Whitemark
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Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Whitemark is a rural residential locality on Flinders Island in the local government area (LGA) of Flinders in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The 2021 census recorded a population of 308 for the state suburb of Whitemark.[1] It is the main settlement of Flinders Island.
Buildings
Whitemark has a local pub, called the Flinders Island Interstate Hotel.[2] It also has a post office, a supermarket, a bakery, a petrol station, a mechanic, an Anglican Church and a library as well as small local produce businesses.Template:Fact
History
Whitemark was gazetted as a locality in 1970. The name may be derived from a conspicuous white mark placed by an early surveyor.[3] Whitemark Post Office opened around 1902.[4]
The Hydro Tasmania developed power supply for the settlement in the 1980s.[5]
The local newspaper was the Island News from 1954 to 2004.[6]
Geography
The waters of Bass Strait form the western and south-western boundaries.[7]
Climate
Whitemark has a oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb), with tepid, somewhat dry summers summers and cool, wetter winters. Average maxima vary from Script error: No such module "convert". in February to Script error: No such module "convert". in July while average minima fluctuate between Script error: No such module "convert". in February and Script error: No such module "convert". in July.[8] Mean average annual precipitation is moderate, Script error: No such module "convert". spread between 158.8 precipitation days, and is concentrated in winter. The town is not very sunny, with 108.6 cloudy days and only 47.6 clear days per annum. Extreme temperatures have ranged from Script error: No such module "convert". on 29 January 2009 to Script error: No such module "convert". on 28 July 1976. Climate data was sourced from Flinders Island Airport, Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Whitemark.
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Road infrastructure
Route B85 (Palana Road / Lady Barron Road) passes through from north-west to south.[3][9]
References
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