Riverside is a rural and urban locality in the local government areas of

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and West Tamar in the Launceston region of

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. The locality is about south-east of the town of

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. The 2016 census has a population of 6472 for the state suburb of Riverside. It is a residential

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5 kilometres (2.5 mi) north-west of the

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of Launceston,

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's second largest city. The

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runs through the suburb, adjoining Riverside to the West Tamar, which includes small towns:

, and Beauty Point. Riverside is part of the

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local government area. The suburb is now Launceston's largest by population, narrowly ahead of Kings Meadows. The main shopping centre opened in the 1960s and includes: a Woolworths supermarket, a

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bakery, a pharmacist and several retail shops.

History

Riverside was gazetted as a locality in 1958.

Geography

The

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forms the north-eastern boundary and part of the south-eastern. The

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also forms part of the south-eastern.

Road infrastructure

The

(A7) passes through from south-east to north-east. Route C734 (Ecclestone Road) starts at an intersection with A7 and runs south-west and west until it exits.

Facilities

There are several schools (Riverside Primary School, Riverside High School, Launceston Christian School and St Anthony's) as well as an

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football ground named

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which is home to the

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, a

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ground which is home to Riverside Olympic, the park also includes a cricket ground for senior players and also a junior ground used mainly by under 12 and under 14 sides, all along the course of the highway. Less than a 1 km (0.6 mi) further north there is a small complex containing a few shops including Joes IGA supermarket and St David's Church. Over the road is a restaurant, pub and bottle shop, as well as the 3.5 star

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Riverside motel. Though mostly built in the 1960s, Riverside contains a wide range of buildings, with older

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and

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style homes prominent along the West Tamar Highway and area's closer to the city, many of which being either

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in style, while more modern homes are located in the western and northern areas. Few buildings in Riverside date from the 1800s, though the notable exception being Cormiston House, a former estate house from the mid-1800s, located on a large property at the northern extremity of Riverside. The western half of Riverside, accessed by Pomona Road, was built in the 1950s as the hydro-electric village of Marrawaylee to serve the construction of the

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. Now known as West Riverside, this minor suburb contains a single shop, the St Francis Church as well as the old hydro lodge, now modified into a private residence. The northwestern region of West Riverside has recently been the site of Riverside's most rapid urban growth, with new suburbs now connected onto Pomona Road North, Guildford Road, Tamar Rise and Balmoral Avenue.

References

{{Launceston suburbs Suburbs of Launceston, Tasmania Localities of West Tamar Council Localities of Meander Valley Council Towns in Tasmania