Dee, Tasmania

Dee is a rural locality in the local government area of Central Highlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north-west of the town of Hamilton. The 2016 census recorded a population of 7 for the state suburb of Dee.

History

Dee was gazetted as a locality in 1973.
Dee was the site of a telegraph relay station on the only telegraph link to the west coast in earlier days.

Geography

The Dee Lagoon is in the centre of the locality, contained by the Dee Dam. The Dee River flows into the lagoon from the north, and continues south from the dam.

Road infrastructure

Route C173 runs through from north-west to south-east.