Huon Valley Council
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Huon Valley Council Tasmania |
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Huon Valley Council |
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Population: | 14,567 (est., June 5)[1] | ||||||||||||
Area: | 5497 km² (2122.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Mayor: | Robert Armstrong | ||||||||||||
Council Seat: | Huonville | ||||||||||||
Region: | Huonville, Huon Valley, and Macquarie Island | ||||||||||||
State District: | Franklin | ||||||||||||
Federal Division: | Franklin | ||||||||||||
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The Huon Valley Council is a Local Government Area of Tasmania. It is the southern-most local government area in Australia.
It encompasses the town of Huonville, on the Huon River, some surrounding towns, and many protected areas and forestry plantations. The Tahune Airwalk is also in the area, located near the township of Geeveston.
In 1993 the Municipalites of Esperance, Huon and Port Cygnet were amalgamated to form the Huon Valley Council. Macquarie Island was part of Esperance until then, and has been part of Huon Valley since then.
The municipality has five townships:
Huon Valley Council have one of the highest birth rates in all of Australia, although the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) went down from 2.60 in 2001 to 2.35 in 2006. [1]
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[edit] Further reading
- Tyson, Nell. and Rushton, Annie (1995) Family bushwalks in Tasmania’s Huon valley Dover,Tas.: Driftwood Publishing. ISBN 064626155X