Rossarden, Tasmania

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Rossarden
state = tas


caption =
lga = Northern Midlands Council
postcode = 7213
est =
pop = 172
pop_footnotes=
elevation= 610
elevation_footnotes= [ [http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_092000.shtml Bureau of Meteorology] Retrieved on 2007-11-14]
maxtemp = 14.8
mintemp = 4.5
rainfall = 952.5
stategov = Lyons
fedgov = Lyons

Rossarden is an old mining town in central Tasmania, located 19 km from Avoca. Located in a valley below Stacks Bluff (1527 m), it is an old tin mining town, the mine closed in 1982. Prior to this Rossarden was one of Australia's major tin producing towns. At the 2006 census, Rossarden and the surrounding area had a population of 172.Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC66066 |name=Rossarden (State Suburb)|accessdate=2007-11-14|quick=on]

Nearby locations include Storeys Creek, where there was a wolfram mine, Fingal and Avoca. The town's decline was captured in the Weddings Parties Anything song 'Rossarden'. A book was also written about the town in 2004.

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