Arthur River, Tasmania

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Arthur River
state = tas


caption =
lga = Circular Head Council
postcode = 7330
est =
pop = 121
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Braddon
fedgov = Braddon
dist1 = 448
dir1 = NW
location1= Hobart
dist2 = 194
dir2 = W
location2= Devonport
dist3 = 64
dir3 = SW
location3= Penguin

Arthur River is the name of both a river and a small township on the northern part of the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. At the 2006 census, Arthur River and the surrounding area had a population of 121.Census 2006 AUS
id=SSC65031
name=Arthur River (State Suburb)
accessdate=2007-08-18
quick=on]

It is south of the town of Marrawah. Named after Sir George Arthur, Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemens Land (1824-36), the river is fed by several tributaries including the Frankland River, which was named after its discoverer, then the colony's surveyor-general. The region has been exploited commercially for timber and fisheries, but today is mostly a centre for tourism.

On the coast near the mouth of the Arthur River is a plaque titled "The Edge of the World. North West Coast Tasmania", and a poem by tourism pioneer Brian Inder, who coined the term, referring to the coastline at Arthur River which is regularly lashed by the gails of the Roaring Forties. [" [http://www.cradlecoast.com/Files/00905_TourismNewsletterforDecember2005.pdf Cradle Coast Newsletter] ", December 2005. Accessed October 8, 2008]

References

Further reading

* Sharples, C.E. (1997) "Karst geomorphology and values of the tarkine: limestone, dolomite and magnesite karst systems of the Arthur-Pieman Region of Tasmania: a report to the Australian Heritage Commission and the Tasmanian Conservation Trust Inc." Canberra: Australian Heritage Commission.