These flatter areas of the Eastern Shore rest on far younger deposits from the Quaternary. The Eastern Shore also extends from the Derwent Valley area in a Southerly direction hugging the Meehan Ranges in the East before sprawling into flatter land in suburbs such as Bellerive. Hobart extends along both sides of the Derwent River, on the Western Shore 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 resting 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. Much of the waterfront of the Hobart CBD is built on Reclaimed land such as the Sullivans Cove and Salamanca areas, done during the convict era of Tasmania. Geologically Hobart is built predominantly on Jurassic Dolerite around the foothills interspersed with smaller areas of Triassic siltstone and Permian Mudstone. Hobart is located on the estuary of the Derwent River in the state's south-east at 42★2′S 147☁9′E / -42.867, 147.317. This section discusses the topography of the Greater Hobart area and as such pinpoints the regions of urban sprawl of the suburbs and the towns included in the Greater Hobart area as well as land formations. The City of Hobart (green) and Greater Hobart (teal) Hobart Town became a city on 21 August 1842, and was renamed Hobart in 1875. Hobart Town, from the census of 1835, contained 13,826 inhabitants, and the whole of Tasmania 36,505.īut since the Derwent River was one of Australia's finest deepwater ports and was the centre of the Southern Ocean whaling and the sealing trade, it rapidly grew into a major port, with allied industries such as shipbuilding. I was chiefly struck with the comparative fewness of the large houses, either built or building. 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. He writes of Hobart and the Derwent estuary in his Voyage of the Beagle:
Charles Darwin visited Hobart Town in February, 1836 as part of the Beagle expedition.
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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. The area's original inhabitants were members of the semi-nomadic Mouheneener tribe. The city, initially known as Hobart Town or Hobarton, was named after Lord Hobart, the Colonial Secretary.
In 1804 it was moved to a better location at the present site of Hobart at Sullivans Cove. The first settlement began in 1803 as a penal colony at Risdon Cove on the eastern shores of the Derwent River, amid British concerns over the presence of French explorers. The skyline is dominated by Mount Wellington at 1,271 metres high. The city is located in the state's south-east on the estuary of the Derwent River. The city is the financial and administrative heart of Tasmania, and also serves as the home port for both Australian and French Antarctic operations. A Resident of Hobart is known as a "Hobartian".
In 2008, the city had a greater area population of approximately 219,287. Founded in 1803 as a penal colony, Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. Hobart ( pronounced /ˈhoʊbɑrt/ (deprecated template) ) is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania.
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