Kentish Council is a
local government
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body in
Tasmania
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, situated in the north-west of the state, to the south and inland from
Devonport. Kentish is classified as a rural local government area and has a population of 6,324,
[ the major towns of the municipality are ]Sheffield
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, Railton and Wilmot.
History and attributes
The area was explored by the surveyor Nathaniel Kentish in 1842 who was given the task of finding a route from Deloraine through to Tasmania's north west coast. Kentish's last name has remained as the name of the area. The municipality was established on 1 January 1907.Cradle Mountain
Cradle Mountain is a locality and mountain in the Central Highlands region of the Australian state of Tasmania. The mountain is situated in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.
At above sea level, it is the sixth-highest mounta ...
, Lake Barrington and the mural
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Word mural in art
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town of Sheffield.
Suburbs
Missing from above list
* Cradle Mountain
Cradle Mountain is a locality and mountain in the Central Highlands region of the Australian state of Tasmania. The mountain is situated in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.
At above sea level, it is the sixth-highest mounta ...
* Kimberley
* Latrobe
* Liena
* Melrose Melrose may refer to:
Places
United Kingdom
* Melrose, Scottish Borders, a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland
** Melrose Abbey, ruined monastery
** Melrose RFC, rugby club
Australia
* Melrose, Queensland, a locality in the South Burnett R ...
* Merseylea
* Mersey Forest
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* Paloona
* South Nietta
* South Spreyton
* Weegena
* West Coast
See also
* List of local government areas of Tasmania
References
External links
Kentish Council official websiteLocal Government Association Tasmania
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Kentish Council
Local government areas of Tasmania