Hobart
(pronounced /ˈhoʊbɑrt/) is the state capital and most populous city of the
Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1803 as a penal colony, Hobart
is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a
greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known
as a "Hobartian". The city is located in the state's south-east on
the estuary of the Derwent River. The skyline is dominated by Mount Wellington
at 1,271 metres high.
The
city is the financial and administrative heart of Tasmania, and also serves as
the home port for both Australian and French Antarctic operations.
Hobart
was named Australia's 6th most sustainable city, by the Australian Conservation
Foundation in 2010. For economic and social innovation, Hobart was the 11th
placed in Australia in 2009, and listed as an innovation influencer city in the
Innovation Cities Global Index scoring equal with Reykjavik, Katowice and
Casablanca by 2thinknow.
The
first settlement began in 1803 as a penal colony at Risdon Cove on the eastern
shores of the Derwent River, amid British concerns over the presence of French
explorers. In 1804 it was moved to a better location at the present site of
Hobart at Sullivans Cove. The city, initially known as Hobart Town or Hobarton,
was named after Lord Hobart, the Colonial Secretary. The area's original
inhabitants were members of the semi-nomadic Mouheneener tribe. A series of
bloody encounters with the Europeans and the effects of diseases brought by the
settlers forced away the aboriginal population, which was rapidly replaced by
free settlers and the convict population. Charles Darwin visited Hobart Town in
February 1836 as part of the Beagle expedition. He writes of Hobart and the
Derwent estuary in his Voyage of the Beagle:...The lower parts of the hills
which skirt the bay are cleared; and the bright yellow fields of corn, and dark
green ones of potatoes, appear very luxuriant... I was chiefly struck with the
comparative fewness of the large houses, either built or building. Hobart Town,
from the census of 1835, contained 13,826 inhabitants, and the whole of
Tasmania 36,505.
But
since the Derwent River was one of Australia's finest deepwater ports and was
the centre of the Southern Ocean whaling and the sealing trade, it rapidly grew
into a major port, with allied industries such as shipbuilding. Hobart Town
became a city on 21 August 1842, and was renamed Hobart in 1875.
