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Division of Wilmot

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The Division of Wilmot was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Tasmania. It was located in central Tasmania, and was named after Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, the sixth Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania. At various times it included the towns of Deloraine, Beaconsfield, Devonport, Latrobe, and New Norfolk. The Division was proclaimed on 2 October 1903, when Tasmania was first divided into Divisions, and was first contested at the 1903 Federal election. At the electoral redistribution of 12 September 1984, it was abolished and replaced by the Division of Lyons, to jointly honour Joseph Lyons, the tenth Prime Minister of Australia, who held Wilmot at the federal level from 1929–1939 and at the state level from 1909 to 1929, and his wife Dame Enid Lyons, the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1943 and subsequently the first female member of Cabinet (1949–51).

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Division of Wilmot
Howell Drive, Derwent Valley

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N -42.7667 ° E 147.05 °
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New Norfolk Golf Club

Howell Drive
7140 Derwent Valley
Tasmania, Australia
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New Norfolk

New Norfolk (Leenowwenne/palawa kani: wulawali) is a town on the River Derwent, in the south-east of Tasmania, Australia. With a population of 6,153 in 2021, New Norfolk is the principal township of the Derwent Valley region. Located within the Derwent Valley Council, New Norfolk is situated 32 kilometres (20 mi) north-west of the state capital Hobart on the Lyell Highway and classified as part of the Greater Hobart statistical area.Established in 1807, New Norfolk ranks as Tasmania's third-oldest European settlement after Hobart and George Town. It was primarily founded by evacuees relocated from Norfolk Island. Known for its colonial history, antique shops, art galleries and craft stores, New Norfolk is home to Tasmania's oldest Anglican church, St. Matthews (erected 1823) and one of Australia's oldest hotels, the Bush Inn (erected 1815), which has continuously traded in the same building since issue of its first licence on 29 September 1825. Several private residences dating from the 1800s to the early 1820s remain intact, including Glen Derwent, Stanton, Valleyfield and Woodbridge. New Norfolk is also popular for its natural beauty, offering opportunities for outdoor activities such as hiking, fishing, and picnicking. Established in 1861, one of the attractions near New Norfolk is the Salmon Ponds, a fish pond considered to be the oldest trout hatchery in the Southern Hemisphere.New Norfolk has seen substantial investment and redevelopment in recent years, including the $500m residential and community precinct The Mills.