The Dorset Council is a Local Government Area of Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

, encompassing the north-east part of the states mainland. The major town in the area is the regional centre Scottsdale

Scottsdale, Tasmania

Scottsdale is a town in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies on the Tasman Highway, around north-east of Launceston and south-east of the coastal town of Bridport. It is part of the Dorset Council....

, and smaller towns Branxholm

Branxholm, Tasmania

Branxholm is a small town in northeastern Tasmania. Located 93 km north east of Launceston on the Tasman Highway.Branxholm is a typical north-east Tasmania timber town nestled into the rolling hills. It is notable for its saw mills and its hop fields...

, Bridport

Bridport, Tasmania

Bridport is a small town on the north-east coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is part of the Dorset Council. At the 2006 census, Bridport had a population of 1,327....

, Derby

Derby, Tasmania

Derby is a small Australian town located in the north east of Tasmania.The area had been surveyed in 1855, but was not settled or inhabited until 1874, when George Renison Bell discovered tin in the area. The Krushka brothers discovered a large lode of tin, and set up a mine in the area, assuring...

, Ringarooma

Ringarooma, Tasmania

Ringarooma is a small town in northeastern Tasmania. The district was opened up to farming in the 1860s, and the town itself was founded in 1882 when a rural property was subdivided into lots by landowner Christopher Krushka...

 and Winnaleah.

The council was created from a merger between the Scottsdale and Ringarooma councils in the early 1990s.

The current mayor of Dorset is Peter William Partridge.