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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's architecture is stylistically eclectic and reflects various periods of Australian history. The city is known for its well-preserved Georgian and Victorian-era buildings, giving specific areas an "old world" feel. [67] [68] For locals, this became a source of discomfiture about the city's convict past, but is now a draw card for ...
The Hobart Corporation is an American mid-market provider of commercial grocery and foodservice equipment. The company manufactures food preparation machines for cutting, slicing and mixing , cooking equipment, refrigeration units, warewashing and waste disposal systems , and weighing , wrapping, and labeling systems and products.
Hobart is a city in, and the county seat of, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States. [4] It is west-southwest of Oklahoma City , and northwest of Lawton . [ 5 ] It was named for Garret Hobart , the 24th Vice President of the United States .
St David's Park occupies the site of Hobart's original burial ground, which dates to the early 1800s when the island was known to Europeans as Van Diemen's Land.The cemetery was the resting place for many of its early settlers and convicts, including founding Lieutenant Governor David Collins, who played a key role in the British colonisation of Lutruwita. [3]
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.
The majority of Hobart CBD's streets are one-way with a few exceptions including Elizabeth Street, the main north–south thoroughfare of the city centre. Davey and Macquarie streets form a one-way couplet carrying traffic between Hobart's major highways along the CBD's southern fringe. Proposed as far back as the 1940s, the six main streets ...
The Downtown Hobart Historic District, in Hobart, Oklahoma, is a 36 acres (15 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1] The district is roughly bounded by Jefferson St., 3rd, Washington, 4th, and the 200 and 500 blocks of S. Main St.