Launceston City Council (or City of Launceston) is a
local government
Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loca ...
body in
Tasmania
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, located in the city and surrounds of
Launceston in the north of the state. The Launceston local government area is classified as urban and has a population of 67,449,
[ which also encompasses the localities including Lilydale, Targa and through to Swan Bay on the eastern side of the ]Tamar River
The Tamar River, officially kanamaluka / River Tamar, is a estuary located in northern Tasmania, Australia. Despite being called a river, the waterway is a brackish and tidal estuary over its entire length.
Location and features
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Government
The current mayor is Albert Van Zetten
Albert Van Zetten (born 12 April 1954) is an Australian politician and the current Mayor of Launceston, Tasmania. He was formerly CEO of City Mission Launceston, and worked as an accountant. He lives in Riverside with his wife Lyndle.
He is wel ...
, who defeated Legislative Councillor Ivan Dean
Ivan Noel Dean (born 21 April 1945) is an Australian politician. He was an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 2003 to 2021, representing the electorate of Windermere. He also served as Mayor of Launceston from 2005 t ...
in the 2007 council elections. Dean's predecessor, Janie Dickenson
Janie Finlay () is an Australian politician. She was first elected to the Launceston City Council in 2000 and from 2002 to 2005 served as Mayor. When Finlay was elected to that position in February 2002, at age 27, she was the youngest female m ...
, was, at the time of her election, the youngest female mayor in Australia. She was first elected mayor in February 2002 at the age of 27.
History and attributes
Launceston is classified as urban, regional and medium (URM) under the Australian Classification of Local Governments. The population at the 2016 Census was over 65,000, making Launceston the most populous of the 29 local government areas in Tasmania.
The municipality logo features the now extinct Tasmanian tiger
The thylacine ( , or , also ) (''Thylacinus cynocephalus'') is an extinct carnivorous marsupial that was native to the Australian mainland and the islands of Tasmania and New Guinea. The last known live animal was captured in 1930 in Tasma ...
, an indigenous marsupial that used to be prevalent in the Launceston district.
History
Launceston was first declared as a municipality in 1853 and declared a city in 1888. Its original boundaries have long since been redefined and the area now known as the City of Launceston includes parts of the former Lilydale, St Leonard's, Evandale and Westbury Municipalities.
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See also
*List of local government areas of Tasmania
Councils of Tasmania are the 29 administrative districts of the Australian state of Tasmania. Local government areas (LGAs), more generally known as councils, are the tier of government responsible for the management of local duties such as ro ...
References
External links
Launceston City Council official websiteLocal Government Association Tasmania
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