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Revision as of 02:16, 2 June 2008
| Huonville Tasmania | |
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 Huonville Township from Scenic Hill | |
| Population | 1,700 (2001) [1] |
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) |
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) |
| Location | |
| LGA(s) | Huon Valley Council |
| State electorate(s) | Franklin |
| Federal division(s) | Franklin |
Huonville is a town on the Huon River, in the south-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 38 km south of Hobart on the Huon Highway. The population has been stable for some years (2001 census).[1] The town lies within the Huon Valley Council area.
The first Europeans to set eyes on the Huon River were the crew commanded by Admiral Bruni d'Entrecasteaux. The river was named by him in honour of his second in command, Captain Huon de Kermadec. The name is preserved today in many features: the town, the river, the district and so on. The first European settlers were William and Thomas Walton in 1840.
Huonville was not originally intended as the site of a town. Nearby Ranelagh was laid out as the town of Victoria in colonial days. Huonville grew around the bridge crossing the Huon River and hotels at the bridge.
Today the Huon Valley is best known as one of Tasmania's primary apple growing areas. Once enormous in its extent, the significance of the industry has declined steadily since the 1950s and today cherries and fish farming are the rising commercial star of the district.
The Huon River and the nearby d'Entrecasteaux Channel are popular fishing and boating areas. The Channel is sheltered from the wrath of the Southern Ocean by the bulk of Bruny Island to the east.
Tourism is important - the area is renowned for its scenic beauty.
Poised on the edge of the south-west wilderness, forestry has been an important economic driver to the area since colonisation and in recent decades controversial. A wood-based industrial park nearby was the subject of extensive community discussion but is now built and operating successfully. There have been several recent controversies over development in the region, particularly over logging at Recherche Bay and the development of a tourist resort inside the National Park at Cockle Creek.
Huonville is the seat of the municipality of the Huon Valley, the most southerly Council area in Australia.
Huonville has expanded since the 1980s as the commercial centre of the Huon Valley.
Noted people born or raised here
- Amy Sherwin - The soprano singer dubbed "The Tasmanian Nightingale"
References
- ^ a b "Selected Characteristics for Urban Centres, Australia, 2001". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2003-03-25. Retrieved 2006-12-02.
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External links
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