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HOBART , the See also:

capital of See also:Tasmania, in the See also:county of Bucking-See also:ham, on the See also:southern See also:coast of the See also:island. It occupies a site of See also:great beauty, See also:standing on a See also:series of See also:low hills at the See also:foot of See also:Mount See also:Wellington, a lofty See also:peak (4166 ft.) which is See also:snow-clad for many months in the See also:year. The See also:town fronts See also:Sullivan's See also:Cove, a picturesque See also:bay opening into the See also:estuary of the See also:river See also:Derwent, and is nearly square in See also:form, laid out with wide streets intersecting at right angles, the See also:chief of which are served by electric tramways. It is the seat of the See also:Anglican See also:bishop of Tasmania, and of the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:archbishop of Hobart. The Anglican See also:cathedral of St See also:David See also:dates from 1893, though its See also:foundations were laid as See also:early as 1817. St See also:Mary's Roman Catholic cathedral is a beautiful See also:building; but perhaps the most notable ecclesiastical building in Hobart is the great Baptist See also:tabernacle in Upper See also:Elizabeth See also:Street. The most prominent public buildings are the Houses of See also:Parliament, to which an excellent library is attached; the town See also:hall, a beautiful building of See also:brown and See also:white Tasmanian freestone in See also:Italian See also:style; the museum and See also:national See also:art See also:gallery, and the See also:general See also:post See also:office (1904) with its lofty See also:clock-See also:tower. See also:Government See also:House, the See also:residence of the See also:governor of Tasmania, a handsome castellated building, stands in its domain on the See also:banks of the Derwent, to the See also:north of the town. The botanical gardens adjoin. Of the parks and public gardens, the most extensive is the See also:Queen's Domain, covering an See also:area of about 700 acres, while the most central is See also:Franklin Square, adorned with a statue of See also:Sir See also:John Franklin, the famous See also:Arctic explorer, who was governor of Tasmania from 1837 to 1843. The university of Tasmania, established in 189o, and opened in 1893, has its headquarters at Hobart. The town is celebrated for its invigorating See also:climate, and its See also:annual regatta on the Derwent attracts numerous visitors.

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harbour is easy of See also:access, well sheltered and deep, with See also:wharf See also:accommodation for vessels of the largest See also:tonnage. It is a See also:regular See also:port of See also:call for several intercolonial lines from See also:Sydney and See also:Melbourne, and for lines from See also:London to New See also:Zealand. The exports, of an See also:average value of £85o,000 annually, consist mainly of See also:fruit, hops, See also:grain, See also:timber and See also:wool. The See also:industries comprise See also:brewing, saw-milling,See also:iron-See also:founding, See also:flour-milling, tanning, and the manufacture of pottery and woollen goods. Hobart is the centre of a large fruit-growing See also:district, the produce of which, for the most See also:part, is exported to London and Sydney. The See also:city was founded in 1804 and takes its name from See also:Lord Hobart (see See also:BUCKINGHAM-See also:SHIRE, EARLS OF), then secretary of See also:state for the colonies. It was created a See also:municipality in 1853, and a city in 1857; and in 1881 its name was changed from Hobart Town to the See also:present form. The chief suburbs are See also:Newton, Sandy Bay, Wellington, Risdon, Glenorchy, Bellerive and Beltana. The See also:population of the city proper in 1901 was 24,652, or including suburbs, 34,182.

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