Montana

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

Overview

Montana is a locality and small rural community in the local government area of Meander Valley in the North West region of Tasmania. It is located about 61 kilometres (38 mi) south-east of the town of Devonport. The 2016 census determined a population of 56 for the state suburb of Montana.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

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

John Augustine Collins

Royal Australian Navy officer (1899–1989)

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Allan Rocher

Businessman and politician in Western Australia (1936–2016)

C

Carl Watson

Australian-rules footballer

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Dudley Cassidy

Australian rules footballer (1912–2003)

Lancelot Spurr

Australian politician

D

Don Rainsford

Australian rules footballer

C

Claude Rock

Australian schoolmaster and cricketer (1863-1950)

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Peter Clarke

Australian painter (born 1935)

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Norman Rock

cricketer (1864-1945)

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Ian Crowden

cricketer

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

Nearby places in Tasmania

• Red Hills
  4.1 mi away
• Western Creek
  5.2 mi away
• Chudleigh
  5.5 mi away
• Caveside
  7.6 mi away
• Mole Creek
  9 mi away · pop. 216
• Reedy Marsh
  11.7 mi away
• Lower Beulah
  12.4 mi away
• Parkham
  13.3 mi away
• Cluan
  13.7 mi away
• Westbury
  14 mi away · pop. 1,666
• Kimberley
  14 mi away
• Liffey
  15.3 mi away

Browse all places in Tasmania →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Montana

The immortal Irishman

Timothy Egan · 2016

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

gorse

Ulex europaeus

Seen 2026-06-12

blackwood

Acacia melanoxylon

Seen 2026-06-12

Silver wattle

Acacia dealbata

Seen 2026-06-12

Guitar plant

Lomatia tinctoria

Seen 2026-06-12

Common Heath

Epacris impressa

Seen 2026-06-12

Silver Banksia

Banksia marginata

Seen 2026-06-12

Goldy Wood

Monotoca glauca

Seen 2026-06-12

Austral Bracken

Pteridium esculentum

Seen 2026-06-12

Cherry Ballart

Exocarpos cupressiformis

Seen 2026-06-12

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

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Montana, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

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