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Currie was originally called Howie's Boat Habour after David Howie, an early visitor and unofficial resident of the island in the 1840s. It was renamed Currie, after
Archibald Currie (1830–1914), a
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Route B25 runs north from the town centre as Main Street and then as North Road. It also runs east as Grassy Road.
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wrecked near there in 1866, and used the harbour as a base for salvage operations.
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on, and is the administrative centre of, King Island, at the western entrance to
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in 1875, the latter being wrecked right at the entrance to the harbour.
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is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of
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in 1974, the main port connecting the island with both
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1117:Tasmanian Shipwrecks, Volume One, 1797-1899
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977:"Currie Harbour Lighthouse"
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931:Australian Census 2021
103:39.93111°S 143.85056°E
388:Mediterranean climate
455:Record high °C (°F)
108:-39.93111; 143.85056
43:Currie Harbour, 2007
805:Average rainy days
665:Record low °C (°F)
363:Road infrastructure
350:King Island Airport
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181:Federal division(s)
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135:Postcode(s)
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81:Coordinates
1147:Categories
1070:16 January
1038:16 January
1011:16 January
956:Shawfactor
909:References
807:(≥ 0.2 mm)
310:Blencathra
119:Population
91:39°55′52″S
986:25 August
961:25 August
396:Urandangi
335:Geography
288:Melbourne
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952:"Currie"
852:Average
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357:aircraft
326:Victoria
296:Netherby
272:township
264:Tasmania
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1029:(Map).
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475:(86.0)
470:(95.0)
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371:Climate
282:History
258:in the
211:Loorana
207:Loorana
186:Braddon
174:Braddon
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381:Köppen
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221:Currie
157:Region
145:LGA(s)
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450:Year
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