Hamilton, Tasmania

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Hamilton

| state = tas

| image = Hamilton, Tasmania, Australia.JPG

| caption =

| coordinates = {{coord|42.556|S|146.834|E|display=inline,title}}

| lga = Central Highlands Council

| postcode = 7140

| est =

| pop = 241

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes={{cite web|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL60259|title=Hamilton (Tas.) - 2021 Census All persons QuickStats|date=28 June 2022|access-date=28 June 2022|website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics}}

| elevation=

|maxtemp = 18.4

|maxtemp_footnotes = {{cite web

|url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_095048_All.shtml

|title = Ouse Fire Station Climate Statistics (1973-2024)

|publisher = Bureau of Meteorology

|access-date = August 24, 2024}}

|mintemp = 5.6

|mintemp_footnotes =

|rainfall = 511.1

|rainfall_footnotes =

| stategov = Lyons

| fedgov = Lyons

| region = Central

| location1= Hobart

| dist1 = 73

| dir1 = NW

| dist2 = 37

| dir2 = NW

| location2= New Norfolk

| dist3 = 20

| dir3 = SE

| location3= Ouse

| near-nw = Ouse

| near-n = Hollow Tree

| near-ne = Hollow Tree

| near-e = Pelham

| near-w = Ouse

| near-sw = Meadowbank, Ellendale

| near-s = Gretna

| near-se = Gretna

}}

Hamilton is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Central Highlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about {{convert|73|km}} north-west of the city of Hobart. The 2016 census recorded a population of 241 for the suburb of Hamilton.{{r|ABS21}}

History

Hamilton was gazetted as a locality in 1959.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Hamilton |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=2 April 2021 |at=Select “Search”, enter "1031B", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}

Governor Lachlan Macquarie named the locality "Sorell Plains",{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29781205 |title=TASMANIA'S EARLY DAYS. |newspaper=The Mercury |location=Hobart, Tas. |date=19 July 1928 |accessdate=31 December 2014 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}} and it became locally known as "Macquarie" and "Lower Clyde".

Governor George Arthur finalised a name for the locality and this was announced in 1826.{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/679116|newspaper=Colonial Times and Tasmanian Advertiser|date=28 July 1826|page=3|via=Trove |title=Colonial Times and Tasmanian Advertiser (Hobart, Tas. : 1825 - 1827) - 28 Jul 1826 - p3 }}{{failed verification|date=January 2023}} Hamilton was named after William Henry Hamilton,{{Cite book|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hamilton-william-henry-2150|title = Australian Dictionary of Biography| chapter=William Henry Hamilton (1790–1870) |publisher = National Centre of Biography, Australian National University}} a wealthy free settler who had arrived in Van Diemen's Land in April 1824.

Hamilton Post Office opened on 1 June 1832.{{Cite web|last=Premier Postal History|title=Post Office List|publisher=Premier Postal Auctions|url=https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=Tas&country=|accessdate=16 June 2012}}

Hamilton was once a bustling frontier town that contained many inns and several working breweries.

It contains a few small shops and buildings, such as the court house, many of them dating back to convict times.

Notable people

Cricketer Percy Lewis was born here in 1864.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/6377.html |title=Percy Lewis |accessdate=23 July 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} Tasmanian artist Edith Lilla Holmes was born here in 1893.{{Citation|last=Backhouse|first=Sue|title=Holmes, Edith Lilla (1893–1973)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/holmes-edith-lilla-10526|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=2020-05-26}}

Road infrastructure

Route A10 (Lyell Highway) runs through from south-east to west. Route B110 (Hollow Tree Road) starts at an intersection with A10 and runs north-east until it exits. Route C182 (Thousand Acre Lane) starts at an intersection with A10 and runs east until it exits.{{cite web|url=https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801112712/http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-08-01|title=Tasmanian Road Route Codes|date=May 2017|publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment|access-date=2 April 2021}}

Geography

The River Derwent (Meadowbank Lake) forms the south-western boundary. The Clyde River flows through from north to south after forming a small part of the northern boundary.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Hamilton+TAS+7140/@-42.5474663,146.7307667,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa6e31cef7cf26ff:0x403c94dd0de0400!8m2!3d-42.5547303!4d146.8346141 |title=Hamilton, Tasmania |access-date=2 April 2021}}

= Climate =

Hamilton has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb), with mild, dry summers and cool, somewhat damp winters. Average maxima vary from {{convert|25.6|C}} in January to {{convert|11.7|C}} in July while average minima fluctuate between {{convert|10.4|C}} in January and {{convert|1.2|C}} in July. Due to its inland location and being downwind of the Central Highlands, midsummer freezes have been recorded, while foehn winds occur (primarily in summer). Mean annual precipitation is quite low, {{convert|511.1|mm|in|abbr=on}} spread on 148.4 days, and is concentrated in winter. Snow is not uncommon.

