Liawenee (/laɪ.əˈwiːni/) is a small town in Tasmania, Australia built near Great Lake and the River Ouse, and was established on 11 June 1920.

In its humble beginnings, the population consisted entirely of the workers at the hydroelectric plant and their families; the houses were wood and canvas.

[4] In this time, the camp boasted three cottages where married couples lived, and a so-called hospital that was only twice the size of a house, making it more of a first-aid clinic.

The original layout included blacksmiths, bakeries and a chaff store which made up the requirements for a workforce making it a work camp rather than a village.

The rough terrain suits bush-walking and mountain biking, except during winter, and the nearest populated area is Miena, about 13 km south.

[7] Even though summers are cool to mild, occasionally a northerly wind causes temperatures to climb into the mid- to high twenties but rarely into the thirties.

[10] Liawenee and surrounding Miena Dam experience annual mean maximum temperatures of 12.1 °C (53.8 °F)[11] and 10.1 °C (50.2 °F),[12] respectively, and are thus amongst the coldest permanently inhabited places in Australia; irrespective of Miena Dam, Liawenee is colder on this metric than notable mainland sites of a similar elevation such as Nimmitabel (15.6 °C (60.1 °F))[13] and Thredbo Village (13.8 °C (56.8 °F))[14] – a station of considerably greater elevation (1,380 m).