Copping is a rural locality in the local government area of
Sorell in the
South-east region of
Tasmania
Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...
. The locality is about south-east of the town of
Sorell. The
2016 census has a population of 183 for the state suburb of Copping.
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History
Copping was gazetted as a locality in 1968.Martin Bryant
Martin John Bryant (born 7 May 1967) is an Australian mass murderer who shot and killed 35 people and injured 23 others in the Port Arthur massacre on 28 and 29 April 1996. He is currently serving thirty-five life sentences, and 1035 ...
lived there for a number of years in the 1990s.
Properties were destroyed in Copping during bushfires in January 2013.
Geography
Most of the boundaries of the locality are survey lines. The Carlton River flows through from north-west to south-west.
Road infrastructure
The A9 route (Arthur Highway
The Arthur Highway (A9) is a Tasmanian highway which runs from Sorell in the near south to Port Arthur in the far south-east.
Route description
From a roundabout with the Tasman Highway outside Sorell the highway runs northeast to another rou ...
) enters from the west and runs through to the south-east, where it exits. Route C335 (Kellevie Road) starts at an intersection with A9 and runs north until it exits. Route C337 (Marion Bay Road) starts at an intersection with A9 and runs east until it exits.
References
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Towns in Tasmania
Localities of Sorell Council
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