About Braddon

Braddon was named after Sir Edward Braddon (1829-1904), Premier of Tasmania (1894-1899), and a Member of the House of Representatives (1901-1904).

Braddon is a rural electorate covering approximately 20 826 sq km in the North West and West Coast of Tasmania including King Island. The cities of Burnie and Devonport are in the Division of Braddon. Other major towns include Currie, Latrobe, Ulverstone, Penguin, Somerset, Wynyard, Stanley, Smithton, Rosebery, Zeehan, Strahan and Queenstown.

Products and industries of the area are diverse and cover forestry, mining, fishing, dairying, beef cattle production and vegetable, poppy and pyrethrum growing, which are major primary industries. Vegetable processing, cheese manufacture and sawmilling compliment these activities. Lead, zinc and iron ore are mined in the Division. Manufacturing industries includes paper mills at Burnie and Wesley Vale, mining equipment at Burnie and weaving mills at Devonport. Burnie and Devonport are major ports, and interstate airports are located at Devonport and Wynyard.

The TT-Line Spirit of Tasmanian ferry service operates daily between Devonport and Melbourne.

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