Huonville

Huonville from Scenic Hill from

State :	Australia Australia
State :	Tasmania
Founded :	around 1840

Coordinates :	43 ° 2 ′ S , 147 ° 3 ′ E Coordinates: 43 ° 2 ′ S , 147 ° 3 ′ E-43.031111111111 147.04833333333 0
Height :	0 m
Area :	5.8 km²

Residents :	1,840 (2016)
Population density :	317 inhabitants per km²

Time zone :	AEST (UTC + 10)
Postal code :	7109

LGA :

Huon Valley Municipality

Huonville

Huonville is a city in the southeast of the Australian state of Tasmania . It is located 38 km southwest of Hobart on the Huon River and belongs to the Local Government Area Huon Valley Municipality . The Huon Highway (A6) runs through the city. At the 2006 census, Huonville had 1,840 residents.

history

The first Europeans to see the Huon River were a ship crew under Admiral Joseph Bruny d'Entrecasteaux . He named the river after his second manager, Captain Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec . Today you can find his name in many ways: In addition to the river, z. B. also the city and district so named. The first European settlers in the area were William and Thomas Walton in 1840 .

In today's urban area of Huonville, the city was originally not supposed to be built at all. Instead, in the days of colonization, the area of the nearby, present-day settlement of Ranelagh was designated as the location of the city of Victoria . Huonville grew around the bridge over the Huon River and the surrounding hotels.

Economy and tourism

Today the valley of the Huon River is the most famous Tasmanian apple-growing area. It was once much larger in size than it is today, but the importance of this industry has steadily declined since the 1950s and today cherry growing and fish farming have a growing role in the area's economy.

The Huon River and the nearby D'Entrecasteaux Canal are popular for water sports and fishing. The D'Entrecasteaux Canal is protected from the onslaught of the Tasman Sea by the offshore island of Bruny Island .

Tourism is an important industry for the city and the surrounding river valley. The area is known for its beauty and history as Australia's largest apple growing area.

Because of its proximity to the Southwest National Park area , forestry has also been important to the area since the time of colonization and has created controversy in recent decades. A wood industry park near the city was hotly debated, but was eventually built. Today it works successfully. There was also a dispute over the progress of economic development, in particular the logging in Recherche Bay and the construction of a tourist complex on the southern tip of the national park in Cockle Creek .

Known residents

Amy Sherwin (1855–1935), soprano who came to be known as the "Tasmanian Nightingale", was born in Huonville.

Web links

Commons : Huonville - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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

[ABS-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics : Huonville ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2020.