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Christmas Hills, Tasmania

Christmas Hills is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Circular Head in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of Smithton. The 2016 census recorded a population of 115 for the state suburb of Christmas Hills.

History

Christmas Hills was gazetted as a locality in 1973.

Christmas Hills was apparently named by local pastoralist William Field after he had lunch there on Christmas Day some time in the 1820s.

Geography

The Duck River forms a small part of the eastern boundary. Many of the boundaries are survey lines.

Road infrastructure

Route A2 (Bass Highway) runs through from north-east to north-west.

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