Musselroe Bay is a rural locality and body of water in the local government area of
Dorset
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in the
North-east
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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 ...
. It is located about north-east of the town of
Scottsdale. The
2016 census determined a population of 40 for the state suburb of Musselroe Bay.
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History
The locality was gazetted as Poole in 1968, and changed to Musselroe Bay in 2001.
Geography
Banks Strait forms the northern boundary, and the Great Musselroe River is the western boundary. Musselroe Bay (the body of water) is an inlet of Great Musselroe Bay, which is an inlet of Banks Strait, a channel at the eastern end of Bass Strait
Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The ...
.
Road infrastructure
The C845 route (Musselroe Road) enters from the south-west and runs through to the north-east.
References
Localities of Dorset Council (Australia)
Towns in Tasmania
Bays of Tasmania
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