Cornwall, Tasmania

Cornwall is a rural locality in the local government area of Break O'Day in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of St Helens. The 2016 census recorded a population of 65 for the state suburb of Cornwall.

History

Cornwall was gazetted as a locality in 1973.
It was named by Governor King in 1804, after Cornwall in Britain, which never mined coal, but rather tin mining.

Geography

Cornwall is completely surrounded by the locality of St Marys.

Road infrastructure

Route A4 passes to the south of the locality, from where Cornwall Road provides access.