Douglas River, Tasmania

Douglas River is a rural locality in the local government areas of Break O'Day and Glamorgan–Spring Bay in the North-east and South-east LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about south of the town of St Helens. The 2016 census recorded a population of 30 for the state suburb of Douglas River.

History

Douglas River was gazetted as a locality in 1968. The name was in use by 1902. It is possibly derived from an 1830s Survey Department draughtsman named Henry Douglas.
It was originally a coal mining area.

Geography

The waters of the Tasman Sea form the eastern boundary. Douglas River flows through from west to east, where it empties into Maclean Bay, an inlet of the Tasman Sea.

Road infrastructure

Route A3 passes through from south to north.