Telita, Tasmania — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live local weather conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Telita, in the Dorset Council local government area.
| Locality | Telita |
| State | Tasmania (TAS) |
| Local Government Area | Dorset Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -41.12978 |
| Longitude | 147.76138 |
| Population | 22 |
| Density | 1.8 /km² |
| Area | 12.4 km² |
| Elevation | 256 m |
| Postcode | 7264 |
| Area Code | 03 |
| Distance to Hobart | 198 km north |
Telita is a locality in the Dorset Council local government area of Tasmania, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 22. The locality covers an area of 12.4 km², giving a population density of about 1.8 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 256 m above sea level. It lies approximately 198 km north of Hobart. Telita is located at 41.1298°S, 147.7614°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 7264. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Telita rests in a broad, fertile basin, where the pale granite hills, softened by eons of wind and rain, cradle a patchwork of emerald pastures and ochre-ploughed fields. It lies 62.0 km east-north-east of Launceston, TAS (from Launceston, TAS: bearing 57°T), and is situated 20.5 km east-north-east of Scottsdale. The air here carries a crispness, a clean scent of damp earth and distant gum trees that seems to cling to the very fibres of your clothes. Low-slung clouds, like skeins of wool dropped by a careless shepherd, often drift across the sky, lending a muted, pearlescent glow to the landscape, particularly in the late afternoon when the shadows begin to stretch long and languid across the land. The nearby waterways, mere trickles in the dry season, swell into purposeful streams after the rains, their banks fringed with hardy rushes and the occasional gnarled wattle, their murmur a constant, quiet companion to the wide-open spaces.
The history of Telita is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its pastoral beginnings, a legacy of hardy settlers who coaxed a living from this often-unyielding soil. Sheep stations, some still operating with the same family names that first claimed the land, dot the surrounding countryside, their wool a significant contributor to the local economy, its fleeces a soft, white promise against the verdant backdrop. While mining once whispered through the hills, its echoes now faded, the land’s bounty has found new expression in boutique vineyards, their careful cultivation adding a touch of sophisticated flavour to the region's offerings. Travellers passing through Telita often remark on the genuine warmth of its people, a quiet confidence born of generations of self-reliance, and the unpretentious beauty of a place that wears its history lightly, allowing the natural world to speak with its own ancient voice.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Telita, Tasmania with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Telita, in the Dorset Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Telita includes the postcode (7264), telephone area code (03), and local government area (Dorset Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Outer Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Telita is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |