Plenty is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of
Derwent Valley in the
South-east LGA region of
Tasmania
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. The locality is about north-west of the town of
New Norfolk
New Norfolk is a town on the Derwent River (Tasmania), River Derwent, in the south-east of Tasmania, Australia. At the Census in Australia#2011, 2011 census, New Norfolk had a population of 5,543.
Situated north-west of Hobart on the Lyell Hi ...
. The
2016 census recorded a population of 93 for the state suburb of Plenty.
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It is a small locality and the name of a tributary river on the south side of the
River Derwent in the Derwent Valley.
Formerly the location of hop growing, and fishing for salmon trout (]brown trout
The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, ''Salmo trutta'' morph ...
), it is now notable for the Salmon Ponds (the original 1864 Plenty river fish hatchery) and the Tasmanian Museum of Trout Fishing.
History
Plenty was gazetted as a locality in 1959.Falmouth, Cornwall
Falmouth ( ; kw, Aberfala) is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,797 (2011 census).
Etymology
The name Falmouth is of English or ...
to Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
on the sailing ship ''Norfolk''. By 1866, 171 young brown trout were surviving in a Plenty river hatchery. Thirty-eight young trout were released in the river in 1866. By 1868, the Plenty River hosted a self-sustaining population of brown trout which became a brood source for continued introduction of brown trout into Australian and New Zealand rivers.Atlantic salmon
The Atlantic salmon (''Salmo salar'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the third largest of the Salmonidae, behind Siberian taimen and Pacific Chinook salmon, growing up to a meter in length. Atlantic salmon are ...
, although successfully reared in the Plenty river hatchery and introduced at the same time under the sponsorship of the Acclimatization Society of Victoria, failed to establish themselves in Tasmania or Australia.
Geography
The River Derwent forms the north-western and northern boundaries. The Plenty River forms a small part of the southern boundary before flowing through to the north.
Road infrastructure
Route B62 (Glenora Road) runs through from north-east to west.
Notes and references
* Dimmick, Leonard W. (2004) ''Fishes and men: the Jones family of Plenty, Tasmania'' Glenorchy, Tas. L.W. Dimmick.
External links
Historical photographs mainly of ''Upper Plenty''
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Towns in Tasmania
Localities of Derwent Valley Council