Kingborough

Kingborough Council Tasmania
Kingborough Council
Coordinates	43°00′36″S 147°13′12″E / 43.01000°S 147.22000°E / -43.01000; 147.22000Coordinates: 43°00′36″S 147°13′12″E / 43.01000°S 147.22000°E / -43.01000; 147.22000
Population	35,833 (2015 est.)
• Density	49.98/km2 (129.44/sq mi)
Area	717 km2 (276.8 sq mi)
Mayor	Steve Wass
Council seat	Kingston
Region	Kingston and Channel
State electorate(s)	Franklin, Denison
Federal Division(s)	Franklin, Denison
Website	Kingborough Council
LGAs around Kingborough Council: Glenorchy Hobart Hobart Huon Valley Kingborough Council Storm Bay Huon Valley Southern Ocean Southern Ocean

Kingborough Council (the Municipality of Kingborough) is a Local Government Area in Tasmania, Australia. Its seat and major town is Kingston, generally considered a satellite of the Tasmanian capital Hobart. Kingborough borders the Huon Valley Council and the City of Hobart, and covers the transition between the urban areas of the latter and rural of the later, as well as encompassing Bruny Island. Beyond Kingston important towns include Taroona, Kettering, Margate, Snug, Blackmans Bay and Woodbridge.

The origin of Kingborough Council is a simple derivation from the name of the main town. The name Kingston was suggested by Mr Lucas in 1851, and the area had been known as Brown's River before then. Why he suggested this name is unknown. Mr Lucas' parents had been raised in England near New Kingston, they had come from Norfolk Island where the capital was Kingston or it might have been named after the Governor of New Norfolk Philip Gidley King.

Kingborough Council's district was first settled by white colonialists in 1808, who settled at Brown's River (Promenalinah), named after Robert Brown, botanist in 1804. The town and district were both known as Brown's River during the earliest periods of settlement. The Lucas family settled the area and built The Red House, a prominent mansion which is now Kingston Golf Club. Early Kingston developed primarily around The Red House. Development of Kingborough was slow and the first post office opened only in the 1840s. The first road to Hobart, Proctor's Road, was opened in 1835.

Kingston was proclaimed a town in 1851. The town's name was suggested by the then Police Magistrate, a member of the Lucas family. By 1890 Kingston had a population of 249 and in 1877 Keen's Curry was invented in the municipality.