Franklin is one of Tasmania’s twenty land districts, in the west of the state. It was proclaimed as a county in 1836.
It is defined by rivers — the Franklin, Gordon, Pieman, King and Murchison — and includes Frenchmans Cap and most of the Franklin–Gordon Wild Rivers National Park.
The district is almost entirely wilderness. Its only sizeable settlement is the mining town of Queenstown on its western edge.
Towns and localities in the Franklin Land District:
- Queenstown