
The C502 route (Bogan Road) passes through from north to south. The C503 route (Quamby Brook Road) starts at an intersection with C502 and runs to the north-west corner, where it exits.
References
Localities of Meander Valley Council
Towns in Tasmania
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