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South Arm, Tasmania
South Arm is a rural residential locality in the local government area of Clarence in the Hobart region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-east of the town of Rosny Park. The 2016 census has a population of 880 for the state suburb of South Arm. History South Arm was gazetted as a locality in 1967. South Arm Post Office opened on 6 February 1856. Geography The Derwent River forms the western boundary, and Storm Bay the southern. Ralphs Bay forms most of the northern boundary. The locality is located on the South Arm Peninsula South Arm Peninsula is a peninsula that lies on the east side of the mouth of the River Derwent south of Hobart in Tasmania, Australia. The peninsula commences at Lauderdale and curves landward or inward on a narrow isthmus that has South Ar ... on the outskirts of the greater Hobart area in Tasmania. Road infrastructure The B33 route (South Arm Road) enters from the south-east and runs through to the north-west, where it exits. Re ...
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Kunanyi / Mount Wellington
Mount Wellington (officially kunanyi / Mount Wellington ()) is a mountain in the southeast of Tasmania, Australia. It is the summit of the Wellington Range and is within Wellington Park reserve. Hobart, Tasmania's capital city, is located at the foot of the mountain. The mountain rises to above sea level and is frequently covered by snow, sometimes even in summer, and the lower slopes are thickly forested, but crisscrossed by many walking tracks and a few fire trails. There is also a sealed narrow road to the summit, about from Hobart central business district. An enclosed lookout near the summit has views of the city below and to the east, the Derwent estuary, and also glimpses of the World Heritage Area nearly west. From Hobart, the most distinctive feature of Mount Wellington is the cliff of dolerite columns known as the Organ Pipes. Geology The low-lying areas and foothills of Mount Wellington were formed by slow geological upsurge when the whole Hobart area was a low ...
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Hobart LGA Region
Councils of Tasmania are the 29 administrative districts of the Australian States and territories of Australia, state of Tasmania. Local government in Australia, Local government areas (LGAs), more generally known as councils, are the tier of government responsible for the management of local duties such as road maintenance, Urban planning, town planning and waste management. Local government regions The local government areas of Tasmania are grouped into six regions: * Central * Hobart * Launceston * North-east * North-west and west * South-east Local government areas There are 29 local government areas of Tasmania: Towns and suburbs of councils areas The following is a list of councils areas grouped by region, and the major towns and suburbs within each LGA. Hobart area councils Greater Hobart contains six LGAs: *Brighton Council, containing the Hobart suburbs of Bridgewater, Tasmania, Bridgewater, Gagebrook, Tasmania, Gagebrook, Old Beach, Tasmania, Old Beach, and the ...
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Rosny Park, Tasmania
Rosny Park is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, located in the City of Clarence on the eastern shore of the Derwent River. It is about five kilometres from the city centre of Hobart. Rosny Park is the commercial twin of its residential namesake, Rosny. History The history of Rosny Park goes back to first settlement where the area was part of ''Kangaroo Point'', later renamed Bellerive. The area was rezoned splitting the areas of Bellerive and Rosny Park and gazetted as Rosny Park in 1977 and the boundaries re-gazetted in 1999. Rosny was named for a family name of W.A. Bethune, the holder of the original grant on the point, and he named it after his ancestor, the Duc de Maximilien de Bethune Sully, of Rosny-sur-Seine near Mantes in France. Retrieved 29 August 2014 Rosny Farm c.1818 is located within the Rosny Park boundary. The Rosny Barn was re-developed in 2006 to a multi-purpose, small capacity arts venue situated in the cultural hub of Hobart's Eastern Shore. Rosny Cottage (no ...
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City Of Clarence
Clarence City Council (or City of Clarence) is a local government body in Tasmania, and one of the five municipalities that constitutes the Greater Hobart Area. The Clarence local government area has a population of 56,945, covering the eastern shore of the Derwent River from Otago to the South Arm Peninsula and the smaller localities of Cambridge, Richmond, and Seven Mile Beach. The administrative centre and main commercial district of Clarence is Rosny Park, approximately 5 kilometres from the CBD of Hobart. Bellerive Oval lies immediately to the south, and the Hobart International Airport is located further north-west along the Tasman Highway. The area that now constitutes the City of Clarence was once part of the traditional land of the Moomairemener, a sub-group of the Tasmanian Aborigines. In 1803, the island of Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land) was colonised by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, who subsequently established the settlement of Hobar ...
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Division Of Franklin (state)
The electoral division of Franklin is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, located in southern Tasmania and includes Bruny Island, Kingston and the eastern shore of the Derwent River. Franklin is named after Sir John Franklin, the Arctic explorer who was Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1837–43). The division shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Franklin. Franklin and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system. History and electoral profile Franklin includes most of the suburbs of Hobart, such as Kingston, Seven Mile Beach and Lauderdale as well as the rural towns of Huonville, Franklin, Cygnet, Margate and Bruny Island. The subantarctic Macquarie Island is also part of the electorate.
