Montello, Tasmania
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Montello is a suburb of the city of
Burnie Burnie ( ; Aboriginal Tasmanians#North, pirinilaplu/palawa kani: ''Pataway'') is a port city located on the North West Tasmania, north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is the fourth largest city on the island, located approximately north ...
in
North West Tasmania North West Tasmania is one of the regions of Tasmania in Australia. The region comprises the whole of the north west, including the ''North West Coast'' and the northern reaches of the ''West Coast''. It is usually accepted as extending as fa ...
. It is about south-west of the centre of Burnie, and recorded a population of 1217 in the 2016 census.


History

Montello is located on a hill near central Burnie, with the name assigned around 1903. The highest point in Montello is about 130 metres above sea level, near the intersection of Tattersall and Jorgensen streets. The main road through Montello, View Road, was renamed from Old Mooreville Road in 1924, to avoid confusion with the new Mooreville Road. Elizabeth Street was renamed from Edward Street in 1942, to avoid confusion with Edwardes Street in South Burnie. The new name was suggested by Mr E. Tracey, the son of the original owner of the land. The first section of the Garner's Estate subdivision of government housing was approved in January 1945, with the Agricultural Bank involved. Jorgensen, Morse, Oates and Truganini streets were named on the plans. Plans for the subdivision by Van Diemen's Land Company were issued in 1949. Montello was gazetted as a locality in 1966. The Jorgenson Street Reserve takes its name from
Jørgen Jørgensen Jørgen Jørgensen (name of birth: Jürgensen, and changed to Jorgenson from 1817) (29 March 1780 – 20 January 1841) was a Danes, Danish adventurer during the Age of Revolution. During the action of 2 March 1808, his ship was captured by the ...
who worked for the Van Diemen's Land Company in the 1820s.


Geography

Most of the boundaries are survey lines.


Road infrastructure

Route A2 ( Bass Highway) passes to the north-east. From there, Mount Street or West Park Grove can be used to reach View Road.


Education

*Montello Primary School *Maddingtons Child Care Services


Sport

Burnie United Football Club is a
soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
club that competes in the
Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League is an English Association football, football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern Football League, Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English footba ...
and its home base is the Montello Soccer and Recreation Reserve which is in size. Montello has a side in the Burnie Netball Association roster.


References


External links


Montello Primary School
Suburbs of Burnie, Tasmania {{Burnie-geo-stub