Copping, Tasmania

Copping Tasmania
Copping
Coordinates	42°53′S 147°48′E / 42.883°S 147.800°E / -42.883; 147.800Coordinates: 42°53′S 147°48′E / 42.883°S 147.800°E / -42.883; 147.800
Postcode(s)	7174
Location	22 km (14 mi) from 40 km (25 mi) from 26 km (16 mi) from 53 km (33 mi) from
LGA(s)	Sorell Council

Copping is a small township and agricultural district in the south-east of Tasmania between Dunalley and Sorell. Part of the Bream Creek district, it was named after Captain Richard Copping, who purchased a property here from George Moore in 1860 upon which he settled three of his half-brothers as tenant farmers. Captain Copping established his own property Rochford Hall nearby at Kellevie.

Copping Post Office opened on 1 October 1886 and closed in 1988.

Copping gained notoriety when it was revealed that Martin Bryant lived there for a number of years in the 1980s.

Properties were destroyed in Copping during bushfires in January 2013.

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