West Hobart is an inner-city suburb of
Hobart,
Tasmania
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Australia. It is in the hills immediately west of the
city centre, and shares the postcode 7000 with that district.
History
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. Knocklofty is now a reserve maintained by the Hobart City Council.
Knocklofty Reserve , Hobart City Council, Tasmania
', retrieved 20 December 2014 The area around Goulburn and Harrington Streets was once a
red-light district.
Hobart West Post Office opened on 12 July 1892.
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
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-era buildings, prized for their views of the Derwent River.
Today
West Hobart is now considered a
bohemian
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Beer
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suburb of Hobart, with many artists and musicians living in
gentrified
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Victorian and
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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
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on Barrack Street.
References
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Suburbs of Hobart
Localities of City of Hobart