Pyengana is a village in north east Tasmania. The post code is 7216. At the 2006 census

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, Pyengana had a population of 123.

Pyengana is a hamlet located in the north east of Tasmania

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...

. It is part of the Break O'Day Council administrative region. The regional centre is St Helens

St Helens, Tasmania

St Helens is the largest town on the north-east coast of Tasmania, Australia, on Georges Bay. It is located on the Tasman Highway, about 160 km east of Tasmania's second largest city, Launceston. In the early 2000s, the town was one of the fastest growing areas of Tasmania, and reached a population...

 which is approximately 27 kilometres to the east. Pyengana is a rural farming region with sites of significant natural beauty and heritage.

The beautiful valley of Pyengana , which is located at the foothill of the Blue Tiers and Mt Victoria is home to Famous Pyengana Dairy's Cloth bound Cheddar, Anchor Organics and Yum Tasmanian ( www.yumtasmanian.com.au ) gourmet potatoes and Pyengana Premium Meats, also boasting the states highest water fall, St.Columba, with Halls Falls and Ralphs Falls nearby.

History

Permanent settlement commenced around 1875 with pioneering settlers such as George and Margaret Cotton who raised a family of 9 children at the property they called St Columba.

The area had several tin mines such as the Anchor Tin Mine and Battery situated in the Pyengana Pass.

Natural heritage areas

• St Columba Falls - a cascading waterfall with the highest plunge of 90 metres (300 feet)
• Halls Falls
• Blue Tier

Local businesses

The area is well known for the local Pyengana Cheese Factory run by 4th generation cheese maker Jon Healey and his family. The factory specialises in cloth bound cheddar.

Another iconic local business is the 'Pub in the Paddock' which was established around 1880 and is literally located well inside a paddock.

Anchor Farms began growing organic gourmet potatoes in 1995 and now supply nationwide and export to South East Asia. Their Organic brand is Anchor Organics ( www.anchororganics.com.au ) and their conventional brand is "Yum Tasmanian" ( www.yumtasmanian.com.au )

In January 1995, a Parks and Wildlife officer reported observing a thylacine

Thylacine

The thylacine or ,also ;binomial name: Thylacinus cynocephalus, Greek for "dog-headed pouched one") was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger or the Tasmanian wolf...

in the Pyengana region.