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Brisbane Street, Hobart
Brisbane Street is a street in Hobart, Tasmania. The street was named for Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, the sixth Governor of New South Wales. Route description The street commences at an intersection with the Brooker Highway The Brooker Highway is a highway in the Australian state of Tasmania. As one of Hobart's three major radials, the highway connects traffic from the Hobart central business district, city centre with the northern suburbs and is the major road con ... in Hobart. It runs in a south-westerly direction, first crossing Campbell Street. A former convict penitentiary and chapel, now known as the Campbell Street Gaol, is on the south-west corner of this intersection. Now open to the public, its official address is 6 Brisbane Street. It next crosses Argyle Street and then Elizabeth Street. Between these two streets, on the northern side, are two nineteenth century former Congregational churches. The next major cross streets are Murray Street and Harringto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hobart City Centre
The Hobart City Centre (referred to as the Hobart CBD) is a suburb surrounded by metropolitan Hobart, which comprises the original settlement, the central business district, and other built-up areas. It is the oldest part of Hobart and includes many of the city's important institutions and landmarks, such as Parliament House, Hobart, Parliament, the Supreme Court of Tasmania, Supreme Court, Franklin Square (Hobart), Franklin Square, the Elizabeth Street Mall, the Royal Hobart Hospital, the Theatre Royal, Hobart, Theatre Royal, Odeon Theatre, Hobart, Odeon Theatre, State Library of Tasmania, State Library, the NAB Building, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Museum, and the Hobart Cenotaph, Cenotaph. The city centre is located in the local government areas of the City of Hobart. Although the city centre is one of the oldest and most developed areas of Hobart, demographically it is one of the less densely populated areas in the greater area of Hobart, due to its core being com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Street, Hobart
Elizabeth Street is the major street which runs southeast to northwest through the city and suburbs of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It was named by the Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821, Lachlan Macquarie, after his wife Elizabeth Macquarie. It starts at Sullivans Cove and runs northwesterly through the CBD of Hobart and the North Hobart shopping district including the State Cinema, and changes to become New Town Road at the intersection with Augusta Road in New Town. The Elizabeth Street Pier extends into Sullivan's Cove (the Port of Hobart) from Franklin Wharf near the intersection with Elizabeth Street. Along the street are significant historical buildings: :General Post Office The General Post Office (GPO) was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969. Established in England in the 17th century, the GPO was a state monopoly covering the dispatch of items from a specific ... :Commonwealth Bank More ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Critic (Hobart, 1907–1924)
A critic is a person who communicates an assessment and an opinion of various forms of creative works such as art, literature, music, cinema, theater, fashion, architecture, and food. Critics may also take as their subject social or government policy. Critical judgments, whether derived from critical thinking or not, weigh up a range of factors, including an assessment of the extent to which the item under review achieves its purpose and its creator's intention and a knowledge of its context. They may also include a positive or negative personal response. Characteristics of a good critic are articulateness, preferably having the ability to use language with a high level of appeal and skill. Sympathy, sensitivity and insight are also important. Form, style and medium are all considered by the critic. In architecture and food criticism, the item's function, value and cost may be added components. Critics are publicly accepted and, to a significant degree, followed because of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Advocate (Australia)
''The Advocate'' is a local newspaper of North-West and Western Tasmania, Australia. It was formerly published under the names ''The Wellington Times'', ''The Emu Bay Times'', and ''The North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times''. Its readership covers the North West Coast and West Coast of Tasmania, including towns such as Devonport, Burnie, Ulverstone, Penguin, Wynyard, Latrobe, and Smithton. the newspaper is published by Australian Community Media, located at 39-41 Alexander Street, Burnie, Tasmania. Early history On Wednesday 1 October 1890 Robert Harris and his sons, Robert and Charles published the first issue of ''The Wellington Times'', Burnie's first newspaper. It was named after the county in which Burnie and Emu Bay were located and was first published only on Wednesdays and Saturdays. With a circulation around 2000 its four broadsheet pages cost 1.5 d. The original ''Burnie Wellington Times'' office in 1890 stood on a site in Cattley Street and emplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Launceston Examiner
''The Examiner'' is the daily newspaper of the city of Launceston and north-eastern Tasmania, Australia. Overview ''The Examiner'' was first published on 12 March 1842, founded by James Aikenhead. The Reverend John West was also instrumental in establishing the newspaper and was the first editorial writer. Initially, ''The Examiner'' was published weekly on Saturdays. Six months later, it began publishing on Wednesdays as well. In 1853, the paper changed to tri-weekly editions, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and first began daily publication on 10 April 1866. That frequency lasted until 16 February the following year. Tri-weekly publication then resumed and continued until 21 December 1877, after which daily publication returned. Associated publications ''The Weekly Courier'' was published in Launceston by the company from 1901 to 1935. Another weekly paper (evening) ''The Saturday Evening Express'' was published between 1924 and 1984 when it transformed into ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Examiner (Tasmania)
