| Waratah Tasmania | |
|---|---|
 Waratah Falls in Waratah with part of the town in the background | |
  Waratah | |
| Coordinates | 41°26′S 145°31′E / 41.433°S 145.517°E |
| Population | |
| Postcode(s) | 7321 |
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) |
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) |
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Waratah-Wynyard Council |
| State electorate(s) | Braddon |
| Federal division(s) | Braddon |
Waratah is a locality and town in North Western Tasmania adjacent to Savage River National Park. The town was constructed to support a tin mine at Mount Bischoff. It is built at the top of a waterfall, and water was diverted from the stream to provide water for mine sluicing and processing. At the 2021 census, Waratah had a population of 249.[3] It was also the first town in Australia to have electric street lights in 1886.[4]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Waratah (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Waratah (Tas.) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Waratah (Tas.)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Nomination of Duck Reach Power Station as a Historic Engineering Marker" (PDF). September 2005. p. 65. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
