Lenah Valley, Tasmania

Lenah Valley
HobartTasmania
Lenah Valley is located in Hobart
Lenah Valley
Lenah Valley
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Coordinates42°51′56″S 147°16′54″E / 42.86556°S 147.28167°E / -42.86556; 147.28167
Population5,940 (2016 census)[1]
Established1922
Postcode(s)7008
LGA(s)City of Hobart, City of Glenorchy
State electorate(s)Clark
Federal division(s)Clark
Suburbs around Lenah Valley:
Merton West Moonah West Moonah
Lenah Valley New Town
Mount Stuart

Lenah Valley is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania. It is situated in the foothills of Mount Wellington, west of the CBD between Mount Stuart, New Town and the City of Glenorchy.

Lenah Valley was originally known as Kangaroo Bottom, later Kangaroo Valley and Sassafras Valley.[2] The suburb was amalgamated as Lenah Valley in 1922. Lenah is the Mouheneenner word for kangaroo.[3]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lenah Valley (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 April 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "TRAMWAY EXTENSION". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 27 September 1922. p. 4. Retrieved 8 March 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "City of Hobart Local Heritage Precincts: Description, Statement of Local Historic Heritage Significance and Design Criteria / Conservation Policy January 2019" (PDF). Hobart City Council. 2019. p. 128. Retrieved 6 April 2022.