Derwent Bridge is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Central Highlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 101 kilometres (63 mi) north-west of the town of Hamilton. The 2016 census has a population of 23 for the state suburb of Derwent Bridge.[1] It is on the Lyell Highway at the southern edge of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.

Derwent Bridge Tasmania
Derwent Bridge
Coordinates	42°08′S 146°13′E
Population	23 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	7140
Location	101 km (63 mi) NW of Hamilton
LGA(s)	Central Highlands
Region	Central
State electorate(s)	Lyons
Federal division(s)	Lyons
Localities around Derwent Bridge: Lake St Clair Walls of Jerusalem Central Plateau Southwest Derwent Bridge Bronte Park Southwest Butlers Gorge Bronte Park

It is just south of Lake St Clair and the Lake St Clair visitor centre; and it is north of Lake King William and the Butlers Gorge Power Station.

It is also the last inhabited location before Linda Valley in the West Coast Range - this section of the highway passes through the Wild Rivers National Park. In the past there were a couple of isolated houses along Lyell Highway that have been removed.

Today, Derwent Bridge features not only the bridge alluded to in its name – spanning the Derwent River – but accommodation units, and also a roadside public house.

Derwent Bridge was used as a principal filming location for the 2008 film The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce.

History

Derwent Bridge was gazetted as a locality in 1959.[2]

Derwent Bridge Post Office opened on 15 February 1937 and closed in 1980.[3]

Geography

The Derwent River flows through from north to south. The northern end of Lake King William protrudes into the locality.[4]

Road infrastructure

Route A10 (Lyell Highway) passes through from east to south-west. Route C193 (Lake St Clair Road) starts at an intersection with A10 and runs north-west until it exits.[2][5]

References

External links

• Map of World Heritage Area