Kempton, Tasmania

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Kempton
Tasmania
Population: 310 [1]
Postcode: 7030
Location:
  • 48 km (30 mi) N of Hobart
  • 6 km (4 mi) N of Dysart
LGA: Southern Midlands Council
State District: Lyons
Federal Division: Lyons

Kempton is a township on the Midland Highway north of Hobart, Tasmania. At the 2001 census, the town had a population of 310.[1]

It was named after early administrator and businessman Anthony Fenn Kemp who established the property Mount Vernon immediately to the north of where the township later grew in the 1820s. A low rainfall region of plains and low hills, it is mostly used for grazing sheep.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). Kempton (L) (Urban Centre/Locality). 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
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Coordinates: 42°31′S, 147°12′E