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The modern history of the Australian city of Hobart (formerly 'Hobart Town', or 'Hobarton') in Tasmania dates to its foundation as a British colony in 1804. Prior to British settlement, the area had been occupied definitively by the semi-nomadic Mouheneener tribe, a sub-group of the Nuenonne, or South-East tribe. [1]
Hobart (/ ˈ h oʊ b ɑːr t / ⓘ HOH-bart [6]) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. [7] Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly half of Tasmania's population, Hobart is the least-populated ...
The history of Tasmania begins at the end of the Last Glacial Period (approximately 12,000 years ago) when it is believed that the island was joined to the Australian mainland. Little is known of the human history of the island until the British colonisation of Tasmania in the 19th century.
The Hobart central business district draws a sense of its identity from its location between the Derwent River and the foothills of Mount Wellington.The city is concentrated with low-rise buildings, interspersed by parks such as Franklin Square and St Davids Park and historic precincts such as Sullivans Cove and Salamanca Place.
It was the site of the first British settlement in Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania, the island state of Australia. The cove was named by John Hayes, [1] who mapped the river in the ship Duke of Clarence in 1794, after his second officer William Bellamy Risdon. Map of Hobart showing locations of Risdon and Sullivans Cove
Sullivans Cove, Hobart Sullivans Cove is on the River Derwent adjacent to the Hobart City Centre in Tasmania . It was the site of initial European settlement in the area, and the location of the earlier components of the Port of Hobart .
Hobart City Council (or City of Hobart) is a local government body in Tasmania, covering the central metropolitan area of the state capital, Hobart.The Hobart local government area has a population of 53,684 [1] and includes the suburbs of West Hobart, Lenah Valley, Mount Stuart, South Hobart, New Town, Sandy Bay and most of Fern Tree, North Hobart and Mount Nelson.
Queen's Battery in 1908, showing the excellent view of the entrances of the Derwent River. The Hobart coastal defences are a network of now defunct coastal batteries, some of which are inter-linked with tunnels, that were designed and built by British colonial authorities in the nineteenth century to protect the city of Hobart, Tasmania, from attack by enemy warships.