West Hobart, Tasmania
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West Hobart is an inner-city suburb of Hobart
, Tasmania
(Australia
). It is located in the hills immediately west of the city centre, and shares the postcode 7000 with that district.
The area was first settled as a farming district, hosting poultry, dairy, hops, orchards and Chinese market gardens. Various industries have also served in the area, including a brickworks at the top of Arthur Street and coal mines below Summerhill Road. The side of Knocklofty Hill served as a sandstone quarry. The area around Goulburn and Harrington Streets was once a notorious red-light district.
Considered a 'working class' suburb until the 1960s, West Hobart has become increasingly a popular inner-city suburb.
Many of the houses in the area are older federation
era buildings, prized for their views of the Derwent River.
West Hobart is now considered a bohemian
suburb of Hobart, with lots of artists and musicians living in gentrified Victorian
and Federation
houses, which abound in the suburb.
Schools in the area include Lansdowne Crescent Primary School, Goulburn Street Primary and the Hobart campus of Guilford Young College
on Barrack Street.
Hobart
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
, Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
(Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
). It is located in the hills immediately west of the city centre, and shares the postcode 7000 with that district.
The area was first settled as a farming district, hosting poultry, dairy, hops, orchards and Chinese market gardens. Various industries have also served in the area, including a brickworks at the top of Arthur Street and coal mines below Summerhill Road. The side of Knocklofty Hill served as a sandstone quarry. The area around Goulburn and Harrington Streets was once a notorious red-light district.
Considered a 'working class' suburb until the 1960s, West Hobart has become increasingly a popular inner-city suburb.
Many of the houses in the area are older federation
Federation of Australia
The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia formed one nation...
era buildings, prized for their views of the Derwent River.
West Hobart is now considered a bohemian
Bohemian
A Bohemian is a resident of the former Kingdom of Bohemia, either in a narrow sense as the region of Bohemia proper or in a wider meaning as the whole country, now known as the Czech Republic. The word "Bohemian" was used to denote the Czech people as well as the Czech language before the word...
suburb of Hobart, with lots of artists and musicians living in gentrified Victorian
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
and Federation
Federation
A federation , also known as a federal state, is a type of sovereign state characterized by a union of partially self-governing states or regions united by a central government...
houses, which abound in the suburb.
Schools in the area include Lansdowne Crescent Primary School, Goulburn Street Primary and the Hobart campus of Guilford Young College
Guilford Young College
Guilford Young College is a Catholic senior secondary college, located in Hobart, Tasmania. It has two campuses, one in Hobart, and one in Glenorchy...
on Barrack Street.