Extreme temperatures have ranged from {{convert|-7.8|C}} on 24 June 2013 to {{convert|40.7|C}} on 11 January 2010.{{cite web

|url = https://www.farmonlineweather.com.au/climate/station.jsp?lt=site&lc=95048 |title = Ouse Fire Station Climate (1973-2024) |website = FarmOnline Weather |access-date = August 24, 2024}} Climate data are sourced from Ouse (Fire Station), a town {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of Hamilton.

{{Weather box

|location = Ouse Fire Station (42º28'48"S, 146º42'36"E, 90 m AMSL) (1998–2024)

|metric first = yes

|single line = yes

|humidity colour = green

|Jan record high C = 40.7

|Feb record high C = 39.0

|Mar record high C = 37.9

|Apr record high C = 31.4

|May record high C = 26.0

|Jun record high C = 19.3

|Jul record high C = 19.6

|Aug record high C = 22.5

|Sep record high C = 27.1

|Oct record high C = 32.0

|Nov record high C = 35.0

|Dec record high C = 40.0

|Jan high C = 25.6

|Feb high C = 24.9

|Mar high C = 22.3

|Apr high C = 18.4

|May high C = 14.8

|Jun high C = 11.9

|Jul high C = 11.7

|Aug high C = 13.5

|Sep high C = 15.8

|Oct high C = 18.0

|Nov high C = 21.0

|Dec high C = 23.1

|Jan low C = 10.4

|Feb low C = 9.8

|Mar low C = 8.1

|Apr low C = 5.3

|May low C = 3.6

|Jun low C = 1.5

|Jul low C = 1.2

|Aug low C = 2.0

|Sep low C = 3.9

|Oct low C = 5.3

|Nov low C = 7.3

|Dec low C = 8.8

|Jan record low C = -0.4

|Feb record low C = 0.2

|Mar record low C = -3.2

|Apr record low C = -5.6

|May record low C = -6.3

|Jun record low C = -7.8

|Jul record low C = -6.8

|Aug record low C = -6.7

|Sep record low C = -4.8

|Oct record low C = -3.6

|Nov record low C = -2.7

|Dec record low C = -0.4

|precipitation colour= green

|Jan precipitation mm = 29.6

|Feb precipitation mm = 27.7

|Mar precipitation mm = 31.3

|Apr precipitation mm = 31.5

|May precipitation mm = 38.5

|Jun precipitation mm = 43.4

|Jul precipitation mm = 51.6

|Aug precipitation mm = 61.2

|Sep precipitation mm = 63.4

|Oct precipitation mm = 55.3

|Nov precipitation mm = 38.8

|Dec precipitation mm = 36.2

|year precipitation mm = 511.1

|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 7.7

|Feb precipitation days = 7.6

|Mar precipitation days = 9.0

|Apr precipitation days = 9.9

|May precipitation days = 13.0

|Jun precipitation days = 14.5

|Jul precipitation days = 16.7

|Aug precipitation days = 17.0

|Sep precipitation days = 15.6

|Oct precipitation days = 14.7

|Nov precipitation days = 11.9

|Dec precipitation days = 10.8

|Jan afthumidity = 39

|Feb afthumidity = 41

|Mar afthumidity = 47

|Apr afthumidity = 55

|May afthumidity = 63

|Jun afthumidity = 71

|Jul afthumidity = 68

|Aug afthumidity = 61

|Sep afthumidity = 57

|Oct afthumidity = 54

|Nov afthumidity = 49

|Dec afthumidity = 43

|Jan dew point C = 7.5

|Feb dew point C = 8.4

|Mar dew point C = 8.3

|Apr dew point C = 7.2

|May dew point C = 6.3

|Jun dew point C = 5.3

|Jul dew point C = 4.8

|Aug dew point C = 4.7

|Sep dew point C = 5.2

|Oct dew point C = 6.3

|Nov dew point C = 7.6

|Dec dew point C = 7.0

|source 1 = Bureau of Meteorology

}}