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West Ridgley is a locality and small rural community in the local government area of
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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
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determined a population of 125 for the state suburb of West Ridgley.


History

The locality was gazetted in 1966.


Geography

The Guide River forms the eastern boundary, and the Cam River forms the western boundary.


Road infrastructure

The C104 route (West Ridgley Road / Guide Road) enters from the east and runs south-west before exiting to the south. Route C105 (West Ridgley Road / Serpentine Road) starts and finishes at two intersections with route C104, performing a loop that runs west, south and east.


References

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