{{About||the Antarctic islands|Boobyalla Islands|the plant known as boobialla|Myoporum insulare}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox Australian place | type =town | name =Boobyalla | state =tas | image =Boobyalla aerial.jpg | caption =Boobyalla is in the centre of the coast in this aerial photo | postcode =7264 | pop =0 | pop_year = ? | pop_footnotes= {{citation needed|date=January 2014}} | est = | elevation = | coordinates = {{coord|40.8819|S|147.8889|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position=left | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | lga =Dorset Council | stategov =Bass | fedgov =Bass | dist1 = | dir1 = | location1 = | timezone = | utc = | timezone-dst = | utc-dst = }}
'''Boobyalla''' was a shipping port on the north-east coast of Tasmania, Australia during the latter half of the nineteenth century.<ref>[http://www.crocoite.com/mainadit/pastlives/boobyalla.htm Boobyalla Tin Mine - Historical Mining locality in Tasmania] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025051143/http://www.crocoite.com/mainadit/pastlives/boobyalla.htm |date=25 October 2007 }}</ref> Coastal vessels ran regularly to the port from other Tasmanian ports, carting tin from the mines around nearby Mount Cameron.<ref>"Tasmania's North-East" by Hon A.W. Loone, 1981, Regal Press, Launceston, p65</ref>
thumb|left|Plan of Boobyalla in the early 1900sBoobyalla Post Office opened on 29 July 1875 and closed in 1927.<ref name = "Post Office">{{Cite web| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List| publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=Tas&country=|accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref>
== Fauna == The Boobyalla River,<ref name="trove.nla.gov.au">{{Citation | author1=Lenel, David |others=Tasmania. Dept. of Primary Industries and Water; Tasmania. Water Resources Division; Tasmania. Water Policy and Planning Branch | title=Boobyalla River Catchment Water Management Plan | publication-date=2009 | publisher=Department of Primary Industries and Water | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38636015 | accessdate=2 July 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Natural Heritage Trust (Australia) | author2=Graham, B |others=Tasmania. Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Water Assessment Section, Resource Management and Conservation Division | author3=Krasnicki, T | title=Environmental water requirements for the Boobyalla River | publication-date=2000 | publisher=Tasmania. Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/20112056 | accessdate=2 July 2015 }}</ref> on which the port used to sit, is now a possible habitat for the rare fish species dwarf galaxid and Australian grayling, as well as the Green and Gold Frog ''Litoria raniformis''.<ref>[http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/Attachments/JMUY-5VG7D7/$FILE/EFlow_Boobyalla.pdf Boobyalla Report.doc]</ref>
== Boobyalla today == Little remains of Boobyalla, now a ghost town, as buildings such as the old hotel and houses were either burned down by bushfires or dismantled. Remnants of the old wharf are still visible at the edge of the silted-up Boobyalla River. A single property now owns the whole site with the main house located at the end of former Hurst Street.
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Category:Mining towns in Tasmania Category:Ghost towns in Tasmania Category:North East Tasmania Category:Towns in Tasmania Category:Localities of Dorset Council (Australia)