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  2. Robert Hobart May - Wikipedia

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    Robert Hobart May (c.1801 – ? 23 March 1832) was an Aboriginal Tasmanian of the Mouheneener clan who, as a very young child, survived the 1804 Risdon Cove massacre to become the first Indigenous Tasmanian person to be baptised and live in colonial British society.

  3. Taroona - Wikipedia

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    Taroona was the closest suburb to the city of Hobart to take the full brunt of the fires, which swept across the suburb in the mid afternoon, wreaking havoc, and destroying many homes. Children and residents fled to the river, and many people's survival was due to the refuge the safe waters provided.

  4. History of Hobart - Wikipedia

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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]

  5. List of oldest continuously inhabited cities - Wikipedia

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    Hobart: Tasmania Australia: 1803 AD Second-oldest city in Australia. Prior to British settlement, the area had been occupied for at least 8,000 years, but possibly for as long as 35,000 years, [265] by the semi-nomadic Mouheneener tribe, a sub-group of the Nuennone, or South-East tribe. [266] George Town: Tasmania Australia: 1804 AD

  6. Nutgrove Beach - Wikipedia

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    Nutgrove Beach has historically been a popular staple of local activity, used for horse races, regattas, sailing races and swimming. Prior to the British colonisation of Tasmania, the land had been occupied for possibly as long as 35,000 years [3] by the semi-nomadic Mouheneener people, a sub-group of the Nuennone, or "South-East tribe". [4]

  7. Aboriginal Tasmanians - Wikipedia

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    A picture of the last four Tasmanian Aboriginal people of solely Aboriginal descent c. 1860s. Truganini, the last to survive, is seated at far right.. The Aboriginal Tasmanians (palawa kani: Palawa or Pakana [4]) are [5] the Aboriginal people of the Australian island of Tasmania, located south of the mainland.

  8. Bellerive Beach, Tasmania - Wikipedia

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    Bellerive Beach is a suburban beach along the River Derwent in Bellerive, Hobart, Tasmania. The south-facing beach is located near the historic Kangaroo Battery coastal defences to the west and Howrah Beach to the east. It offers views across the Derwent estuary to Howrah, Tranmere, and Sandy Bay. Bellerive Beach is accompanied by parkland ...

  9. Hobart Rivulet - Wikipedia

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    The rivulet was an important source of drinking water for the Mouheneener Aborigines, and later for the first European settlers. [7] The site for Hobart was originally chosen in part due to the availability of fresh water from the rivulet. [7] Because of the pure water of the upper portion of the rivulet, the Cascade Brewery was built beside it ...