Midlands (Tasmania)

This article is about the Tasmanian region. For the bioregion, see Tasmanian Northern Midlands.
Not to be confused with Northern Midlands Council or Southern Midlands Council.

Midlands
Tasmania
The bakery at Ross, a town near the centre of the Midlands.
Population18,865[1][2]
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)Lyons
Federal division(s)Lyons
Localities around Midlands:
North West Tasmania Northern Tasmania North East Tasmania
Central Highlands Midlands East Coast Tasmania
South West Tasmania Southern Tasmania East Coast Tasmania
Map of the Midlands region of Tasmania, shaded in yellow.

The Midlands is a region of Tasmania between Launceston and Hobart. It also refers to the relatively flat, dry agricultural area, so named because it covers the region between the two cities. Its name is probably[citation needed] also influenced from the Midlands in the United Kingdom. It lends its name to the Southern Midlands Council, Northern Midlands Council, and the Midland Highway.[3] The region is sometimes conflated or confused with the adjacent region of the Central Highlands—with the added term Tasmania's heartland.[4]

  1. ^ "Southern Midlands (M), 2016 Census QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Northern Midlands (M), 2016 Census QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Welcome". Northern Midlands Council. Archived from the original on 7 December 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  4. ^ "Gateway to online information on all aspects of life, including local government, in Tasmania's heartland". A joint initiative of the Northern Midlands, the Southern Midlands, and the Central Highlands Councils. Midlands Initiatives for Local Enterprise Inc. 2002. Archived from the original on 18 May 2009.