Hamilton

Hamilton is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Central Highlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania.

Hamilton is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Central Highlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 73 kilometres (45 mi) north-west of the town of Hobart. The 2016 census provides a population of 211 for the state suburb of Hamilton.

Hamilton was gazetted as a locality in 1959.Governor Macquarie named the locality as 'Sorell Plains', and it became locallyknown as 'Macquarie' and 'Lower Clyde'.

Governor Arthur finalised a name for the locality and this was announced in 1826 (Colonial Times and Tasmanian Advertiser, Friday 28 July 1826, page 3). Hamilton was named afterWilliam Henry Hamilton, a wealthy free settler who had arrived in Van Diemen's Land in April 1824.

Hamilton Post Office opened on 1 June 1832.Hamilton was once a bustling frontier town that contained many inns and several working breweries.

It contains a few small shops and buildings, such as the court house, many of them dating back to convict times.