Milabena, Tasmania
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Milabena is a small agricultural centre on the north-west coast of Tasmania
west of Wynyard
. First settled in the late 19th century it has been a centre for forestry, mixed agriculture (especially potato
-growing and grazing (mostly dairy cattle).
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
west of Wynyard
Wynyard, Tasmania
Wynyard is a rural town on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It lies west of Burnie on the Bass Highway at the mouth of the Inglis River....
. First settled in the late 19th century it has been a centre for forestry, mixed agriculture (especially potato
Potato
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family . The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species...
-growing and grazing (mostly dairy cattle).