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Ellendale
Tasmania
Ellendale is located in Tasmania
Ellendale
Ellendale
Location in Tasmania
Population 241 (2016 census)
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
Localities around Ellendale:
Florentine Ouse Hamilton
Florentine Ellendale Meadowbank
Mount Field National Park, Mount Field Fentonbury

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. It is a village in Tasmania 75 kilometres from Hobart in the Derwent Valley.

History

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.

Ellendale Post Office opened on 16 April 1880.

Geography

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.

Road infrastructure

Route C608 (Ellendale Road) runs through from north to south-east.

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