Huon Valley Council

Local government area in Tasmania, Australia

Huon Valley Council
Tasmania

Map showing the Huon Valley local government area with the exception of Macquarie Island.

Coordinates| 43°15′17″S 146°35′22″E﻿ / ﻿43.2546°S 146.5895°E﻿ / -43.2546; 146.5895
Population| 17,219 (2018)[1]
• Density| 3.1267/km2 (8.0982/sq mi)
Established| 2 April 1993
Area| 5,507 km2 (2,126.3 sq mi)[1]
Mayor| Sally Doyle
Council seat| Huonville
Region| Huonville, Huon Valley, and Macquarie Island
State electorate(s)| Franklin
Federal division(s)| Franklin
Website| Huon Valley Council
| LGAs around Huon Valley Council:

Derwent Valley | Derwent Valley | Glenorchy
West Coast | Huon Valley Council | Kingborough
Indian Ocean | Indian Ocean | Pacific Ocean

Huon Valley Council is a local government body in Tasmania, covering most of the south of the state. Huon Valley is classified as a rural local government area and has a population of 17,219,[1] towns and localities of the region include Cygnet, Dover, Franklin, Geeveston, Southport and the largest principal town, Huonville.

## History and attributes

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In 1993 the municipalities of Esperance, Huon and Port Cygnet were amalgamated to form the Huon Valley Council.[2] Remote subantarctic Macquarie Island, which is located some 1400 km southeast of Tasmania proper, was part of Esperance until then, and has been administratively part of the Huon Valley since then.

### Demographics

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Huon Valley is classified as rural, agricultural and very large under the Australian Classification of Local Governments.[3]

The townships in the south east region of Tasmania that experienced the largest growth over the decade ending June 2011 were Huonville, Franklin (where the population was up by 1,300 people) and Cygnet (up by 440).[4]

## Council

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Council members as elected in 2022 elections.

Party | Councillor | Position

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| Independent  | Sally Doyle  | Mayor
| Tasmanian Labor | Toby Thorpe  | Deputy Mayor
| Independent  | Debbie Armstrong  | Councillor
| Tasmanian Greens | Paul Gibson  | Councillor
| Independent  | David O'Neill  | Councillor
| Independent  | Mark Jessop  | Councillor
| Independent  | Cathy Temby  | Councillor
| Independent  | Andrew Burgess  | Councillor
| Tasmanian Greens | Jenny Cambers-Smith  | Councillor

## 2016 Council misconduct and removal from office

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In 2016 the entire Huon Valley Council was removed from council by the state Minister for Local Government after a long period of gross dysfunction and misconduct.[5][6]The municipality was subsequently put under controlled of a Commissioner; former Glenorchy mayor and Elwick MLC Adriana Taylor,[7] until new elections were held over a three-week period concluding on 30 October 2018.[8]

## Localities

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* Abels Bay
* Bishop and Clerk Islets
* Brooks Bay
* Cairns Bay
* Castle Forbes Bay
* Charlotte Cove
* Crabtree
* Cradoc
* Cygnet
* Deep Bay
* Dover
* Eggs and Bacon Bay
* Franklin
* Garden Island Creek
* Gardners Bay
* Geeveston
* Glaziers Bay
* Glen Huon
* Glendevie
* Grove
* Hastings
* Huonville
* Ida Bay
* Judbury
* Lonnavale
* Lower Longley
* Lower Wattle Grove
* Lucaston
* Lune River
* Lymington
* Macquarie Island
* Mountain River
* Nicholls Rivulet
* Pelverata
* Petcheys Bay
* Police Point
* Port Huon
* Raminea
* Randalls Bay
* Ranelagh
* Recherche
* Southport
* Southport Lagoon
* Southwest
* Strathblane
* Surges Bay
* Surveyors Bay
* Upper Woodstock
* Verona Sands
* Waterloo
* Wattle Grove
* Woodstock

## See also

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* Australia portal
* Politics portal

* List of local government areas of Tasmania

## References

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1. ^ a b c "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
2. ^ "Agency Details: Huon Valley Council". search.archives.tas.gov.au. Tasmanian Government. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
3. ^ "Local government national report 2014-2015". regional.gov.au. Australian Government. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
4. ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2011". Tasmania, State Summary. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
5. ^ "Huon Valley Council dismissed". The Mercury. 6 October 2016.
6. ^ "Peter Gutwein formally sacks Huon Valley Council". ABC News. 6 October 2016.
7. ^ "Huon's interim boss won't talk mergers". The Mercury. 7 October 2016.
8. ^ "Huon Valley Council Progressive Results". Local Government Elections 2018. Tasmanian Electoral Commission. 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

## Further reading

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* Tyson, Nell. and Rushton, Annie (1995) Family bushwalks in Tasmania's Huon valley Dover, Tas.: Driftwood Publishing. ISBN 0-646-26155-X

## External links

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* Huon Valley Council official website
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Settlements|

* Adamsfield
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Governance|

* Braddon (federal)
* Franklin (federal)
* Braddon (state)
* Franklin (state)
* Derwent Valley Council
* Huon Valley Council
* West Coast Council

Mountains|

* Engineer Range
* Frenchmans Cap
* Anne

| Frankland Range|

* Citadel, The
* Cleft Peak
* Cupola, The
* Frankland
* Greycap
* Lion, The
* Lloyd Jones
* Murpheys Bluff
* Redtop
* Right Angle
* Scotts
* Secheron
* Terminal

