Boyer is a town on the eastern side of the Derwent River (Tasmania)

Derwent River (Tasmania)

The Derwent is a river in Tasmania, Australia. It was named after the River Derwent, Cumbria by British Commodore John Hayes who explored it in 1793. The name is Brythonic Celtic for "valley thick with oaks"....

, opposite and slightly downstream of New Norfolk. It is named after a family who first settled in the area in the early 19th century. It is the site of Australian Newsprint Mills

Australian Newsprint Mills

Australian Newsprint Mills Ltd. was formed in Hobart, Tasmania in 1938, and a newsprint mill, Australia's largest, built on the River Derwent at Boyer. An Albury, New South Wales mill was established in 1981. In 1997 Fletcher Challenge, a New Zealand company, took over Australian Newsprint Mills....

' plant in Tasmania. For many decades paper was shipped by tug and barge from the plant to the port of Hobart, Tasmania but all freight is now sent by road or rail.