Margate, Tasmania
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Margate is a small seaside town located on the Channel Highway between North-West Bay and the Snug Tiers, five kilometres (3.1 miles) south of Kingston in Tasmania. The town has a total population of approximately 2,000. Margate is part of the Kingbourough Municipality and is a frequent 'pit-stop' for those travelling south towards Snug, Kettering or Bruny Island. Vineyards, grazing fields and stands of trees surround the town and its approaches.
Recent history has seen Margate strongly affected by the building boom of the early 'noughties' with new housing developments in almost all directions. This in some ways reflects demographic themes within the population. A fair percentage of the population commute into the greater Hobart area while the rest are employed locally in either the service industry or commercial enterprises such as the Fish factory.
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Shopping, Entertainment and Service
Bakery, BP Service Station, Canary Cage Café and Crafts shop, Children's Day Care, Cricket Club, Doctors Surgery, Fire Station, Grocery Store, 2 Hairdressers, Hardware store, Online Access Centre, Pharmacy, Plant Nursery, Matthew Flinders Tavern, Margate Post Office, Wood Fired Pizza
Schools
Channel Christian School, Margate Primary School
Religious Buildings
All Saints Anglican Church, Margate Christian Church, Margate 'One Way' Reformed Church, Seventh Day Adventist Church, Jehovah Witness 'Kingdom Hall'
Notable Features
Dru Point Bicentennial Park, Fish Processing Factory, Geological Feature, Margate Town Hall, Margate War Memorial Sports-ground, Saw Mill
External links
- Margate Online Access Centre (http://www.tco.asn.au/oac/home.cgi?oacID=60)