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Central Tasmania
"...Central Tasmania is based around its many lakes, mountains and sheep farming. Tourism is a large part of the economy throughout the Midlands..."
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Tasmania's central highlands is made up of a series of mountains and lakes in the Great Western Tiers range. The spectacular World Heritage-listed scenery and easy bushwalks around Cradle Mountain make it Tasmania's most popular destination.
Lake St. Clair, gouged out of the rock by glaciers, is over 200 metres deep and is a popular fishing and camping site. The Lakes region is a trout fishing heaven. Great Lake and Arthurs Lake are very popular.
Many midlands towns have historic value, having been created as stopping points where travellers between Hobart and Launceston could rest and change horses.
Southern Midlands
The Southern Midlands Council was created on the 2nd April 1993 through the merging of the Municipalities of Oatlands, Green Ponds, the Northern ward of Brighton and Central and Northern wards of Richmond. The municipality has a population of approximately 5800 persons scattered throughout a district, which has a predominantly rural based economy. Many examples of 19th century architecture, including grand old rural homesteads and many examples of convict build cottages can be seen within the Municipality. Oatlands boasts that it has the largest number of preserved Georgian buildings in one rural area.
Northern Midlands
The Northern Midlands Council was created on 2nd April, 1993 from the merger of the former Municipalities of Longford, Evandale, Campbell Town and Ross, together with the towns of Rossarden, Avoca and Royal George from the Fingal Municipality.
It covers an area of 5130 square kilometers, extending from Liffey Bluff in the West to Mt. St. John in the East (150 kms), and from Relbia in the North to Tooms Lake in the South (95 kms).
Northern Midlands is one of the largest and most diverse municipalities in Tasmania. It ranges from mountainous country on its eastern & western boundaries to extensive grazing lands renowned for fine wool production, the rich agricultural river flats of the Esk, Lake and Macquarie Rivers; historic towns and villages; and from small businesses to multi-million dollar enterprises. Many of the towns and villages have distinctive heritage qualities, which make them attractive places to live.
The population of approximately 11,800 is expected to increase by 1000 over the next five years as development continues to occur in and around the Launceston commuter towns of Longford, Perth and Evandale.
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