Howrah is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Clarence in the south-east region of

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. The locality is about south-east of the town of

Rosny Park Rosny Park is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, located in the City of Clarence on the eastern shore of the Derwent River. It is about five kilometres from the city centre of Hobart. Rosny Park is the commercial twin of its residential namesake, R ...

. The 2021 Census recorded a population of 9,545 for the suburb of Howrah. It is a suburb of the City of Clarence. It is east of Bellerive and north of Tranmere. Howrah is a beachside suburb, with views across the Derwent River to Hobart City from Howrah Beach. Clarence Street runs through the centre of the suburb separating the hillside section from the beachside. Howrah has a number of parks including

Wentworth Park Wentworth Park is a park near the suburbs of Glebe and Ultimo in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The park contains several multi-purpose sporting pitches, cricket nets and a number of fitness installations. There is a playground in the s ...

, which is one of the key sport (such as

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and touch football) and recreation areas on the Eastern Shore. Clarence High School is generally thought to be in Howrah, due to it being located east of Wentworth Street, however it is in Bellerive. Howrah has a primary school. Shoreline Plaza is the largest shopping centre in Howrah.

History

Howrah was named after Howrah House, a property established in the 1830s on Clarence Plains by a retired Indian Army officer who took the name from a place of the same name near

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Dora Isabel Baudinet Dora Isabel Baudinet (19 April 1883 – 19 December 1945) was an Australian nurse and philanthropist. She founded the Sunshine Association of Tasmania. Life Baudinet was born in 1883 in Coongulmerang near Bairnsdale in Victoria. Her Tasmanian-bo ...

died in 1945 leaving 10 acres and her assets to found the ''Tasmanian Sunshine Centre'' in Howrah in 1951. The home offered holidays to less privileged children until 1980. Howrah was gazetted as a locality in 1963.

Geography

The waters of the River Derwent form the south-western boundary.

Road infrastructure

Route B33 (

South Arm Highway The South Arm Highway (part of the B33 road route) is a highway serving the southern suburbs of Hobart, on the eastern shore of the River Derwent in Tasmania, Australia. The highway is a major trunk road that carries heavy commuter traffic sou ...

) runs through from north-west to east.

References

1963 establishments in Australia Localities of City of Clarence Populated places established in 1963 Populated places on the River Derwent {{ClarenceTAS-geo-stub