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Penna

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Sorell Council TAS, PO Box 126, Penna, TAS 7171
03 6269 0000

Description

Penna is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Sorell in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania.

Penna is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Sorell in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north-west of the town of Sorell. The 2016 census has a population of 422 for the state suburb of Penna.

History

An early farm in the area was named “Pennar”, and this is the most likely source of the name. Others have been suggested, including an Aboriginal word for either “man” or “man and wife”. Penna was gazetted as a locality in 1972.Frogmore Post Office opened on 30 October 1914. It was renamed Penna next month and closed in 1955.

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Type: Rural areas

Population: 101-1000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 29.426 km2

Elevation: 4-10 metres

Town elevation: 5 m

Population number: 422

Local Government Area: Sorell Council

Location

Sorell Council TAS, PO Box 126, Penna, TAS 7171

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Penna, Tasmania

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