Boyer is a rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Brighton and Derwent Valley in the Hobart and South-east LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of the town of Brighton. The 2016 census recorded a population of 40 for the state suburb of Boyer.[1]
It is a town on the eastern side of the River Derwent, opposite and slightly downstream of New Norfolk.
History
Boyer was gazetted as a locality in 1970.[2]
It is named after a family who first settled in the area in the early 19th century.
It was the first pulp and paper mill in the world to utilise hardwood to produce newsprint,[4][5] and has been recognised by Engineering Heritage Tasmania as a national engineering landmark.[4] For many decades paper was shipped by tug and barge from the plant to the port of Hobart, Tasmania but all freight is now sent by road or rail.
^"BOYER NEWSPRINT ENTERPRISE". The Advocate (Australia). Tasmania, Australia. 22 October 1943. p. 2. Retrieved 12 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia. noting the emphasis of the importance of L.R. Benjafield in the advocacy of the processes required
^"Tasmanian Road Route Codes"(PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment. May 2017. Archived from the original(PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2021.