- Lapoinya, Tasmania
Lapoinya (Australian postcode 7325, pronounced La-porn-ya) is a small agricultural centre on the north-west coast of
Tasmania west of Wynyard. The name is Tasmanian aboriginal word for "fern tree", a plant that abounds in those surviving untouched parts of the originaltemperate rainforest . First developed commercially around 1900 it has been a centre for forestry, mixed agriculture (especiallypotato -growing and grazing (mostlydairy cattle ).
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