150 Years of SettlementPrint Page

The entrance gates at the sports ground commemorate the Sesquicentennial year of European settlement in Hobart in Tasmania.

The first settlement was by the British at Risdon Cove on the eastern bank of the Derwent estuary in 1803, by a small party sent from Sydney, under Lt. John Bowen. An alternative settlement was established by Capt. David Collins 5 km to the south in 1804 in Sullivans Cove on the western side of the Derwent, where fresh water was more plentiful. The latter settlement became known as Hobart Town, later shortened to Hobart, after the British Colonial Secretary of the time, Lord Hobart. The settlement at Risdon was later abandoned.

Location

Address:	Franklin Street, Sports Ground, Westbury, 7303
State:	TAS
Area:	AUS
GPS Coordinates:	Lat: -41.527248 Long: 146.835139 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.

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Details

Monument Type:	Structure
Monument Theme:	Landscape
Sub-Theme:	Settlement
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Approx. Event Start Date:	1804
Actual Event End Date:
Approx. Event End Date:	1954
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Source: MA