Taranna
Taranna is a rural locality in the local government area of Tasman in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north-east of the town of Nubeena. The 2016 census recorded a population of 156 for the state suburb of Taranna.
It is a hamlet on the Tasman Peninsula. Local points of interest include its Presbyterian church, immediately adjacent to the Federation Chocolate Factory, and a Tasmanian devil park, "Unzoo".
History
Taranna was gazetted as a locality in 1967. The name is believed to be an Aboriginal word for “wallaby”.Norfolk Bay Post Office opened on 1 February 1884 and was renamed "Taranna" in 1887. It closed in 1970.
Taranna was first stop on the Convict tramway to Port Arthur.