Ouse, Tasmania
Ouse (pronounced - ooze) is a locality and small town in the Central Highlands Council local government area in Tasmania, Australia on the Lyell Highway. At the 2016 census, Ouse had a population of 303. History. Ouse is the settlement where convicts James Goodwin and Thomas Connolly broke out of the South West Wilderness four weeks after their escape from Sarah Island. Ouse Post Office opened on 1 October 1835. The town briefly made national headlines in August 2006 when the Ouse District Hospital, originally established as a Bush Nursing Centre and reconstituted in its present form in 1956 , was downgraded to a community health centre. Education. Ouse District School is a public school which caters for students from Kindergarten to grade 6. Climate. Ouse has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate ("Csb"), verging on oceanic ("Cfb"), with warm dry-tending summers and cool damp winters. Rainfall and humidity in winter is higher than in summer. The diurnal ranges are rather high throughout the year, due to the inland location. Rainfall is highest in late winter and early spring, whilst lowest in midsummer. Frost is very common in the winter. Snowfall is rare, but not unheard of. Ouse, Tasmania Ouse