Nowhere Else is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Kentish in the North-west and west LGA region of

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. The locality is about west of the town of

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. The 2016 census recorded a population of 40 for the state suburb of Nowhere Else. It is a bounded rural locality on the island of Tasmania. It is located at

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-41.366 and

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146.276. Located on

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, Nowhere Else is 190 km from

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, and 72km

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of Launceston. The

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is 7306.

History

Nowhere Else was gazetted as a locality in 1957. The name is believed to originate from a road that led to a place with no name.

Geography

Lake Barrington forms the north-western boundary.

Road infrastructure

Route C143 (Nowhere Else Road) runs through from north-east to south-east.

References

{{reflist Localities of Kentish Council