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Division Of Franklin
The Division of Franklin is an Australian electoral division in Tasmania. The division is located in southern Tasmania around the state capital, Hobart. It is the only non-contiguous federal electoral division in Australia, with the two parts of the division separated by the Division of Clark, based around central Hobart. As at the 2016 election, slightly more than half its electors are located on the eastern shore of the River Derwent, incorporating the entire City of Clarence and the suburb of Old Beach from Brighton Council. The remaining electors in the division are drawn from the southern parts of the Kingborough Council, generally south of the Huon Highway and including Bruny Island, and the entire Huon Valley Council. The division also includes the southern parts of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area and Macquarie Island, neither of which have permanent populations. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determi ...
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Derwent River (Tasmania)
The River Derwent is a river located in Tasmania, Australia. It is also known by the palawa kani name timtumili minanya. The river rises in the state's Central Highlands at Lake St Clair, and descends more than over a distance of more than , flowing through Hobart, the state's capital city, before emptying into Storm Bay and flowing into the Tasman Sea. The banks of the Derwent were once covered by forests and occupied by Aboriginal Tasmanians. European settlers farmed the area and during the 20th century many dams were built on its tributaries for the generation of hydro-electricity. Agriculture, forestry, hydropower generation and fish hatcheries dominate catchment land use. The Derwent is also an important source of water for irrigation and water supply. Most of Hobart's water supply is taken from the lower River Derwent. Nearly 40% of Tasmania's population lives around the estuary's margins and the Derwent is widely used for recreation, boating, recreational fishing, mar ...
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Opossum Bay, Tasmania
Opossum Bay is a rural residential locality in the local government area of Clarence in the Hobart region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-east of the town of Rosny Park. The 2016 census has a population of 329 for the state suburb of Opossum Bay. It is located on the South Arm Peninsula on the outskirts of Hobart. History Opossum Bay was gazetted as a locality in 1967. Opossum Bay Post Office opened on 16 January 1942 and closed in 1980. The origin of Opossum Bay's name is unclear. In 1997, Opossum Bay received national attention when it was the location of where Labor Senator Nick Sherry had an overnight stay with his mother and was accused of misusing his travel allowances for this stay. The controversy that ensued led to Sherry attempting suicide, which he survived. Geography The Derwent River forms the western and northern boundaries, and Ralphs Bay the eastern. Opossum Bay is nearly surrounded by water. The Gellibrand Point, Opossum Bay and South Arm Tow ...
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Ralphs Bay
Ralphs Bay is a body of water in south-east Tasmania, Australia. It is semi-enclosed by the Tranmere / Rokeby peninsula and the South Arm peninsula. Sea access to the bay is from the River Derwent. Ralphs Bay is a shallow, windy bay, situated on the south-east of the Derwent Estuary, about 12 kilometres from the south-east of Hobart in Tasmania, Australia. The bay is sheltered by the low, grassy hills of Droughty Point to the north-west and the spit of South Arm and Opossum Bay to the south-west. Ecology The red-necked stint migrates from Siberia every year and most of the birds, which do that, find themselves in Ralphs Bay. It is also an important area for the spotted handfish. They are critically endangered and, because of the pollution in the River Derwent, live in majority at Ralphs Bay and its surrounding waters. The bay is part of the South Arm Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for the conservati ...
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Clifton Beach, Tasmania
Clifton Beach is a coastal suburb located approximately 25 km southeast of Hobart on the South Arm Peninsula on the outskirts of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is part of the City of Clarence, and is a popular surfing location. Clifton Beach Surf Life Saving Club was established in 1963. This section of the club is one part of two, the other half being at Kingston Beach Kingston Beach is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Kingborough in the Hobart LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-east of the town of Kingston. The 2016 census recorded a population of 1990 for the ... on the western shore. The entire beach is backed by a coastal reserve, which incorporates coastal dunes behind the central and eastern part of the beach. The now vegetated dunes have transgressed up to 300 m inland rising to more than 20 m, with dense vegetation behind, then the shallow southern shores of circular Pipe Clay Lagoon. The beach is bordere ...
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Storm Bay
The Storm Bay is a large bay in the south-east region of Tasmania, Australia. The bay is the river mouth to the Derwent River estuary and serves as the main port of Hobart, the capital city of Tasmania. The bay is bordered by Bruny Island to the west, the South Arm Peninsula to the north, and the Tasman Peninsula to the east; with its outflow to the Tasman Sea, and thereafter to the South Pacific Ocean. The first European to reach Storm Bay was Abel Tasman in 1642. See also * Geography of Tasmania Tasmania, the largest island of Australia, has a landmass of and is located directly in the pathway of the notorious "Roaring Forties" wind that encircles the globe. To its north, it is separated from mainland Australia by Bass Strait. Tasmania is ... References Southern Tasmania Bays of Tasmania South East coast of Tasmania Maritime history of the Dutch East India Company {{Tasmania-geo-stub ...
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Tasmania
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