Hillwood is a small semi-rural hamlet comprising of approximately 400 residents on the eastern banks of the Tamar River in the central north of Tasmania.

The Hillwood Progress Association Incorporated, through its constitutional objectives and subsequent practices, proactively aims to undertake activities for the general betterment and improvement of the Hillwood Community, to promote a feeling of goodwill and cohesion, to work together to raise funds to provide better facilities for the Hillwood community and visitors to the area and to work with the George Town Council and any other agencies, in order to achieve these aims.

The Hillwood Progress Association Incorporated has an annual plan of fund raising and environmental activities throughout the year including Clean Up Australia Day, Boneseed Blitz Eradication and Catch it in the Catchment in conjunction with Tamar NRM.