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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Arthurs Lake (Tasmania), Artillery Knob, Barn Bluff, Bronte Lagoon, Bronte Park, Tasmania, Butlers Gorge Power Station, Castle Crag (Tasmania), Cathedral Mountain (Australia), Central Plateau Conservation Area, Cradle Mountain, Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Derwent Bridge, Tasmania, Devils Gate Power Station, Division of Lyons, Division of Lyons (state), Du Cane Range, El Grande (tree), Great Lake (Tasmania), Great Western Tiers, King Davids Peak, Lake Highway, Lake St Clair (Tasmania), Liawenee, Tasmania, Marlborough Highway, Meander Valley Council, Miena, Tasmania, Mount Achilles (Tasmania), Mount Geryon, Mount Gould (Tasmania), Mount King William, Mount Massif, Mount Ossa (Tasmania), Mount Pelion East, Mount Pelion West, Mount Ragoona, Overland Track, Pelion Gap, Poatina Hydroelectric Power Station, River Derwent (Tasmania), Tarraleah, Tasmania, Tarraleah Power Station, Tasmanian Wilderness, The Acropolis (Mountain), Waddamana Power Stations, Walls of Jerusalem National Park, Waterfall Valley Hut. Excerpt: The Electoral Division of Lyons, Tasmania is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, the lower house. Before 1984, it was known as the Division of Wilmot. In 1984, it was renamed to jointly honour Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia 1931-39, Premier of Tasmania from 1923-1928 and his wife Dame Enid Lyons, the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1943 and subsequently the first female member of Cabinet (1949-51). The electorate shares the boundaries of the Federal Division of Lyons. Lyons is the largest electorate in Tasmania and includes the Northern Suburbs of Hobart, the seaside resorts of St. Helens, Swansea and Bicheno, and the rural villages of Campbell Town, Longford, Evandale and Bothwell. At each state election; five members are elected to Lyons through preference voting. Lyons is the largest in area of the Tasmanian Electoral Divisions, measuring 33,212km. The Derwent is a river in Tasmania, Australia. It was named after the River Derwent, Cumbria by British Commodore John Hayes who explored it in 1793. The name is Brythonic Celtic for "valley thick with oaks." John Hays placed the name "Derwent River" only in the upper part of the river. Matthew Flinders placed the name on all of the river. The banks of the Derwent were once covered by forests and occupied by Aborigines. European settlers farmed the area and during the 20th century many dams were built on its tributaries. The Derwent River valley was inhabited by the Mouheneener people for at least 8,000 years before British settlement. Evidence of their occupation is found in many middens along the banks of the river. In 1793, John Hayes named it after the River Derwent, which runs past his birthplace of Bridekirk, Cumberland. When first explored by Europeans, the lower parts of the picturesque valley were clad in thick she-oak forests, remnants of which remain in various parts of the lower foreshore. There was a thriving whaling industry until t