About Mangana

NOW:

Population: About 30.

Industries: Farming, hobby farms, crafts.

Amenities: Historic Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic church.

HISTORY: Site of the first payable gold discovered in Tasmania in February 1852 by Keeling Richardson, a shepherd on Tullochgorum. Originally called The Nook, the name was taken from the Aboriginal word for the South Esk River, Mangana Lienta.