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Currie, Tasmania
Currie (postcode 7256) is the largest township on, and is the administrative centre of King Island, Tasmania, at the western entrance to Bass Strait. At the 2006 census, Currie had a population of 746.
==Geography==
The town is situated just inland from a partly sheltered natural harbour on the west coast of the island, which was originally named Howie's Boat Harbour after David Howie, an early visitor and unofficial resident of the island in the 1840s. It was renamed after Archibald Currie (1830–1914), a Melbourne shipowner who purchased the remains of the full-rigged ship ''Netherby'' wrecked near there in 1866, and used the harbour as a base for salvage operations. The harbour was used for similar operations on later wrecks in the vicinity including the ''British Admiral'' in 1874 and ''Blencathra'' in 1875, the latter being wrecked right at the entrance to the harbour. Currie Lighthouse was built here in 1879.〔(Shawfactor - Currie )〕
Increasing knowledge of the surrounding landscape led to permanent agricultural settlement very soon afterwards, mostly grazing beef and dairy cattle. It was, until the opening of the all weather port of Grassy Harbour in 1974, the main port connecting the island with both Victoria and Tasmania. It is a significant centre for the fishing industry, especially rock lobster. There is also a nearby airport, King Island Airport, capable of handling medium-sized turbopropeller aircraft.
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