Huon Valley Council

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Huon Valley Council Tasmania
Huon Valley Council
Population:	14,567 (est., June 5)[1]
Area:	5497 km² (2122.4 sq mi)
Mayor:	Robert Armstrong
Council Seat:	Huonville
Region:	Huonville, Huon Valley, and Macquarie Island
State District:	Franklin
Federal Division:	Franklin
Website: http://www.huonvalley.tas.gov.au
LGAs around Huon Valley Council: Derwent Valley Derwent Valley Glenorchy West Coast Huon Valley Council Kingborough Southern Ocean Southern Ocean 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:

1. Cygnet
2. Dover (on Esperance Bay)
3. Franklin
4. Geeveston
5. 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. [1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Local Government Area populations and median ages - Tasmania.

[edit] Further reading

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

[edit] External links

• Huon Valley Council
• Huon Valley Environment Centre
• Huon Valley.net.au
• Huon Bush Retreats