Copping is a rural locality in the local government area of
Sorell in the
South-east region of
Tasmania
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. 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.Bream Creek
Bream Creek is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Sorell in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about east of the town of Sorell. The 2016 census has a population of 124 for the state suburb of Bream Cree ...
district, it was named after Captain Richard Copping, who purchased a property here from George Moore in 1860 upon which he settled three of his half-brothers as tenant farmers. Captain Copping established his own property ''Rochford Hall'' nearby at Kellevie
Kellevie is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Sorell in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania
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Copping Post Office opened on 1 October 1886 and closed in 1988.Martin Bryant
Martin John Bryant (born 7 May 1967) is a convicted Australian mass shooter who murdered 35 people and injured 23 others in the Port Arthur massacre, one of the world's deadliest shooting sprees, in Port Arthur, Tasmania, be ...
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 its intersection with the Tasman Highway in Sorell the highway runs east, crossing Iron Creek ...
) 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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