City of Clarence
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, 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.
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Map showing the Clarence local government area. | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42.8421°S 147.4385°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 61,531 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 162.78/km2 (421.6/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1 January 1860 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 378 km2 (145.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| 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. 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. 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.