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Glen Huon
Tasmania
Population: 990
Postcode: 7109
LGA: Huon Valley Council
State District: Franklin
Federal Division: Franklin

Glen Huon is a small township and surrounding area on the southern side of the Huon River in the south-east of Tasmania, Australia between Huonville and Judbury. At the 2006 census, Glen Huon had a population of 990.

History

Upper Huon Post Office opened on 1 August 1907. It was renamed Wybalerma in 1910 and Glen Huon in 1911.

Southern region of Tasmania, Australia
City

Other settlements
Governance
former
  • Buckingham
  • Elwick
  • Huon
  • Nelson
  • Pembroke
  • Rumney
Mountains
Hartz
  • Hartz Peak
Wellington
Protected areas,
parks and reserves
  • Hartz Mountains National Park
  • Hastings Caves State Reserve
  • Port Cygnet Conservation Area
  • South Bruny National Park
  • South-east Tasmania Important Bird Area
  • Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
Rivers
Harbours, bays, inlets and estuaries
Coastal features
Transport
  • Bruny Island Ferry
  • Channel Highway
  • Ida Bay Railway
  • Sandfly Colliery Tramway
  • South Line
  • Westerway railway station
Landmarks
Natural
  • Coal River Valley
  • Huon Valley
  • Styx Valley
  • Upper Florentine Valley
  • Weld Valley
Man-made
  • Buckland Military Training Area
  • Cape Bruny Lighthouse
  • South Coast Track
  • Tahune AirWalk
Islands
Books and newspapers
  • Tasmania's offshore islands
  • The Mercury
Flora, fauna, and fishlife
  • Centurion
  • Triarius
Bioregions
  • South East (bioregion)
  • Southern Ranges (bioregion)
Indigenous heritage
  • Bruny Island language
  • Truganini
Other
  • Cygnet Folk Festival

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