Forthside

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Forthside is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Devonport in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south-west of the town of Devonport. The 2016 census recorded a population of 81 for the state suburb of Forthside.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Belinda Goss

Australian racing cyclist

David Good

Australian golfer (1947-)

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Darrel Baldock

Australian rules football player and coach (1938–2011)

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Adam Brooks

Australian politician

Amelia Best

Australian politician

Brady Rawlings

Australian rules footballer

B

Brett Budgeon

Australian actor

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Brian Robinson

Australian cricketer

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Christopher Dell

Australian cricketer

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David Parsons

Australian racing driver

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Di Hollister

Australian politician

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Elton Plummer

Australian rules footballer and coach

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Garry Davidson

Australian rules footballer and coach

Garry Lyon

Australian rules footballer, born 1967

George Ronald Cole

politician in Tasmania, Australia (1908-1969)

John Bowe

Australian racing driver

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Tasmania

• Melrose
  2 mi away
• Forth
  2.2 mi away · pop. 398
• Paloona
  3.1 mi away
• Lillico
  3.2 mi away
• Spreyton
  3.7 mi away
• Spalford
  5.3 mi away
• Lower Barrington
  5.5 mi away
• Gawler
  6.4 mi away
• Sprent
  7 mi away
• Barrington
  8.5 mi away
• North Motton
  8.7 mi away
• Lower Wilmot
  9.3 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Prickly moses

Acacia verticillata

Seen 2026-10-09

Mountain Dragon

Rankinia diemensis

Seen 2026-10-08

Pea Blue

Lampides boeticus

Seen 2026-10-07

Pale pink-sorrel

Oxalis incarnata

Seen 2026-10-07

Seaberry Saltbush

Rhagodia candolleana

Seen 2026-10-06

Three-cornered garlic

Allium triquetrum

Seen 2026-10-06

ribwort plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Seen 2026-10-06

Southern ribbed top snail

Austrocochlea constricta

Seen 2026-10-06

Lineated cominella

Cominella lineolata

Seen 2026-10-06

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers