The modern history of the Australian city of Hobart (formerly 'Hobart Town', or 'Hobarton') in Tasmania dates to its foundation as a British colony in 1804. Prior to British settlement, the area had been occupied definitively by the semi-nomadic Mouheneener tribe, a sub-group of the Nuenonne, or South-East tribe. [1] .

Hobart Town, [Tasmania] : John Moore, 1845. Continued by: Herald of Tasmania. Began June 7, 1845. Ceased on July 11, 1845. Australia Tasmania Hobart. The National Library of Australia …

Nov 6, 2024 · Before his departure in early 1843, Charles Hext gained permission to visit Port Arthur (south of Hobart) in December 1842, producing sketches of the penitentiary and Eaglehawk Neck which were published as lithographs in Views in Australia and Tasmania by Charles Hutchins at Liverpool (UK) in 1845. He returned to India where he remained with ...

The first square rigged ship built in Hobart Town was the Campbell Macquarie, 133 tons, in 1813 by Samuel Gunn, made from blue gum trees. Convicts were known to build ship without authority and one was seen by the Estramina in 1814 in Storm Bay.

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James Sprent's comprehensive survey of Hobart Town was carried out towards the end of an era of rapid population increase. The pattern of occupance 'and the characteristics of the buildings recorded by Sprent are examined after first tracing the physical growth of the town ,to the 1840s.

James Sprent's comprehensive survey of Hobart Town was carried out towards the end of an era of rapid population increase. The pattern of occupance and the characteristics of the buildings recorded by Sprent are examined after first tracing the physical growth of the town,to the 1840s.

Lantern slide from the collection of James Backhouse Walker of a map/plan of early Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land. The plan also appears in James Backhouse Walker's paper 'The Founding of Hobart, by Lieut.-Governor Collins' read to the Royal Society of Tasmania 14/10/1889.

Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas. : 1828 - 1857) View title info. Tue 11 Nov 1845 Prev issue Next issue Browse issues Page 4 Prev page Next page Browse pages Hobart Town Report. Prev article Next article Browse articles Close . Please wait. Loading browse data... I am browsing for. Help. Prev column. Next column ...

Launceston Advertiser (Tas. : 1829 - 1846), Fri 25 Apr 1845, Page 3 - HOBART TOWN. You have corrected this article This article has been corrected by You and other Voluntroves This article has been corrected by Voluntroves