Royal George, Tasmania
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| Coordinates: 41°49′20″S 147°53′28″E / 41.82222°S 147.89111°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||
| Region | Central, North-east, South-east | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 59 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 7213 | ||||||||||||
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Royal George is a rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Northern Midlands (46%), Break O'Day (27%) and Glamorgan-Spring Bay (27%) in the Central, North-east and South-east LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about 86 kilometres (53 mi) south-east of the town of Longford. The 2016 census recorded a population of 45 for the state suburb of Royal George.
It is a village in northeast Tasmania on the St Pauls River.
At the 2006 census, Royal George had a population of 127.
It was a mining village, with the mine and locality named after one of the Royal Navy vessels named HMS Royal George from the 19th century. HMS Royal George was under the command of Captain Robert Hepburn during the Napoleonic Wars Captain Hepburn settled nearby at Roy's Hill in 1828.