Rheban

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Rheban | state = tas | coordinates={{Coord|-42.6872|147.8693|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-TAS|display=inline,title}} | image = | caption = | pop = 7 | pop_year = 2016 census | pop_footnotes=<ref name=Census2016Y>{{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60543?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Rheban (Tas.) |author= |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=28 Jun 2020 |quote=}}</ref> | established = | postcode = 7190 | elevation = | region = South-east | location1 = Swansea | dist1 = 74 | dir1 = S | lga = Glamorgan–Spring Bay | stategov = Lyons | fedgov = Lyons | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | near-nw = Buckland | near-n = Spring Beach, Orford | near-ne = Tasman Sea | near-e = Tasman Sea | near-w = Buckland | near-sw = Kellevie | near-s = Bream Creek | near-se = Tasman Sea }}

'''Rheban''' is a rural locality in the local government area of Glamorgan–Spring Bay in the South-east region of Tasmania. It is located about {{convert|74|km}} south of the town of Swansea. The 2016 census determined a population of 7 for the state suburb of Rheban.<ref name=Census2016Y/>

==History== Rheban was gazetted as a locality in 1960, beside Carrickfergus Bay. The district was initially called 'Annaroe' after a property there. It was then named after an Irish castle called Rheban near Athy, County Kildare.<ref name=Placename>{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Rheban |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=28 Jun 2020 |at=Select “Search”, enter "3261X", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}</ref> Note the Tasmania Placenames reference is in error as Athy is 60 km inland from the sea and nowhere near Carrickfergus and Carrickfergus Bay (now known as Belfast Lough).

==Geography== The Tasman Sea forms the eastern boundary.<ref>{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Rheban+TAS+7190/@-42.6631176,147.8238827,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa7207af56f2db69:0x403c94dd0ddfd90!8m2!3d-42.6872426!4d147.8692835 |title=Rheban, Tasmania |access-date=28 Jun 2020}}</ref>

==Road infrastructure== The C320 route (Rheban Road) enters from the north-east and runs south and south-west to an intersection with Wielangta Road (no route number) where it ends.<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= |date=May 2017 |website= |publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment |access-date=7 Apr 2020 |quote=}}</ref>

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Category:Localities of Glamorgan–Spring Bay Council Category:Towns in Tasmania