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1 Hobart antique stores and antiquarian
book shops. The Salamanca Arts
Spread over seven hills between the banks of the Derwent Centre houses artists’ studios,
River and the summit of Mount Wellington, Australia’s second theatres and galleries. The area
oldest city has an incredible waterfront location, similar to also has some of the city’s best
that of her “big sister”, Sydney. Hobart began life on the pubs, cafés and restaurants (see
pp534–5). The Salamanca Market
waterfront and the maritime atmosphere is still an important is held every Saturday morning.
aspect of the city. From Old Wharf, where the first arrivals
settled, round to the fishing village of Battery Point, the area P Castray Esplanade
known as Sullivans Cove is still the hub of this cosmopolitan Castray Esplanade was originally
city. It is the centre of attention in late December every year planned in the 19th century as a
as the finish line of the famous Sydney to Hobart yacht race. riverside walking track and it still
provides the most pleasurable
short stroll within the city. En
route are the old colonial
Commissariat Stores. These have
been beautifully renovated for
inner-city living, architects’ offices
and art galleries, focussing on
Tasmanian arts and crafts.
P Parliament House
Salamanca Place. Tel (03) 6212 2200.
Open Mon–Fri. Closed public hols.
7 8 10am & 2pm non-sitting days.
One of the oldest civic buildings
in Hobart, designed by John
Hobart and its docks nestled on the Derwent River Lee Archer and built by convicts
between 1835 and 1841. Partly
P Narryna Heritage Museum Book online for the Hobart open to the public.
103 Hampden Rd, Battery Point. Tel Historic Walk (2pm Wed–Sun),
(03) 6234 2791. Open 10am–4:30pm which departs from the Travel & E Maritime Museum
Tue–Sun (from noon Sun). Closed Information Centre on Davey of Tasmania
1 Jan, Good Fri, 25 & 26 Dec. & 7 and Elizabeth streets. Cnr Davey & Argyle sts. Tel (03)
∑ tmag.tas.gov.au 6234 1427. Open 9am–5pm daily.
Inside an elegant 1834 Georgian P Salamanca Place Closed Good Fri, 25 Dec. & 7
house called Narryna, in Battery Once the site of early colonial ∑ maritimetas.org
Point, this is the oldest folk industries, from jam-making to Steeped in seafaring history,
museum in Australia. Beautiful metal foundry and flour milling, the museum is housed in the
grounds make a fine backdrop this graceful row of sandstone Carnegie Building, the former
for an impressive collection of warehouses at Salamanca Place Hobart Public Library. It
early Tasmanian pioneering relics. is now the heart of Hobart’s lively contains a fascinating collection
atmosphere and creative spirit. of old relics, manuscripts, and
P Battery Point Mount Wellington towers voyage documents, as well as
This maritime village grew above the buildings lining the an important photographic
up on the hilly promontory waterfront, which have been collection which records
adjacent to the early settlement converted into art galleries, Tasmania’s maritime history.
and wharves. The site was
originally home to a gun
battery, positioned to ward
off potential enemy invasions.
The old guardhouse, built in
1818, now lies within a leafy
park, just a few minutes’ walk
from Hampden Road with its
antiques shops, art galleries,
tea-rooms and restaurants.
Battery Point retains a
strong sense of history, with its
narrow gas-lit streets lined with
tiny fishermen’s and workers’
houses, cottage gardens and
colonial mansions and pubs. The famous Saturday market in Salamanca Place
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp496–7 and pp533–5