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Hobart is the state capital of Tasmania, Australia's island state. Copied from German page, where Thomasgl said (in German): Port of Hobart with view of city centre and Mount Wellington, taken in December 2000 with thomasgls digital camera File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Copied from German page, where Thomasgl said (in German): Port of Hobart with view of city centre and Mount Wellington, taken in December 2000 with thomasgls digital camera File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Nickname: ? Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Governor Premier Const. ...

Geography

Hobart is located on the estuary of the Derwent River in the state's south-east. The main business district is on the western shore, adjacent to Sullivan's Cove, with inner suburbs spread out along the shores of the Derwent and on the hills at the foot of Mount Wellington (1270 metres/4233 feet high). The Port of Hobart occupies the whole of the original Sullivan's Cove. The Derwent is a river in Tasmania, Australia. ... Sullivans Cove, on the Derwent River, Tasmania, was the initial landing site of what is now the city of Hobart. ... Mount Wellington is the mountain on whose foothills is built much of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. ...

The Greater Hobart Metropolitan area consists of three self-governing cities, Hobart, Glenorchy and Clarence, plus the urbanised areas of the Municipalities of Kingborough and Brighton. The suburban areas cover a significant amount of both the western and eastern sides of the river. Apart from the city, the main commercial centres are Glenorchy (the northern suburbs) and Rosny (the eastern shore). The satellite town Kingston, south of the city, is fast becoming an outlying suburb of Hobart. Other surrounding towns such as Sorell, Margate, Brighton and New Norfolk are popular residential areas for commuters. City of Glenorchy, Tasmania Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia is one of the three city councils that make up the greater Hobart area. ... Rosny is a suburb of the City of Clarence, part of the greater Hobart area, Tasmania, Australia. ... With a population of around 15,000 (2004), Kingston remains one of the fastest growing towns on the outskirts of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. ... Categories: Tasmanian towns | Stub ... Margate is a small seaside town located on the Channel Highway between North-West Bay and the Snug Tiers, five kilometres (3. ... Categories: Tasmanian towns | Stub ... New Norfolk is a town on the Derwent River, in the south-east of Tasmania, Australia. ...

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Weather

Hobart has a mild, temperate, maritime climate with four distinct seasons. Being in the southern hemisphere, summer is December to February.

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Demographics

The greater Hobart area has a population of 191,169 (census 2001) people. The City of Hobart local government area has a population of 47,319 (census 2001).

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Government

The greater Hobart area today is covered by five local government areas - the City of Hobart, City of Glenorchy and City of Clarence, as well as a small part of Kingborough and Brighton municipalities. Local Government Areas of Tasmania, Australia This article also includes lists of towns, suburbs and localities of Tasmania. ... City of Glenorchy, Tasmania Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia is one of the three city councils that make up the greater Hobart area. ... Categories: Stub | Tasmanian cities ... Categories: Stub ... Categories: Tasmanian towns | Stub ...

The City of Hobart is governed by twelve aldermen, headed by the Lord Mayor of Hobart Rob Valentine. Councillors are elected biennially.

Economy and tourism

This picturesque little city is a busy seaport, notably serving as the home port for Australia's (and France's) Antarctic activities. It supports several other industries (notably including a high-speed catamaran factory and a zinc smelter) as well as a vibrant tourist industry. Visitors come to the city to explore its historic inner suburbs, to visit the weekly craft market in Salamanca Place, as well as to use the town as a base from which to explore the rest of Tasmania. World map showing location of Antarctica A satellite composite image of Antarctica For the Kim Stanley Robinson novel see Antarctica (novel) Antarctica (from Greek ἀνταρκτικός, opposite the arctic) is a continent surrounding the Earths South Pole. ... Two Hobie catamarans, showing the typical Hobie raised platform joining the two hulls, and tall mast. ... General Name, Symbol, Number zinc, Zn, 30 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 12, 4, d Density, Hardness 7140 kg/m3, 2. ...

