{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Granville Harbour | state = tas | coordinates={{Coord|-41.8000|145.0000|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-TAS|display=inline,title}} | image = | caption = | pop = 27 | pop_year = [[2016 Australian census|2016 census]] | pop_footnotes=<ref name=Census2016Y>{{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60269?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Granville Harbour (Tas.) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=13 September 2020 |archive-date=8 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108022411/https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60269?opendocument |url-status=dead }}</ref> | established = | postcode = 7469 | elevation = | region = [[North-west and west LGA Region|North-west and west]] | location1 = [[Zeehan, Tasmania|Zeehan]] | dist1 = 35 | dir1 = NW | lga = [[West Coast Council|West Coast]] | stategov = [[Division of Braddon (state)|Braddon]] | fedgov = [[Division of Braddon|Braddon]] | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | near-nw = West Coast | near-n = West Coast | near-ne = West Coast | near-e = [[West Coast, Tasmania|West Coast]] | near-w = [[Southern Ocean]] | near-sw = Southern Ocean | near-s = West Coast | near-se = West Coast }} '''Granville Harbour''' is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of [[West Coast Council|West Coast]] in the [[North-west and west LGA Region|North-west and west]] LGA region of [[Tasmania]]. The locality is about {{convert|35|km}} north-west of the town of [[Zeehan]]. The [[2016 Australian census|2016 census]] recorded a population of 27 for the state suburb of Granville Harbour.<ref name=Census2016Y/>

It is located 17.48&nbsp;km northwest of [[Trial Harbour]], 26.16&nbsp;km west of Zeehan and 89.31&nbsp;km south of [[Arthur River, Tasmania|Arthur River]], in the state of [[Tasmania]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Granville Harbour – TAS|url=http://www.exploroz.com/Places/47152/TAS/Granville_Harbour.aspx|publisher=exploroz.com|access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About the West Coast|url=http://www.westcoast.tas.gov.au/page.aspx?u=314|publisher=westcoast.tas.gov.au|access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Granville Harbour|url=http://www.tasmaniavisitorsguide.com.au/granville_harbour.php|publisher=tasmaniavisitorsguide.com|access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=GRANVILLE HARBOUR, TASMANIA|url=http://www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/places_granvilleharb.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140301170705/http://www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/places_granvilleharb.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 March 2014|publisher=australiaforeveryone.com.au|access-date=1 March 2014}}</ref>

It lies north along the west coast, from the [[Granville Harbour Wind Farm|Heemskirk Wind Farm]].<ref>{{Citation | author1=Hydro Tasmania | title=Heemskirk wind farm, West coast of Tasmania, between Trial and Granville Harbour : project description | publication-date=2002 | publisher=Hydro Tasmania | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/20317490 | access-date=28 June 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Tasmania. Hydro-Electric Corporation | author2=Hydro Tasmania | title=Heemskirk Wind Farm : development proposal and environmental management plan : February 2005 : supplementary information two | publication-date=2005 | publisher=Hydro Tasmania | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32848807 | access-date=28 June 2015 }}</ref>

The area has been a popular fishing destination for locals and a holiday destination for miners from both Queenstown and Zeehan.

Similar in most respects is the nearby beach and fishing area of Trial Harbour. There are no shops or facilities. Swimming, camping, fishing, sea, bush walking, [[four-wheel drive]] or [[all-terrain vehicle]] area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tasmaniavisitorsguide.com.au/granville_harbour.php|title=Visitor's Touring Guide to Tasmania, Australia {{!}} Granville Harbour|website=www.tasmaniavisitorsguide.com.au|access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref>

==History== Granville Harbour was originally opened up as a soldier settlement after World War I,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23705711 |title=DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE. |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |location=Hobart, Tasmania |date=20 November 1923 |access-date=28 June 2015 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and also had development proposals after World War II.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27037456 |title=OPENING UP AREA NEAR GRANVILLE HARBOUR. |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |location=Hobart, Tasmania |date=31 May 1951 |access-date=28 June 2015 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

In the early 1950s, a Mr. A. Vogel undertook clearing work and fenced several hundred hectares at Granville Harbour. This was used for cattle grazing, and some crop attempts. "Crops of wheat and clover on Tasmania's bleak West Coast are hard to envisage, yet they are to be seen. ACCORDING to reports, Mr. A.Vogel has leased more than 100,000 acres between [[Zeehan]] and [[Corinna, Tasmania|Corinna]] with the idea of developing all aspects of mixed farming on a scientific basis. Strips of the button grass plain have been gone over with a rotary hoe and the seed broadcast on the untreated virgin soil. Despite several frosts, both the wheat and the clover appear to be flourishing".

In the early days, cattle were taken to Granville for fattening from parts of the North-West Coast, crossing the [[Pieman River]] at Corinna. Once fattened, they were driven overland to mining fields at Zeehan and [[Queenstown, Tasmania|Queenstown]].

Vogel eventually went broke, and the land he developed was acquired eventually by George Smith of Zeehan (originally a piner on the [[Gordon River]], and afterwards a businessman) who kept it going as a grazing property. His grandson Royce Smith currently runs the property. It is now the site of a $280 million wind farm development will comprise 31 turbines with a 112 megawatt capacity. Initial construction works began in August 2018 and the wind farm is expected to generate its first electricity in late 2019. The farm produces some of Australia's highest quality grass fed beef, sustaining up to 1850 head of premium beef cattle. Production of prime beef will continue at the site during the wind farm's construction and operations – effectively diversifying the owner's long-term farming interests.

Archaeological research has also been conducted on [[Aboriginal Tasmanians|Aboriginal]] middens on the coast between the Trial and Granville area.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Jones, Rhys | title=Archaeological reconnaissance in Tasmania, summer 1963/1964 | publication-date=1964 | publisher=[Canberra] | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/33793895 | access-date=28 June 2015 }}</ref>

Granville Harbour was gazetted as a locality in 1959.<ref name=Placename>{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Granville Harbour |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=13 September 2020 |at=Select “Search”, enter "2833B", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}</ref>

==Geography== The waters of the [[Southern Ocean]] form the western boundary, and Foster Creek forms the southern.<ref>{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Heybridge+TAS+7316/@-41.0851219,145.9666197,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa7bc11fa9c0af33:0x403c94dd0ddecb0!8m2!3d-41.080556!4d145.985833 |title=Granville Harbour, Tasmania |access-date=13 September 2020}}</ref>

==Road infrastructure== Route C249 (Heemskirk Road) runs along part of the eastern boundary. From there, Granville Harbour Road provides access to the village on the west coast.<ref name=Placename/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801112712/http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-08-01 |title=Tasmanian Road Route Codes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=May 2017 |publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment |access-date=13 September 2020 }}</ref>

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