Hellyer, Tasmania

Hellyer is a rural locality in the local government area of Circular Head in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about east of the town of Smithton. The 2016 census recorded a population of 173 for the state suburb of Hellyer.

History

Hellyer was gazetted as a locality in 1962. It was named for Henry Hellyer, a surveyor of Tasmania in the 1820s.

Geography

The waters of Bass Strait form the northern boundary, and the Detention River forms much of the eastern. A closed section of the Western Railway Line follows part of the southern boundary.

Road infrastructure

Route A2 runs through from east to north-west.