Other local attractions include the Cadbury factory, and for a day trip places like Port Arthur, and the tesellated pavement, the Huon Valley, the Tahune Forest Air Walk, Cockle Creek (the southernmost point reachable by car) and the walk to South Cape Bay Beach which also forms part of a 6 day walk to South Western Tasmania. Cadbury-Schweppes plc (Cadbury Trebor Bassett) is a chocolate and beverage company with its headquarters in London, UK. Jacob Schweppe developed a method to make mineral water in Switzerland in 1783. ... Port Arthur, Tasmania Port Arthur is a town and former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania, Australia. ... Categories: Stub ...

The Cascade Brewery is located in South Hobart, near the natural spring waters of Mount Wellington. The Hobart surrounding area has many vineyards, including Moorilla Estate at Berriedale. Cascade Brewery is the oldest brewery in Australia. ... Mount Wellington is the mountain on whose foothills is built much of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. ...

Nationally known bootmaker Blundstones is based in Moonah in the northern suburbs. National lottery company Tattersalls was founded by George Adams in Hobart but is now based in Melbourne. Melbourne - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

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History

Hobart is the second-oldest city in Australia (after Sydney). Amid British concerns over the presence of French explorers, the first settlement was started in 1803 as a penal colony at Risdon Cove on the eastern shores of the Derwent River. In 1804 it was moved to a better location at the present site of Hobart at Sullivan's Cove. The area's original inhabitants were members of the semi-nomadic Mouheneer 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. Sydneys skyline with the Opera House on the left Sydney is the capital city of the Australian state of New South Wales and Australias largest and oldest city, founded in 1788. ... See also explorations, sea explorers, astronaut, conquistador, travelogue, the History of Science and Technology and Biography. ... Risdon Cove was the site of the first European settlement in Van Diemens Land, now Tasmania, the smallest Australian state. ... The Derwent is a river in Tasmania, Australia. ... Sullivans Cove, on the Derwent River, Tasmania, was the initial landing site of what is now the city of Hobart. ... The Tasmanian Aboriginals are the indigenous people of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. ...

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 Charles Darwin, about the same time as the publication of The Origin of Species. ... February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

But since the Derwent River was one of Australia's finest deepwater ports and was the centre of the Southern Ocean whaling and seal trade, it rapidly grew into a major port, with allied industries such as ship-building. Hobart Town became a city in 1842, and was renamed Hobart in 1875.

Events

Hobart is internationally famous among the yachting fraternity as the finish of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race which starts in Sydney on Boxing Day (the day after Christmas Day). The arrival of the yachts is celebrated as part of the Hobart Summer Festival, a food and wine festival beginning just after Christmas and ending in mid January. The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney on Boxing Day (the day after Christmas Day) and finishes in Hobart. ... Sydneys skyline with the Opera House on the left Sydney is the capital city of the Australian state of New South Wales and Australias largest and oldest city, founded in 1788. ...

Hobart is the finish point of the Targa Tasmania rally car event held annually in April since 1991. Targa Tasmania is a tarmac-based rally racing event held on the island state of Tasmania, Australia, annually since 1991. ...

Entertainment

Australia's first legal casino was the 17-storey Wrest Point Hotel Casino in Sandy Bay, opened in 1973. It is still the tallest building in the city, despite being several kilometres out of the CBD, and a nationally recognised icon. The Wrest Point Hotel Casino, opened in the suburb of Sandy Bay in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia on 10 February 1973. ... Sandy Bay is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...

Popular restaurant strips include Elizabeth Street, in North Hobart and Salamanca Place near the waterfront. These include a large number of ethnic restaurants including Chinese, Thai, Greek, Italian, Indian and Mexican. Several pubs and nightclubs can be found concentrated in the city and waterfront area. North Hobart is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. ... Salamanca, Tasmania is the name given to the waterfront part of Hobart, Tasmania, along the esplanade, near Battery Point. ...

Hobart is home to Australia's oldest theatre, the Theatre Royal. It also has three Village Cinema complexes, one in the city, and two relatively new centres in Glenorchy and Rosny. Theatre is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts. ... City of Glenorchy, Tasmania Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia is one of the three city councils that make up the greater Hobart area. ... Rosny is a suburb of the City of Clarence, part of the greater Hobart area, Tasmania, Australia. ...

Media

Hobart's major newspaper is The Mercury, which was founded by John Davies in 1854 and has been continually published ever since. Categories: Newspaper stubs | Australian newspapers | Hobart ... John Davies was born in London on June 10, 1814. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Television broadcasts in the city were restricted to two channels until 1986 - TVT-6 and the ABC. In 1986, multicultural broadcaster SBS began transmission to the city. TVT-6 was Hobarts, and Tasmanias, first television station, delivering its first official broadcast on 23 May 1960. ... The ABC or Australian Broadcasting Corporation is the national, Australia. ... The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is one of two government funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television networks, the other being the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). ...

In 1994 market aggregation allowed Launceston based station (now Southern Cross) to broadcast to Hobart as well. TVT-6 (since known as TasTV, now WIN Television) took on a Nine Network affiliation, with Southern Cross carrying both Seven and Ten programming. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Launceston City Council, Tasmania Launceston is a small city in the north of Tasmania, Australia, population of approximately 98,000, located at the juncture of the North Esk, South Esk, and Tamar rivers. ... TNT-9 Launceston is a television station based in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. ... TasTV has had multiple meanings in the Tasmanian Television industry. ... WIN Television or WIN is an Australian regional television network. ... The Nine network (slogan Still The One) is an Australian television network owned by Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (Kerry Packers media company). ... The Seven Network is an Australian television network available in most Australian capital cities. ... Ten Network logo Network TEN so called because it broadcasts on Channel TEN in most cities, is Australias third but possibly most profitable television network. ...

All stations commenced digital broadcasting during 2003, and in December 2003, a fifth station, Tasmanian Digital Television (TDT) began broadcasting. TDT is a joint venture between Southern Cross and WIN. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → A timeline of events in the news for December, 2003. ... Tasmanian Digital Television (TDT, callsign TDT-11) is a digital television station in Tasmania, Australia, jointly operated by WIN Television and Southern Cross Broadcasting. ...

Commercial radio stations licensed to cover the Hobart market include HO FM, Sea FM (formerly Triple T) and Magic 107. Local community radio stations include christian radio station Ultra106five and national award winning youth station Edge Radio. The ABC has all five of its radio networks broadcasting to Hobart, via 936 ABC, Radio National, Triple J, Newsradio and ABC Classic FM. Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. ... Edge Radio is a community radio station situated in the Australian city of Hobart. ... The ABC or Australian Broadcasting Corporation is the national, Australia. ... ABC Radio National is an Australia-wide radio network with many various programs, involving news and current affairs, arts, music, society, science, drama, comedy. ... Triple J (JJJ) is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). ... NewsRadio was an American sitcom, originally broadcast from 1995 to 1999 by NBC. The series is set in a New York City news radio station, WNYX, and starts with the arrival of a new news director, Dave Nelson (played by Dave Foley). ...

Sport

Due to Tasmania's heavily distributed population, most Hobart sporting teams in national competitions are statewide teams. These include the Tasmanian Tigers cricket team, which plays home games at Bellerive Oval on the eastern shore. Despite Australian rules football's huge popularity in the state, Tasmania does not have a team in the Australian Football League. They do have a team (the Tasmanian Devils) in the VFL (Victorian league), and a team in the national league is a popular topic among supporters as well as the state government (one of the potential sponsors of such a team). Some AFL teams play scheduled games at Aurora Stadium (at York Park in Launceston). For the article about the animal Tasmanian Tiger, see Thylacine. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket Portal. ... Bellerive Oval is a sports ground in Bellerive, eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. ... Australian Rules redirects here. ... This is a page about the national league in Australian Rules Football. ... The Tasmanian Devils Football Club is an Australian Rules Football team, in the Victorian Football League in Australia. ... See also Australian Football League. ... York Park (also known as Aurora Stadium) is the major Australian Rules Football ground located in the city of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. ... York Park (also known as Aurora Stadium) is the major Australian Rules Football ground located in the city of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. ... Launceston City Council, Tasmania Launceston is a small city in the north of Tasmania, Australia, population of approximately 98,000, located at the juncture of the North Esk, South Esk, and Tamar rivers. ...

Unfortunately Tasmania's small population and low sponsorship potential have resulting in the state not being represented in national basketball, soccer and netball leagues. Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... Originally known as womens basketball and adapted from basketball in the USA, netball, while basically unknown in its homeland, is the preeminent womens team sport (both as a spectator and participant sport) in Australia and New Zealand and is popular in United Kingdom, Jamaica, South Africa, and other...

Colleges and universities

Hobart is home to the main campus of the University of Tasmania, situated in Sandy Bay. On site accommodation colleges include Jane Franklin Hall, Christ College and St John Fisher College. Other campuses are in Lauceston and Burnie. The University of Tasmania (sometimes known by the moniker UTAS, UTas or Tas Uni) is an Australian university. ... Sandy Bay is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. ... Christ College is one of the Student Colleges at the University of Tasmania, and is currently located on the Universitys grounds in Sandy Bay. ...

Senior secondary colleges (covering the last two years of secondary schooling) in the Hobart area include Hobart College, at the top of Mt Nelson just south of the city; Elizabeth College, The Friends' School and Guilford Young College in North Hobart; The Hutchins School in Sandy Bay; Rosny College at Rosny on the eastern shore and Claremont College at Claremont in the northern suburbs. Some of these colleges also function as community colleges, open to students outside the formal secondary school system. Many of these colleges are not exclusively colleges as they also provide primary and high school education. Hobart College is a senior secondary college, located on Mt. ... Elizabeth College is or was the name of several institutions of secondary or higher education, including: Elizabeth College - a senior secondary college, located on Elizabeth Street in North Hobart, Tasmania. ... The Friends School, Hobart is a private, co-educational school, located in Tasmania, Australia with a total enrollment of 1180. ... Guilford Young College is a Catholic senior secondary college, located in Hobart, Tasmania. ... North Hobart is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. ... The Hutchins School is a private school, located in the suburb of Sandy Bay in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. ... Sandy Bay is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. ... Rosny College is a senior secondary college, located in Rosny, Tasmania. ... Claremont College opened in 1990 as a senior secondary Government school for students in Years 11 and 12. ...

See Education in Tasmania The Education system in Tasmania comprises of two tertiary education institutions; the government run K-12 schooling system, and numerous religious based private schools and colleges. ...

Transportation

Hobart's urban passenger tram services closed in the 1950s and rail in the 1960s. Most public transport within the city is via an extensive network of public and private bus services. The main arterial routes within the urban area are the Brooker Highway to Glenorchy and the northern suburbs, the Tasman Bridge and Bowen Bridge across the river to Rosny and the Eastern Shore, and the Southern Outlet Road south to Kingston and the Channel. Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. ... The Brooker Highway is a highway in Australia. ... View of Tasman Bridge from the North The Tasman Bridge is a five-lane bridge crossing the Derwent River, near the CBD of Hobart, Tasmania. ... The Bowen Bridge in Tasmania was built with Federal funds following the collapse of the Tasman Bridge in 1975. ...

Leaving the city, motorists can travel the Lyell Highway to the west coast; Midlands Highway to Launceston and the north; Tasman Highway to the east coast, or the Huon Highway to the far south. Municipality of West Coast The Municipality of West Coast is a local government area of Tasmania. ... The Midlands Highway is a highway in Tasmania, Australia. ... Launceston City Council, Tasmania Launceston is a small city in the north of Tasmania, Australia, population of approximately 98,000, located at the juncture of the North Esk, South Esk, and Tamar rivers. ... The Tasman Highway is a highway in Tasmania, Australia. ...

Hobart is serviced by Hobart International Airport, and the smaller Cambridge Aerodrome (which mainly serves small charter airlines offering local tourist flights). Hobart International Airport is the primary passenger and freight airport of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. ... Cambridge Aerodrome is a minor airport of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. ...

Other

Crown Princess Mary of Denmark was born and raised in Taroona, a southern suburb of Hobart. Crown Princess Marys cypher Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Denmark (née Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, born Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 5 February 1972) is the wife of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark. ...

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