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Arthur Range|

* Federation

King William Range|

Mount King William

Prince of Wales Range (Tasmania)|

* Diamond Peak

Protected areas,
parks and reserves|

* Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
* Melaleuca to Birchs Inlet Important Bird Area
* Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour Marine Nature Reserve
* Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area
* Southwest National Park
* South West Wilderness
* Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve
* Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area

Rivers|

* Anne
* Davey
* Franklin
* Gordon
* Huon
* Serpentine
* Spero

Lakes|

* Edgar

Lake Pedder controversy|

*   * Gordon
* Pedder
* Lake Pedder Action Committee
* United Tasmania Group

Dams
Franklin controversy|

* Edgar
* Gordon
* Scotts Peak
* Serpentine

* Commonwealth v Tasmania

* The Wilderness Society

Harbours, bays, inlets and estuaries|

* Bathurst Harbour
* Bathurst Channel
* James Kelly Basin
* Port Davey

Coastal features|

* High Rocky Point
* Low Rocky Point
* Point Hibbs
* South Coast
* South West Cape

Power stations|

* Gordon

Transport|

* Gordon River Road
* Scotts Peak Dam Road

| Railways|

* Great Western Railway (proposed never constructed)

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Landmarks|

| Natural|

* Gordon Splits

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Man-made|

* Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse
* Port Davey Track
* South Coast Track

People of note|

* Bob Brown
* Peter Dombrovskis
* Helen Gee
* James Goodwin
* Brenda Hean
* Richard Jones
* Deny King
* Eric Reece
* Olegas Truchanas
* T. B. Moore

Islands|

* Eddystone
* Hibbs Pyramid
* Inner Rocks
* Sidmouth Rock

| Breaksea|

* Fitzroy
* Kathleen
* Main
* Mavourneen
* Munday
* North

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Maatsuyker (group)|

* Chicken
* De Witt
* Flat Top
* Flat Witch
* Hen
* Ile du Golfe
* Louisa
* Maatsuyker (island)
* Needles
* Round Top
* Walker
* Western Rocks

Swainson (group)|

* Big Caroline
* Hay
* Lourah
* Shanks
* Swainson

Mutton Bird (group)|

* East Pyramids
* Mutton Bird Island
* Mutton Bird Islet (southeast)
* Mutton Bird Islet (southwest)
* Sugarloaf
* Sugarmouse
* Wendar
* Wild Wind

Pedra Branca|

* Mewstone

Trumpeter|

* Coffee Pot, The
* Hobbs
* Trumpeter
* West Pyramid

Books and newspapers|

* Tasmania's offshore islands
* Tasmania's Wilderness Battles
* The South West Book
* South West Tasmania Resources Survey

Flora, fauna, and fishlife|

* Orange-bellied parrot
* Pedder galaxias
* Pedder earthworm
* Pedder planarian
* Pedra Branca skink

Bioregions|

* Southern Ranges (bioregion)
* West (bioregion)

Indigenous heritage|

* Kutikina Cave
* Toogee language
* Western Tasmanian languages

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Settlements|

* Hobart
* List of Hobart suburbs

* Adventure Bay
* Alonnah
* Barnes Bay
* Cockle Creek
* Cygnet
* Dennes Point
* Dover
* Electrona
* Franklin
* Geeveston
* Glen Huon
* Grove
* Howden
* Huonville
* Kellevie
* Kettering
* Lunawanna
* Magra
* Margate
* Mountain River
* New Norfolk
* Oyster Cove
* Ranelagh
* Sandfly
* Snug
* Southport
* Westerway
* Woodbridge

Governance|

* Clark (federal)
* Franklin (federal)
* Clark (state)
* Franklin (state)
* Huon Valley Council
* Kingborough Council

* Buckingham
* Elwick
* Huon
* Nelson
* Pembroke
* Rumney

Mountains|

* Hartz
* Wellington
* Wellington

Protected areas,
parks and reserves|

* East Risdon State Reserve
* Hartz Mountains National Park
* Hastings Caves State Reserve
* Port Cygnet Conservation Area
* South Bruny National Park
* South-east Tasmania Important Bird Area
* Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area

Rivers|

* Arve
* Derwent
* Garden Island Creek
* Huon
* Styx

Harbours, bays,
inlets and estuaries|

* Adventure Bay
* Barnes Bay
* Cloudy Bay
* D'Entrecasteaux Channel
* Recherche Bay
* Storm Bay

Coastal features|

* South Coast
* South East Cape

Transport|

* Bruny Island Ferry
* Channel Highway
* Ida Bay Railway
* Sandfly Colliery Tramway
* South Line
* Westerway railway station

Landmarks|

| Natural|

* Coal River Valley
* Derwent Valley
* Huon Valley
* Styx Valley
* Upper Florentine Valley
* Weld Valley

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Man-made|

* Buckland Military Training Area
* Cape Bruny Lighthouse
* South Coast Track
* Tahune AirWalk

Islands|

* Boomer
* Bruny
* Eddystone
* Egg
* Friars
* Garden
* Green
* Hope
* Images
* Nuggets
* Partridge
* Pedra Branca
* Picnic
* Satellite

Books and newspapers|

* Tasmania's offshore islands
* The Mercury

Flora, fauna, and fishlife|

* Centurion
* Triarius

Bioregions|

* South East (bioregion)
* Southern Ranges (bioregion)

Indigenous heritage|

* Bruny Island language
* Truganini

Other|

* Cygnet Folk Festival

* Category

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* ISNI
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