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Ellendale Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 42°37′S 146°43′E / 42.617°S 146.717°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 241 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 7140 | ||||||||||||||
Location | 22 km (14 mi) SW of Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Central Highlands Council | ||||||||||||||
Region | Central | ||||||||||||||
County | Australia | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Lyons | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Lyons | ||||||||||||||
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Ellendale is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Central Highlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 22 kilometres (14 mi) south-west of the town of Hamilton. The 2016 census recorded a population of 241 for the state suburb of Ellendale.[1] It is a village in Tasmania 75 kilometres from Hobart in the Derwent Valley.[2]
Ellendale was gazetted as a locality in 1959. The locality was named for the wife of Nicholas John Brown, who was the Minister for Lands and Works when it was surveyed.[3]
Ellendale Post Office opened on 16 April 1880.[4]
The River Derwent (Meadowbank Lake) forms part of the north-eastern boundary, while the Broad River forms the north-western. The Jones River flows through from south to north.[5]
Route C608 (Ellendale Road) runs through from north to south-east.[3][6]