Ellendale, Tasmania

Ellendale is a rural locality in the local government area of Central Highlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 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 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 runs through from north to south-east.