Lottah is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Break O'Day in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania, Australia. The locality is about north-west of the town of St Helens. The 2016 census recorded a population of 13 for the state suburb of Lottah.[
It is a small town in Northeastern Tasmania. The closest settlement is Pyengana and the closest major town is St Helens.
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History
Lottah was gazetted as a locality in 1969.
Tin was discovered in Lottah in about 1875.[ Goulds Country, TAS, Aussie Towns.] The Anchor Mine became operational in 1880, and the town of Lottah grew up around the mine. At its peak, it had several hundred residents, and community facilities included a school, two hotels, two churches, a bakery, and a football club.[ Lottah: Once-thriving mining town a virtual ghost town in Tasmania's north east, ABC Radio Hobart, 16 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2017.] Lottah supported a small Chinese community, and one of its more notable residents was Senator Thomas Bakhap, who had a Chinese stepfather and worked as an interpreter.[ BAKHAP, THOMAS JEROME KINGSTON (1866–1923), The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate] People born in Lottah during its heyday include architecture professor Brian Lewis and RAAF officer Alan Charlesworth.[
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Geography
Almost all the boundaries are survey lines.
Road infrastructure
Route A3 (Tasman Highway) passes to the south. From there, several roads provide access to the locality.
Further reading
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Richardson, Garry (2016), Lottah and the Anchor: the History of a Tin Mine and a Dependent Town, Forty South Publishing
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