''The Examiner'' is the daily newspaper of the city of Launceston and north-eastern Tasmania, Australia. Overview ''The Examiner'' was first published on 12 March 1842, founded by James Aikenhead. The Reverend John West was also instrumental in establishing the newspaper and was the first editorial writer. Initially, ''The Examiner'' was published weekly on Saturdays. Six months later, it began publishing on Wednesdays as well. In 1853, the paper changed to tri-weekly editions, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and first began daily publication on 10 April 1866. That frequency lasted until 16 February the following year. Tri-weekly publication then resumed and continued until 21 December 1877, after which daily publication returned. Associated publications ''The Weekly Courier'' was published in Launceston by the company from 1901 to 1935. Another weekly paper (evening) ''The Saturday Evening Express'' was published between 1924 and 1984 when it transformed into '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mercury (Hobart)
''The Mercury'' is a daily newspaper, published in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, by Davies Brothers Pty Ltd (DBL), a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. The weekend issues of the paper are called ''Mercury on Saturday'' and ''The Sunday Tasmanian''. The current editor of ''The'' ''Mercury'' is Craig Herbert. History The newspaper was started on 5 July 1854 by George Auber Jones and John Davies. Two months subsequently (13 September 1854) John Davies became the sole owner. It was then published twice weekly and known as the ''Hobarton Mercury''. It rapidly expanded, absorbing its rivals, and became a daily newspaper in 1858 under the lengthy title ''The Hobart Town Daily Mercury''. In 1860 the masthead was reduced to ''The Mercury'' and in 2006 it was further shortened to simply ''Mercury''. With the imminent demise of the ( Launceston) ''Daily Telegraph'', ''The Mercury'', from March 1928, used the opportunity to increase their penetration the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart
St Mary's Cathedral in , Tasmania, Australia, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Hobart, presently Julian Porteous. The cathedral's origins can be traced back to 1822 when the first permanent Tasmanian priest Philip Conolly (1786–1839) constructed a temporary wooden chapel near the present cathedral site and dedicated to God, under the invocation of St. Virgilius, an "Irish Saint". Location and features St Mary's Cathedral is located in Harrington Street, Hobart, and is place of worship for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart. St Mary's College is located next to the cathedral. The college celebrates the Catholic liturgical year by attending Mass. History The first cathedral foundation stone was laid in 1860 to a design by William Wardell, a student of Augustus Pugin. The cathedral was consecrated in 1866. The cathedral was built in the Gothic Revival architectural style. Structural problems caused by faulty construction resulted in the cathedral bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray Street, Hobart
Murray Street is one of the four key north-west thoroughfares within the Hobart City Centre ( CBD). The street runs approximately , from the junction of Arthur and Burnett Streets in North Hobart to Morrison Street near Sullivans Cove. It is named after Captain John Murray, who served as commandant of Hobart Town under the administration of Governor Lachlan Macquarie in the early 19th century. As one of Hobart’s original streets, Murray Street was formalised by James Meehan, a surveyor, on 25 November 1811, during the establishment of the city’s original grid layout. The street houses several heritage-listed buildings, including St David's Cathedral (1874), the T & G Mutual Life Building (1937), Hadley's Orient Hotel (1862), and the Customs House Hotel (1846). Murray Street is also home to contemporary commercial spaces, such as the Centrepoint and Cat and Fiddle Arcade. History Murray Street was one of the original seven streets planned in Hobart, formalised in 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argyle Street, Hobart
Argyle Street is a street in Hobart, Tasmania. The street was named by Lachlan Macquarie either in reference to Argyll, Scotland, where he grew up, or for the Duke of Argyll, head of Clan Campbell. Lachlan's wife had been born Elizabeth Campbell. Intersections Commencing in the Hobart waterfront precinct at the northern end of Morrison Street, Argyle Street runs in a north-westerly direction through the Hobart CBD and North Hobart to its intersection with New Town Road in the suburb of New Town New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz (South Korean band), The Boyz * New (album), ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 ** New (Paul McCartney song), "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * New (EP), ''New'' (EP), .... It intersects with the following major streets (from south-east to north-west): References Streets in Hobart {{Hobart-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Hobart
West Hobart is an inner-city suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, 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-era buildings, prized for their views of the Derwent R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campbell Street Gaol
H.M. Gaol Hobart or Campbell Street Gaol, a former Australian maximum security prison for males and females, was located in Hobart, Tasmania. Built by convict labour, the gaol operated between 1821 until the early 1960s. In 1961, male inmates were transferred to the H.M. Risdon Prison and in 1963, female inmates were transferred to the Risdon Women's Prison. Designed in the Georgian Renaissance architectural style by John Lee Archer, what remains of the gaol is now managed by the National Trust of Australia (Tasmania) as a historic site. Colonial history The original portion of the gaol, at first known as the Hobart Town Prisoner's Barracks, was built by convicts in 1821 and accommodated 640 men. As thousands of convicts were arriving each year, the barracks was found to be too small almost immediately, and it was extended in stages over the next decade until it could hold over 1,200 men, by using every inch of available space, including the ceiling cavity. Used progressiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
