Hamilton (Tasmania)

Hamilton
State :  Australia State : Tasmania
Coordinates : 42 ° 33 ′  S , 146 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 33 ′  S , 146 ° 50 ′  E Area : 129.1  km²
Residents : 211 (2016) Population density : 1.6 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 7140 LGA : Central Highlands Municipality
Hamilton

Hamilton is a small town in the center of the Australian state of Tasmania . It is located 73 km northwest of Hobart on the Clyde River and is the administrative center of the Local Government Area Central Highlands Municipality . At the 2016 census, the population was found to be 211.

The city is on the Lyell Highway (A10), which connects it with Hobart and the west coast of the island. The Hollow Tree Road (B110) connects to Bothwell , the next major city in the northeast.

Governor Lachlan Macquarie named the settlement Sorell Plains , later it was also called Macquarie or Lower Clyde by the residents of the area . Governor George Arthur then named it Hamilton in 1824.

Hamilton used to be a prosperous city. There were many inns and a few breweries there. They even considered making it the capital of Tasmania, although it is far from any port. Today there are still many small shops, the history of which goes back to the time of the prisoner colony.

literature

• D. Michael Stoddart (Editor): Walk to the West . The Royal Society of Tasmania, Hobart 1993, ISBN 0-9598679-9-6 .
• Ernest G. Beavan: Take heed read you forget: a history of St. Peter's Anglican Church, Hamilton, Tasmania . St. Peter's Church Vestry, Hamilton 1988. ISBN 0731624386

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Hamilton (Tas.) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2020.