Hobart
Franklin
Village by the river
45 kilometres south-west of Hobart
Hobart, TAS 7113
Nearest Train: Thirty five minute drive from central Hobart.
Phone: +61 3 6264 8400 (Huon Valley Council)
Franklin, on the banks of the Huon River, was named after Sir John Franklin, former Governor of Tasmania in the early 1840s and is 45 kilometres south-west of Hobart. Before the 1920s the Huon Valley Council headquarters were in the Franklin Town Hall. After the Council moved to Huonville this heritage building became a community events centre and recently has been given a new lease of life as the Grand Palais. Franklin was once a busy port where timber was loaded for transport to Hobart. Today, the Shipwright's School teaches the craft of wooden boat building to world acclaim.
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