Mawbanna, Tasmania

Mawbanna is a locality and small rural community in the local government area of Circular Head, in the North West region of Tasmania, Australia.

It is located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) south-east of the town of Smithton.

[2] The 2016 census determined a population of 135 for the state suburb of Mawbanna.

[citation needed] The last known thylacine to be killed in the wild was shot in Mawbanna in 1930, on Wilf Batty's farm.

The C225 route (Mawbanna Road) runs from the Bass Highway through the locality to areas further south.

Blue Hills Honey
Wilf Batty with the last wild thylacine