Ouse, Tasmania

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Ouse
Tasmania
Population: 146 (2001 census)
Established: 1842
Postcode: 7140
Elevation: 150 m (492 ft)
Location:
LGA: Central Highlands Council
State District: Lyons
Federal Division: Lyons

Ouse is a small town in the Central Highlands Council local government area in Tasmania along Lyell Highway. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 146.[1]

The town briefly made national headlines in August 2006 when the Ouse District Hospital, originally established as a Bush Nursing Centre and reconstituted in its present form in 1956,[2] was downgraded to a health centre due to the lack of a GP to service the area.[3]

[edit] Ouse District High School

Ouse District High School is a public school which caters for students from kindergarten to grade 10.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (19 November 2002). Community Profile Series : 6031307 (Census Collection District). 2001 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved on 2007-04-18. Map
  2. ^ Archives Office of Tasmania. Agency Details - TA455 Ouse District Hospital. Retrieved on 2007-04-23.
  3. ^ ABC Online. "Ouse hospital downgraded to health centre", 27 August 2006. Retrieved on 2007-04-23. 
    ABC Online. "Abetz canvasses options for Ouse hospital", 28 August 2006. Retrieved on 2007-04-23. 

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