Abels
Bay
Acton
Park
Bishop's
Vineyard
86
Acton Road
03
6248 7342
Austins
Ferry
Battery
Point
St
Ives Motel and Apartments
67
Saint Georges Terrace
03
6224 1044
Innkeepers
Lenna of Hobart
Corner
of Salamanca Place and Runnymede Street
Innkeepers
Lenna Penthouses
Corner
of Salamanca Place and Runnymede Street
Battery
Point Manor
13-15
Cromwell Street
Avon
Court Apartments
4
Colville Street
Grand
Vue Private Hotel
8
Mona Street
Bellerive
Berriedale
Treasure
Island Caravan Park Hobart
1
Alcorso Drive
03
6249 2379
Moorilla
655
main road
open
10 AM to 5 PM daily
03
6277 9900
Blackmans
Bay
Bonnet
Hill
Bridgewater
Brighton
Broadmarsh
Cambridge
Cascades
Chigwell
Claremont
Claremont
Golf Course
Bournville
Crescent
03
6249 1000
Clarendon
Vale
Clifton
Beach
Colebrook
Collinsvale
Cornelian
Bay
Cremorne
Derwent
Park
Dowsing
Point
Dynnyrne
Elwick
Fern
Tree
Flagstaff
Gully
Gagebrook
Geilston
Bay
Glebe
Glenlusk
Glenorchy
Elwick
Cabin and Tourist Park
19-21
Goodwood Road
03
6272 7115
Best
Western Balmoral Motor Inn
511
Brooker Highway
Goodwood
Elwick
Cabin and Tourist Park
19
Goodwood Road
03
6272 7115
Granton
Stefano
Lubiana wines
60
Rowbottoms Road
open
11 AM to 3 PM Sunday to Thursday; otherwise by appointment
03
6263 7457
Derwent
Estate
329
Lyell Highway
open
10 AM to 4 PM Monday to Friday, December to Easter.
10
AM to 4 PM Sundays, December to January
03
6263 5802
Grasstree
Hill
Green
Point
Hobart
Hobart
Visitor Information Centre
20
Davey Street,
03
6230 8233
THINGS
TO DO
Royal
Botanical Gardens
The
Tasmanian Wine Centre
201
Collins Street
open
8 AM to 6 PM Monday to Friday
9:30
AM to 5 PM Saturday
03
6234 9995
The
Hobart Paddle
Hobart
Rivulet Tour
Under
Down Under Tours
3
Pitt Street, North Hobart
1800
064726
Jump
Tours
0422
130630
ACCOMMODATION
Fountainside
Hotel
40
Brooker Avenue
03
6234 2911
The
Henry Jones Art Hotel
25
Hunter Street
Innkeepers
Salamanca Terraces
93
Salamanca place
Salamanca
Inn
10
Gladstone Street
Somerset
on Salamanca
8
Salamanca Place
Somerset
on The Pier
Elizabeth
Street Pier
Mercure
Hotel
156
Bathurst Street
Barrack
Street Colonial Cottage
55
Barrack Street
The
Elms of Hobart
452
Elizabeth Street
Grand
Mercure Hadleys Hotel
34
Murray Street
Harringtons
102
102
Harrington Street
Hobart
Midcity Hotel
Corner
of Elizabeth and Bathurst Streets
Hotel
Grand Chancellor Hobart
1
Davey Street
Islington
Hotel
321
Davey Street
Leisure
Inn Hobart Macquarie
167
Macquarie Street
The
Lodge on Elizabeth
249
Elizabeth Street
The
Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel
1
Macquarie Street
Quality
Inn Macquarie Manor
172
Macquarie Street
YHA's
& BACKPACKERS
Montgomery's
Private Hotel and YHA
9
Argyle St
03
6231 to 660
Central
City Backpackers
138
Collins Street
1800
811507
Pickled
Frog
281
Liverpool Street
03
6234 7977
Honeywood
HOWDEN
HOWRAH
Shoreline
Hotel
10
Shoreline Drive
HUNTINGFIELD
Kingston
Beach
Kingston
Beach Golf Course
Channel
Highway
03
6229 8300
Kingston
Lauderdale
Lenah
Valley
Lindisfarne
Apex
Holiday Apartments
18
Wellington Road
Orana
House
20
Lowelly Road
Lutana
Hobart
Apartments
369
Brooker Avenue
03
6272 3399
Midway
Point
Montagu
Bay
Montrose
Moonah
King
caravans and Campers
Corner
of Amy Street and Main Road
03
6273 4666
Mornington
Discovery
Holiday Parks-Hobart East
346
Cambridge Road
1800
447070
Mount
Nelson
Mount
Rumney
Mount
Stuart
New
Town
Graham
Court Apartments
15
Pirie Street
The
Gables Apartments
units
1 and 2 Stoke Street
Hobart
Tower Motel
300
Park Street
North
Hobart
Argyll
Motor Lodge
Corner
of Argyle and Lewis Streets
Seasons
of Tasmania
14-20
Lewis Street
Adelphi
Court YHA
17
Stoke Street
03
6228 4829
Oakdowns
Old
Beach
Opossum
Bay
Otago
Otago
Cottage
19
Restdown drive
Penna
Ridgeway
Risdon
Discovery
Holiday Parks-Hobart
673
East Derwent Highway
03
6243 9879
Risdon
Vale
Roches
Beach
Rokeby
Rose
Bay
Roseneath
B&B
20
Kaoota Road
Rosetta
Colonial
accommodation @ Undine
6
Dodson Street
Rosny
Rosny
Park
Sandford
Sandy
Bay
Wrest
Point
410
Sandy Bay Road
Clydesdale
Manor
292
Sandy Bay Road
Grosvenor
Court Apartments
42
Grosvenor Street
Mantra
One Sandy Bay Road
1
Sandy Bay Road
Mayfair
Plaza Motel
236
Sandy Bay Road
Motel
429
429
Sandy Bay Road
Woolmers
Inn
123-127
Sandy Bay Road
03
6223 7355
South
Arm
South
Hobart
Springfield
Taroona
Tolmans
Hill
Tranmere
Warrane
West
Hobart
Kinvara
House
86
Forest Road
Bay
View Villas
34
Poets Road
Motel
Mayfair on Cavell
17-19
Cavell Street
West
Moonah
