Lapoinya

Lapoinya (pronounced La-poin-ya) is a small agricultural centre on the north-west coast of Tasmania west of Wynyard. The name is Tasmanian Aboriginal word for "fern tree", a plant that abounds in those surviving untouched parts of the original temperate rainforest. At the 2006 census, Lapoinya had a population of 368.^[2]

Lapoinya Tasmania
Lapoinya
Coordinates	41°02′S 145°34′E
Population	143 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	7325
LGA(s)	Waratah-Wynyard Council
State electorate(s)	Braddon
Federal division(s)	Braddon
Localities around Lapoinya: Myalla Sisters Creek Moorleah Milabena Lapoinya Moorleah Meunna Preolenna Preolenna

History

First developed commercially around 1900, the town has been a centre for forestry, mixed agriculture (especially potato-growing), and grazing (mostly dairy cattle).

Lapoinya Post Office opened on 1 November 1912, and closed in 1970.^[3]

In November 2014, it was announced the town was fighting Forestry Tasmania to attempt to stop the company logging the towns surrounding forest.^[4] In January 2016, Bob Brown and three others were arrested during an anti-logging protest on a 49-hectare Forestry Tasmania coupe at Lopoinya.^[5]