Central Coast Council is a
local government
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body in
Tasmania
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, situated in the north-west of the state between
Burnie
Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. When founded in 1827, it was named Emu Bay, being renamed after William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company, in the early 1840s.
, Burnie had an urban popul ...
and
Devonport. Central Coast is classified as an urban local government area and has a population of 21,904,
[ Ulverstone and ]Penguin
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are the two primary towns of the region.
History and attributes
The Central Coast Council was established on 2 April 1993 after the amalgamation of the Penguin and Ulverstone municipalities.
Central Coast is classified as urban, regional and small (URS) under the Australian Classification of Local Governments.
The municipal boundaries are the Blythe River in the west, Braddons Lookout Road in the east and Black Bluff in the south. The Central Coast includes the tourist destination
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Types
Places of ...
s Leven Canyon and Black Bluff,Black Bluff
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Upper Castra is a semi-rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Central Coast in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south of the town of Ulverstone. The 2016 census has a population of 77 for th ...
.
Government
Localities
Not in above list
* Middlesex
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See also
*List of local government areas of Tasmania
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References
External links
Central Coast Council official website
Local Government Association Tasmania
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Local government areas of Tasmania
North West Tasmania