West Hobart is an inner-city suburb of
Hobart
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,
Tasmania,
Australia
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. It is in the hills immediately west of the
city centre
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, 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
A red-light district or pleasure district is a part of an urban area where a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, and adult theaters, are found. In most cases, red-light districts are particu ...
.
Hobart West Post Office opened on 12 July 1892.
Considered a '
working-class
The working class (or labouring class) comprises those engaged in manual-labour occupations or industrial work, who are remunerated via waged or salaried contracts. Working-class occupations (see also " Designation of workers by collar colou ...
' 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.
Today
West Hobart is now considered a
bohemian suburb of Hobart, with many artists and musicians living in
gentrified Victorian
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19th century
* Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign
** Victorian architecture
** Victorian house
** Victorian decorative arts
** Victorian fashion
** Victorian literature ...
and
Federation houses, which abound in the suburb.
Schools in the area include
Lansdowne Crescent Primary School, Lansdowne or Lansdown may refer to:
People
* Lansdown Guilding (1797–1831), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines naturalist and engraver
*Fenwick Lansdowne (1937–2008), Canadian wildlife artist
* George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666–1735) ...
Goulburn Street Primary and the Hobart campus of
Guilford Young College on Barrack Street.
References
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{{Hobart suburbs
Suburbs of Hobart
Localities of City of Hobart