Former local government areas of Tasmania information
Former local government authorities of Tasmania
Map of local government areas of Tasmania
Former Local government areas (LGAs) in the Australian state of Tasmania are amalgamated or cancelled areas.
Tasmania has had a large number of former LGAs.
In 1907, 149 LGAs were reduced by mergers and amalgamation to 53 LGAs. By the time of a large scale overhaul in 1993, 46 LGAs were reduced to 29 LGAs.[1]
The list below is incomplete:
Municipality of Beaconsfield[2]
Municipality of Bothwell[2]
Bruny Island Council
Municipality of Emu Bay[3]
Municipality of Campbell Town[4]
Municipality of Deloraine[2]
Municipality of Esperance[2][5]
Municipality of Evandale[4]
Fingal Municipal Council[6]
Municipality of Glamorgan
Municipality of Gormanston[2] Now incorporated into West Coast Council.
Municipality of Green Ponds[2]
Municipality of Hamilton[2]
Municipality of Huon[2]
Municipality of Lilydale[2]
Municipality of Longford[4]
Municipality of New Norfolk[2]
Municipality of Oatlands[2]
Municipality of Penguin[2]
Municipality of Port Cygnet[2]
Portland Council[6]
Municipality of Queenborough[7]
Municipality of Queenstown[8] Now incorporated into West Coast Council.
Municipality of Richmond[2]
Municipality of Ringarooma[2]
Municipality of Ross[4]
Municipality of Scottsdale[2]
Municipality of St Leonards[2]
Municipality of Spring Bay
Municipality of Strahan[2] Now incorporated into West Coast Council
Municipality of Ulverstone[2] (formerly Municipality of Leven)[9]
Municipality of Waratah[2]
Municipality of Wynyard[2] (formerly called Table Cape Council)[10]
Municipality of Westbury[2]
Municipality of Zeehan[2] Now incorporated into West Coast Council.
^"Is Amalgamation a 'Silver Bullet'?" (PDF). lgat.tas.gov.au. Australia: Centre for Local Government, University of New England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw"1971 census" (PDF). auststats.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^"CENSUS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, 4TH APRIL, 1921. TASMANIA" (PDF). ausstats.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^ abcd"Your Council – Northern Midlands". northernmidlands.tas.gov.au. Northern Midlands Council. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^Esperance Municipal Council TA104 [Records], Libraries Tasmania, 1907, retrieved 26 October 2021
^ ab"Agency Details – FINGAL MUNICIPAL COUNCIL". search.archives.tas.gov.au. LINC Tasmania. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^"CENSUS OF THE C()MMONWEAL TH OF AUSTRAUA TAKEN FOR THE NIGHT BETWEEN THE 2nd and 3rd APRIL, 1911" (PDF). ausstats.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^"CENSUS 30th June, 1954 – P ART I. – ANALYSIS OF POPULATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS" (PDF). ausstats.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^"Agency Details ULVERSTONE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL". archives.tas.gov.au. LINC Tasmania. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^"CENSUS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. 30th June, 1947. CENSUS BULLETIN No. (C.S. No. 760.) 7735. Population in Local Government· Areas," (PDF). ausstats.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
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