Huon Valley Council

Huon Valley Council

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Huon Valley Council
state = Tasmania


caption = Huon Valley Council
pop = 14,567 (est., June 5) [cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/3218.0Main%20Features72004-05?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=3218.0&issue=2004-05&num=&view=|title=Local Government Area populations and median ages - Tasmania]
area = 5497
est =
seat = Huonville
mayor = Robert Armstrong
region = Huonville, Huon Valley, and Macquarie Island

url = http://www.huonvalley.tas.gov.au
stategov = Franklin
fedgov = Franklin
near-nw = Derwent Valley
near-n = Derwent Valley
near-ne = Glenorchy
near-w = West Coast
near-e = Kingborough
near-sw = "Southern Ocean"
near-s = "Southern Ocean"
near-se = "Southern Ocean"

The Huon Valley Council is a Local Government Area of Tasmania. It is the southern-most local government area in Australia.

It encompasses the town of Huonville, on the Huon River, some surrounding towns, and many protected areas and forestry plantations. The Tahune Airwalk is also in the area, located near the township of Geeveston.

In 1993 the Municipalites of Esperance, Huon and Port Cygnet were amalgamated to form the Huon Valley Council. Macquarie Island was part of Esperance until then, and has been part of Huon Valley since then.

The municipality has five townships:
#Cygnet
#Dover (on Esperance Bay)
#Franklin
#Geeveston
#Huonville

Huon Valley Council have one of the highest birth rates in all of Australia, although the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) went down from 2.60 in 2001 to 2.35 in 2006. [http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3301.0/]

References

Further reading

* Tyson, Nell. and Rushton, Annie (1995) "Family bushwalks in Tasmania’s Huon valley" Dover,Tas.: Driftwood Publishing. ISBN 064626155X

External links

* [http://www.huonvalley.tas.gov.au Huon Valley Council]
* [http://www.huon.org Huon Valley Environment Centre]
* [http://www.huonvalley.net.au Huon Valley.net.au]
* [http://www.huonbushretreats.com Huon Bush Retreats]


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