City of Launceston
Launceston City Council (or City of Launceston) is a local government body in Tasmania, located in the city and surrounds of Launceston in the north of the state. The Launceston local government area is classified as urban and has a population of 67,449, which also encompasses the localities including Lilydale, Targa and through to Swan Bay on the eastern side of the Tamar River. Government. The current mayor is Albert Van Zetten, who defeated Legislative Councillor Ivan Dean in the 2007 council elections. Dean's predecessor, Janie Dickenson, was, at the time of her election, the youngest  female mayor in Australia. She was first elected mayor in February 2002 at the age of 27. History and attributes. Launceston is classified as urban, regional and medium (URM) under the Australian Classification of Local Governments. The population at the 2016 Census was over 65,000, making Launceston the most populous of the 29 Local Government Areas in Tasmania. The municipality logo features the now extinct Tasmanian tiger, an indigenous marsupial that used to be prevalent in the Launceston district. History. Launceston was first declared as a municipality in 1853 and declared a city in 1888. Its original boundaries have long  since been redefined and the area now known as the City of Launceston includes parts of the former Lilydale, St Leonard's, Evandale and Westbury Municipalities. In the 1890s, the municipality grew to include Galvin Town (South Launceston) and in 1906 to include the northern suburbs of Invermay, Mowbray and Trevallyn. This has produced a local government area that overlaps its similarly named city, rather than either being contained by or encompassing it. Localities. Suburbs of the city of Launceston. • • • • • • • • • • Localities other than suburbs. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •