Hobart
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Hobart (/ˈhoʊbɑːrt/ ⓘ HOH-bart;[5] Nuennonne/palawa kani: nipaluna) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia.[6] Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the southernmost and least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-smallest if territories are taken into account, before Darwin, Northern Territory.[2] Hobart is located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, making it the most southern of Australia's capital cities. Its skyline is dominated by the 1,271-metre (4,170 ft) kunanyi/Mount Wellington,[7] and its harbour forms the second-deepest natural port in the world,[8] with much of the city's waterfront consisting of reclaimed land.[9] The metropolitan area is often referred to as Greater Hobart, to differentiate it from the City of Hobart, one of the seven local government areas that cover the city.[2] [10] It has a mild maritime climate.
The city lies on country which was known by the local
Founded in 1804 as a British
Today, Hobart is the financial and administrative hub of Tasmania, serving as the home port for both Australian and French Antarctic operations and acting as a tourist destination, with over 1.192 million visitors in 2011–12,[17] and 924,000 during 2022–23.[18] Well-known drawcards include its convict-era architecture, Salamanca Market and the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), the Southern Hemisphere's largest private museum.
History
The first European settlement began in 1803 as a military camp at Risdon Cove on the eastern shores of the River Derwent, amid British concerns over the presence of French explorers. In 1804, along with the military, settlers and convicts from the abandoned Port Phillip settlement, the camp at Risdon Cove was moved by Captain David Collins 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 British Secretary of State for war and the colonies.
The area's
"...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."
The River Derwent was one of Australia's finest deepwater ports and was the centre of South Seas whaling and sealing
Hobart Town became a city on 21 August 1842, and was renamed Hobart from the beginning of 1881.[20]
On 7 September 1936, one of the last known surviving
During the mid 20th century, the state and local governments invested in building Hobart's reputation as a tourist attraction - in 1956 the Lanherne Airport (now
In the 21st century, Hobart benefited as Tasmania's economy recovered from the 1990s recession, and the city's long-stagnant population growth began to reverse.[24] A period of significant growth has followed, including the redevelopment of the former Macquarie Point railyards, Parliament Square, and new hotel developments throughout the city.[25]
Geography
Topography
Hobart is located on the estuary of the River Derwent in the state's south-east. It is built predominantly on Jurassic dolerite around the foothills interspersed with smaller areas of Triassic siltstone and Permian mudstone, straddling the River Derwent. The western side extends from the Derwent valley in the north through the flatter areas of Glenorchy (which rests on older Triassic sediment). and into the hilly areas of New Town, Lenah Valley. Both of these areas rest on the younger Jurassic dolerite deposits, before stretching into the lower areas such as the beaches of Sandy Bay in the south, in the Derwent estuary. South of the Derwent estuary lie Storm Bay and the Tasman Peninsula.
The Eastern Shore also extends from the Derwent valley in a southerly direction hugging the Meehan Range in the east before sprawling into flatter land in suburbs such as Bellerive. These flatter areas of the eastern shore rest on far younger Quaternary deposits. From there the city extends in an easterly direction through the Meehan Range into the hilly areas of Rokeby and Oakdowns, before reaching into the tidal flatland area of Lauderdale.
Hobart has access to a number of beach areas including those in the Derwent estuary itself;
Climate
Hobart has a mild temperate oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb).[26] The highest temperature recorded was 41.8 °C (107.2 °F) on 4 January 2013 and the lowest was −2.8 °C (27.0 °F) on 25 June 1972 and 11 July 1981.[4] Annually, Hobart receives only 40.8 clear days without rain. Compared to other major Australian cities, Hobart has the fewest daily average hours of sunshine, with only 5.9 hours per day.[27] However, during the summer it has the same hours of daylight of any Australian city, with 15.3 hours on the summer solstice.[28] By global standards, Hobart has cool summers and mild winters for its latitude, being heavily influenced by its seaside location. Nevertheless, the strong northerly winds from the Australian outback ensure that Hobart experiences temperatures above 35 °C (95 °F) in most years.[29] Those temperatures are very warm compared to climates on higher latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere with similar summer averages. Light air frost occasionally happens, albeit not every year.[29]
Although Hobart itself rarely receives snow during the winter due to the
Average sea temperatures range from 12.5 °C (54.5 °F) in September to 16.5 °C (61.7 °F) in February.[30]
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
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Record high °C (°F) | 41.8 (107.2) |
40.1 (104.2) |
39.1 (102.4) |
32.3 (90.1) |
25.7 (78.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
24.5 (76.1) |
31.0 (87.8) |
34.6 (94.3) |
36.8 (98.2) |
40.8 (105.4) |
41.8 (107.2) |
Mean maximum °C (°F) | 35.2 (95.4) |
33.3 (91.9) |
30.8 (87.4) |
25.5 (77.9) |
21.3 (70.3) |
17.5 (63.5) |
16.7 (62.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.8 (73.0) |
27.2 (81.0) |
30.3 (86.5) |
32.1 (89.8) |
36.9 (98.4) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) |
22.2 (72.0) |
20.7 (69.3) |
17.9 (64.2) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.6 (54.7) |
13.7 (56.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
17.6 (63.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
17.6 (63.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.9 (64.2) |
17.5 (63.5) |
16.2 (61.2) |
13.7 (56.7) |
11.5 (52.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
8.9 (48.0) |
9.7 (49.5) |
11.3 (52.3) |
13.0 (55.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
13.3 (55.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.0 (55.4) |
12.8 (55.0) |
11.6 (52.9) |
9.4 (48.9) |
7.6 (45.7) |
5.5 (41.9) |
5.2 (41.4) |
5.6 (42.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
8.3 (46.9) |
10.0 (50.0) |
11.6 (52.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
Mean minimum °C (°F) | 8.2 (46.8) |
7.9 (46.2) |
6.4 (43.5) |
4.2 (39.6) |
2.8 (37.0) |
0.9 (33.6) |
1.1 (34.0) |
1.4 (34.5) |
2.2 (36.0) |
3.3 (37.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
6.7 (44.1) |
0.5 (32.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) |
3.4 (38.1) |
1.8 (35.2) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
0.3 (32.5) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 43.7 (1.72) |
37.8 (1.49) |
37.0 (1.46) |
42.6 (1.68) |
39.2 (1.54) |
46.0 (1.81) |
44.5 (1.75) |
63.0 (2.48) |
55.6 (2.19) |
52.8 (2.08) |
50.7 (2.00) |
53.0 (2.09) |
565.9 (22.28) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 9.5 | 9.1 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 14.1 | 15.3 | 15.7 | 15.0 | 13.5 | 11.7 | 150.7 |
Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 5.5 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 91.0 |
Average afternoon relative humidity (%)
|
51 | 52 | 52 | 56 | 58 | 64 | 61 | 56 | 53 | 51 | 53 | 49 | 55 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 257.3 | 226.0 | 210.8 | 177.0 | 148.8 | 132.0 | 151.9 | 179.8 | 195.0 | 232.5 | 234.0 | 248.0 | 2,393.1 |
Percent possible sunshine | 59 | 62 | 57 | 59 | 53 | 49 | 53 | 58 | 59 | 58 | 56 | 53 | 56 |
Source 1: Bureau of Meteorology (1991–2020 averages;[31] extremes 1882–present)[4][32][33] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Bureau of Meteorology, Hobart Airport (sunshine hours)[34] |
Climate data for Hobart Airport (Cambridge )
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 41.4 (106.5) |
39.8 (103.6) |
38.1 (100.6) |
31.8 (89.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
20.4 (68.7) |
23.7 (74.7) |
31.1 (88.0) |
33.4 (92.1) |
38.5 (101.3) |
40.8 (105.4) |
41.4 (106.5) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.1 (73.6) |
22.5 (72.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
18.2 (64.8) |
15.6 (60.1) |
13.2 (55.8) |
13.0 (55.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
15.7 (60.3) |
17.7 (63.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.6 (54.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
11.0 (51.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
6.9 (44.4) |
4.9 (40.8) |
4.4 (39.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
6.4 (43.5) |
7.9 (46.2) |
9.7 (49.5) |
11.2 (52.2) |
8.4 (47.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) |
3.4 (38.1) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−2 (28) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−1 (30) |
1.7 (35.1) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 40.7 (1.60) |
35.2 (1.39) |
34.1 (1.34) |
35.6 (1.40) |
30.4 (1.20) |
38.9 (1.53) |
33.8 (1.33) |
46.0 (1.81) |
39.8 (1.57) |
40.2 (1.58) |
42.2 (1.66) |
46.6 (1.83) |
463.5 (18.25) |
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 9.0 | 8.8 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 13.9 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 11.3 | 137.4 |
Average afternoon relative humidity (%)
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49 | 51 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 62 | 60 | 55 | 52 | 50 | 50 | 47 | 53 |
Source 1: Bureau of Meteorology (1991–2020 averages)[35] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Extremes 1958–present[36] |
Climate data for Hobart | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average sea temperature °C (°F) | 16.9 (62.4) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
15.4 (59.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
13.6 (56.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.7 (54.9) |
13.1 (55.6) |
14.4 (57.9) |
15.9 (60.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
Mean daily daylight hours | 15.0 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 12.1 |
Average Ultraviolet index | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5.3 |
Source: Weather Atlas,[37] seatemperature.org[38] |
Demographics
At the 2021 census, there were 247,068 people in the Greater Hobart.[2] The City of Hobart local government area had a population of 55,077.
As of 2021, the median weekly household income was $1,542, compared with $1,746 nationally.[39]
18.1% of households total weekly income is less than $650 week, while 18.9% of households weekly income exceeds $3,000. This compares to national rates of 16.5% and 24.3% respectively.
35.4% of renting households, and 10.3% of owned households with a mortgage experience housing stress, where rent or mortgage repayments exceed 30% of income.
At the 2016 census, The most common occupation categories were professionals (22.6%), clerical and administrative workers (14.7%), technicians and trades workers (13.3%), community and personal service workers (12.8%), and managers (11.3%).
Ancestry and immigration
Birthplace[N 1] | Population |
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Australia | 189,218 |
England | 8,155 |
Mainland China | 5,544 |
Nepal | 4,107 |
India | 4,074 |
New Zealand | 2,108 |
Philippines | 1,165 |
4.5% of the population (11,216 people) are Indigenous Australians (Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders).[N 2][41]
At the 2021 census, the most commonly nominated ancestry groups include:
23.4% of the population was born overseas at the 2021 census. The five largest groups of overseas-born were from England (3.3%), Mainland China (2.2%), Nepal (1.7%), India (1.6%) and New Zealand (0.9%).[44]
Language
At the 2021 census, 82.6% of the population spoke only English at home. The other languages most commonly spoken at home were Mandarin (2.6%), Nepali (1.8%), Punjabi (0.7%), Cantonese (0.5%) and Vietnamese (0.4%).[45]
Religion
In the 2021 census, 49.9% of Greater Hobart residents specified no religion. Christianity comprised the largest religious affiliation (37.1%), with the largest denominations being Anglicanism (14.1%) and Catholicism (14.1%). Hinduism (2.6%), Buddhism (1.3%), Islam (1.3%) and Sikhism (0.6%) constitute the remaining largest religious affiliations.[46]
Hobart has a small community of 456 members
Economy
Shipping is significant to the city's economy. Hobart is the home port for the Antarctic activities of Australia and France. The port loads around 2,000 tonnes of Antarctic cargo a year for the Australian research vessel Nuyina[53] (previously the Aurora Australis).[54] The city is also a popular cruise ship destination during the summer months, with 47 such ships docking during the course of the 2016–17 summer season.
The city also supports many other industries. Major local employers include
Tourism is a significant part of the economy, with visitors coming to the city to explore its historic inner suburbs and nationally acclaimed restaurants and cafes, as well as its vibrant music and nightlife culture. The two major draw-cards are the weekly market in Salamanca Place, and the Museum of Old and New Art. The city is also used as a base from which to explore the rest of Tasmania.
The last 15–20 years[when?] have seen Hobart's wine industry thrive as many vineyards have developed in countryside areas outside of the city in the Coal River Wine Region and D'Entrecasteaux Channel, including Moorilla Estate at Berriedale one of the most awarded vineyards in Australia.
Antarctic gateway
Hobart is an
Hobart is the home port for the Australian and French Antarctic programs, and provides port services for other visiting Antarctic nations and Antarctic cruise ships. Antarctic and Southern Ocean expeditions are supported by a specialist cluster offering cold climate products, services and scientific expertise. The majority of these businesses and organisations are members of the Tasmanian polar network, supported in part by the Tasmanian State Government.
Tasmania has a high concentration of Antarctic and Southern Ocean scientists. Hobart is home to the following Antarctic and Southern Ocean scientific institutions:
- Australian Antarctic Division
- Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
- Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP)
- The University of Tasmania (UTAS) – expertise in Antarctic and Southern Ocean science and research[57]
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) (established by UTAS)
- Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
- Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE-CRC)
- International Antarctic Institute (IAI) (hosted by UTAS)
- Southern Ocean Observing System (hosted by UTAS/ IMAS)
- CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Tourism
Hobart serves as a focal point and mecca for tourism in the state of Tasmania. Hobart has been a significant tourist destination for many years, however tourism has evolved to a core industry in the last decade.[
In 2016, Hobart received 1.8 million visitors, surpassing both Perth and Canberra, tying equally with Brisbane.
Many local tourist attractions focuses on the convict history of Hobart, the city's historic architecture, art experiences, and food and alcohol experiences. Hobart is home to a significant number of nationally known restaurants, boutique alcohol producers, including Sullivans Cove Whiskey, which won world's best single malt in 2014,[62] boutique hotels, and art experiences. Other significant tourist attractions include Australia's second oldest botanic gardens, the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, which holds extensive significant plant collections,[63] a range of public and private museums including the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and Maritime Museum Tasmania, and kunanyi/Mount Wellington, one of the dominant features of Hobart's skyline. At 1,271 metres (4,170 ft), the mountain has its own ecosystems, is rich in biodiversity and plays a large part in determining the local weather.[citation needed]
Architecture
Hobart is known for its well-preserved
Hobart is also home to many historic churches. The Scots Church (formerly known as St Andrew's) was built in Bathurst Street from 1834 to 1836, and a small sandstone building within the churchyard was used as the city's first Presbyterian Church. The Salamanca Place warehouses and the Theatre Royal were also constructed in this period. The Greek revival St George's Anglican Church in Battery Point was completed in 1838, and a classical tower, designed by James Blackburn, was added in 1847. St Joseph's was built in 1840. St David's Cathedral, Hobart's first cathedral, was consecrated in 1874.
Hobart has very few
Culture
Arts and entertainment
The Hobart City Centre has several theatres in continuous operation, comprising live theatre venues, picture theatres, and a single multiplex operated by Village Cinemas.
The Theatre Royal, established in 1837, is Australia's oldest continually operating theatre, designed by colonial architect John Lee Archer.[69] Hobart's theatre scene
The
Music
The
The city has long been home to a thriving classical, jazz, folk, punk, hip-hop, electro, metal, and rock music scene. Internationally recognised musicians such as metal acts
and the Soundscape Festival also capitalise on Hobart's artistic communities.Galleries and artworks
Hobart is home to the
Hobart has a growing street art scene thanks to a program called Hobart Walls,[78] which was launched in association with the Vibrance Festival,[79] an annual mural-painting event. The City of Hobart and Vibrance Festival launched Hobart's first legal street art wall in Bidencopes Lane in 2018, allowing any artist to paint there, on any day of the week, provided they sign up for a permit and paint between 9 am and 10 pm.[citation needed]
Novel
Australia's first novel,
Other culture and entertainment
Designed by the prolific architect Sir Roy Grounds, the 17-storey Wrest Point Hotel Casino in Sandy Bay, opened as Australia's first legal casino in 1973.[citation needed]
The city's nightlife primarily revolves around Salamanca Place, the waterfront area, Elizabeth St in North Hobart and Sandy Bay, but popular pubs, bars and nightclubs exist around the city as well. Major national and international music events are usually held at the Derwent Entertainment Centre, or the Casino. Popular restaurant strips include Elizabeth Street in North Hobart, and Salamanca Place near the waterfront. These include numerous ethnic restaurants including Chinese, Thai, Greek, Pakistani, Italian, Indian and Mexican. The major shopping street in the CBD is Elizabeth Street, with the pedestrianised Elizabeth Mall and the General Post Office.
Close Shave, one of Australia's longest serving male a cappella quartets, is based in Hobart.
Events
Hobart is internationally famous among the yachting community as the finish of the
The city is the finishing point of the Targa Tasmania rally car event, which has been held annually in April since 1991.
The annual Tulip Festival at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens is a popular Spring celebration in the city.
The Australian Wooden Boat Festival is a biennial event held in Hobart celebrating wooden boats. It is held concurrently with the Royal Hobart Regatta, which began in 1830 and is therefore Tasmania's oldest surviving sporting event.
Sport
Most professional Hobart-based sports teams represent Tasmania as a whole rather than exclusively the city.
On May 3, 2023, Tasmania was awarded a conditional license to become the league's 19th AFL team. It is anticipated that the men's team will be established and join the AFL in 2028. The conditional license is contingent on a 23,000 seat roofed stadium to be built for the team at Macquarie Point in Hobart. Tasmania will be the first expansion side of the AFL since 2010, when the GWS Giants were awarded a license, and joined the competition as an active participant in 2012.[82] On March 18, 2024, it was announced that the new AFL team would be known as the Tasmanian Devils. The colours, mascot and jumper were all unveiled on this date. The club chose the myrtle green, primrose yellow and rose red as its official colours, which constitutes the make up of the jumper design.[83] Local domestic club football is still played. Tasmanian State League football features five clubs from Hobart, and other leagues such as Southern Football League and the Old Scholars Football Association are also played each Winter.
The city has two local
Tasmania is not represented by teams in the
The Tassie Tigers field men's and women's representative sides in the national hockey league, Hockey One (which replaced the Australian Hockey League in 2019). They play their home matches at the Tasmanian Hockey Centre in New Town near Cornelian Bay, which features three synthetic hockey pitches that have also hosted international competition such as the Men's FIH Pro League as recently as 2019. The Kookaburras current co-Captain and games record holder, Eddie Ockenden, is a product of the Hobart-based club North West Graduates.
The city co-hosted the basketball
Media
Five free-to-air television stations service Hobart:
- ABC Tasmania (ABT)
- SBS Tasmania (SBS)
- Southern Cross Seven Tasmania (TNT) – Seven Networkaffiliate
- Nine Tasmania (TVT) – Nine Network affiliate
- Tasmanian Digital Television (TDT) – Network 10affiliate
Each station broadcasts a primary channel and several multichannels.
Hobart is served by twenty-nine digital free-to-air television channels:
- ABC
- ABC HD (ABC broadcast in HD)
- ABC TV Plus/KIDS
- ABC ME
- ABC News
- SBS
- SBS HD (SBS broadcast in HD)
- SBS Viceland
- SBS Viceland HD (SBS Viceland broadcast in HD)
- Food Network
- NITV
- 7 Tasmania (on relay from Melbourne)
- 7HD(Seven broadcast in HD)
- 7two
- 7mate
- Racing.com
- Nine (on relay from Melbourne)
- 9HD(Nine broadcast in HD)
- 9Gem
- 9Go!
- 9Life
- TVSN
- Gold
- Sky News on WIN
- 10 (on relay from Melbourne)
- 10 HD(TDT broadcast in HD)
- 10 Bold
- 10 Peach
- 10 Shake
The majority of pay television services are provided by Foxtel via satellite, although other smaller pay television providers do service Hobart.
Commercial radio stations licensed to cover the Hobart market include
Station | Frequency | |
---|---|---|
Energy FM | 87.8 FM | Commercial |
Triple J | 92.9 FM | Government funded |
ABC Classic FM |
93.9 FM | Government funded |
Hobart FM | 96.1 FM | Community |
Edge Radio | 99.3 FM | Community |
hit100.9 Hobart |
100.9 FM | Commercial |
7HO FM |
101.7 FM | Commercial |
SBS Radio | 105.7 FM | Government funded |
Ultra106five | 106.5 FM | Christian/narrowcast |
Triple M Hobart | 107.3 FM | Commercial |
ABC Radio National |
585 AM | Government funded |
ABC NewsRadio | 747 AM | Government funded |
7RPH | 864 AM | Community |
936 ABC Hobart |
936 AM | Government funded |
TOTE Sport Radio | 1080 AM | Racing/narrowcast |
Rete Italia | 1611 AM | Italian radio |
NTC Radio Australia | 1620 AM | Community |
Hobart's major newspaper is
Government
Greater Hobart as of the 2021 Census is divided into seven local government areas - three of which are designated as cities,
Hobart is the seat of the Parliament of Tasmania, located at Parliament House, Salamanca Place, and the location of the official residence of the Governor of Tasmania, Government House. The senior sitting of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, and only sitting of the Court's appeal division, sit in Hobart.
Hobart was made the seat of government for the southern district of Tasmania (then called
Infrastructure
Education
Hobart is home to the main campus of the University of Tasmania, located in Sandy Bay. On-site accommodation colleges include Christ College, Jane Franklin Hall and St John Fisher College. Other campuses are in Launceston and Burnie.
The Greater Hobart area contains 122 primary, secondary and pretertiary (College) schools distributed throughout Clarence, Glenorchy and Hobart City Councils and Kingborough and Brighton Municipalities. These schools are made up of a mix of public, catholic, private and independent run, with the heaviest distribution lying in the more densely populated West around the Hobart city core. TasTAFE operates a total of seven polytechnic campuses within the Greater Hobart area that provide vocational education and training.[84]
Health
Royal Hobart Hospital is a major public hospital in central Hobart with 501 beds, which also serves as a teaching hospital for the University of Tasmania.
A private hospital, Hobart Private Hospital is located adjacent to it and operated by Australian healthcare provider Healthscope. The company also owns another hospital in the city, the St. Helen's Private Hospital,[85] which features a mother-baby unit.[86]
Transport
The only
Suburban passenger trains, run by the Tasmanian Government Railways, were closed in 1974 and the intrastate passenger service, the Tasman Limited, ceased running in 1978. Recently though there has been a push from the city, and increasingly from government, to establish a light rail network, intended to be fast, efficient, and eco-friendly, along existing tracks in a North South corridor; to help relieve the frequent jamming of traffic in Hobart CBD.
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. The East Derwent Highway to Lindisfarne, Geilston Bay, and Northwards to Brighton, the South Arm Highway leading to Howrah, Rokeby, Lauderdale and Opossum Bay and the Southern Outlet south to Kingston and the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. Leaving the city, motorists can travel the Lyell Highway to the west coast, Midland Highway to Launceston and the north, Tasman Highway to the east coast, or the Huon Highway to the far south.
Ferry services from Hobart's Eastern Shore into the city were once a common form of public transportation, but with lack of government funding, as well as a lack of interest from the private sector, there has been the demise of a regular commuter ferry service – leaving Hobart's commuters relying solely on travel by automobiles and buses. There is however a water taxi service operating from the Eastern Shore into Hobart which provides an alternative to the Tasman Bridge.
In 2021, the State Government begun a ferry service that operates on the Derwent between Brooke Street Pier and Bellerive.[87] Derwent Ferries was initiated as a year-long trial servicing between Brooke Street Pier in Hobart centre to Bellerive Pier on the eastern shore.[88][89] The ferry provides a convenient alternative to crossing the Tasman Bridge choke point, with its purpose being to reduce congestion. It is seen as a first step in diversifying Hobart's transport options to ameliorate traffic problems that involves taking cars off the road rather than inducing more traffic. Due to the success of the trial, the ferry service was made permanent, with more than 2100 passengers in the first three weeks.
Hobart is served by
In 2009, it was announced that Hobart Airport would receive more upgrades, including a first floor, aerobridges (currently, passengers must walk on the tarmac) and shopping facilities. Possible new international flights to Asia and New Zealand, and possible new domestic flights to Darwin and Cairns have been proposed. A second runway, possibly to be constructed in the next 15 years, would assist with growing passenger numbers to Hobart. Hobart Control Tower may be renovated and fitted with new radar equipment, and the airport's carpark may be extended further. Also, new facilities will be built just outside the airport. A new service station, hotel and day care centre have already been built and the road leading to the airport has been maintained and re-sealed. In 2016, work began on a 500-metre extension of the existing runway in addition to a $100 million upgrade of the airport. The runway extension is expected to allow international flights to land and increase air-traffic with Antarctica. This upgrade was, in part, funded under a promise made during the 2013 federal election by the Abbott government.[90]
Notable residents
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Sister cities
- Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (1977)[93]
- L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy (1980)[93]
- Valdivia, Los Ríos, Chile (1998)[94]
- Xi'an, Shaanxi, China (2015)[93][95]
- Fuzhou, Fujian, China (2017)[93]
- Barile, Basilicata, Italy (2009)
See also
Explanatory notes
- ^ In accordance with the Australian Bureau of Statistics source, England, Scotland, Mainland China and the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau are listed separately.
- ^ Of any ancestry. Includes those identifying as Aboriginal Australians or Torres Strait Islanders. Indigenous identification is separate to the ancestry question on the Australian Census and persons identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander may identify any ancestry.
- Anglo-Celtic group.[42]
- ^ Of any ancestry. Includes those identifying as Aboriginal Australians or Torres Strait Islanders. Indigenous identification is separate to the ancestry question on the Australian Census and persons identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander may identify any ancestry.
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- Hobart City Council
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