City of Clarence
Local government area in Tasmania, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Clarence City Council (or City of Clarence) is a local government body in Tasmania, and one of the five municipalities that constitutes the Greater Hobart Area. The Clarence local government area has a population of 61,531,[1] covering the eastern shore of the Derwent River from Otago to the South Arm Peninsula and the smaller localities of Cambridge, Richmond, and Seven Mile Beach.
Clarence City Council Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 42.8421°S 147.4385°E / -42.8421; 147.4385 | ||||||||||||||
Population | 61,531 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 162.78/km2 (421.6/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1 January 1860[2] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 378 km2 (145.9 sq mi)[3] | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Brendan Blomeley | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Rosny Park | ||||||||||||||
Region | Hobart eastern shore | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Franklin | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Franklin | ||||||||||||||
Website | Clarence City Council | ||||||||||||||
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The administrative centre and main commercial district of Clarence is Rosny Park, approximately 5 kilometres from the CBD of Hobart. Bellerive Oval lies immediately to the south, and the Hobart International Airport is located further north-west along the Tasman Highway.
The area that now constitutes the City of Clarence was once part of the traditional land of the Moomairemener, a Tasmanian Aboriginal sub-group.[4] In 1803, the island of Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land) was colonised by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, who subsequently established the settlement of Hobart Town.[5] By the 1820s the settlement had spread to the 'Clarence Plains', but the area remained primarily agricultural until the mid to late 20th century, when it experienced a residential development boom. Since then Clarence has grown rapidly to become a self-sufficient city.[6]