Middleton, Tasmania

Middleton is a rural residential locality in the local government areas of Kingborough and Huon Valley in the Hobart and South-east LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about south-east of the town of Huonville. The 2016 census recorded a population of 252 for the state suburb of Middleton.

History

Permanent European settlement began in Middleton from the 1850s, however, the area had been utilised earlier by the timber and sealing industries and has always been of significance to the Nuenonne band of the South East tribe of Aboriginal people. Middleton was gazetted as a locality in 1967. It is believed that the name was derived from the wife of an early settler. The area was originally known unofficially as Long Bay.

Geography

The waters of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel form the eastern boundary.

Road infrastructure

Route B68 runs through from north-east to south-east.