The metropolitan area is often referred to as Greater Hobart Tasmania, to differentiate it from the City of Hobart Tasmania, one of the five local government areas that cover the city.
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34 Facts About Hobart Tasmania
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Today, Hobart is the financial and administrative hub of Tasmania, serving as the home port for both Australian and French Antarctic operations and acting as a tourist destination, with over 1.
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Hobart Tasmania writes of Hobart and the Derwent estuary in The Voyage of the Beagle:.
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Hobart Tasmania Town became a city on 21 August 1842, and was renamed Hobart Tasmania from the beginning of 1881.
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Hobart Tasmania is located on the estuary of the River Derwent in the state's south-east.
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Hobart Tasmania extends along both sides of the River Derwent; on the western shore from the Derwent valley in the north through the flatter areas of Glenorchy which rests on older Triassic sediment and into the hilly areas of New Town, Lenah Valley.
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Hobart Tasmania has access to a number of beach areas including those in the Derwent estuary itself; Long Beach, Nutgrove Beach, Bellerive Beach, Cornelian Bay, Kingston, and Howrah Beaches as well as many more in Frederick Henry Bay such as; Seven Mile, Roaches, Cremorne, Clifton, and Goats Beaches.
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Hobart Tasmania has a small community of 456 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, with meetinghouses in Glenorchy, Rosny, and Glen Huon.
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Hobart Tasmania has a Baha'i community, with a Baha'i Centre of Learning, located within the city.
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Hobart Tasmania is an Antarctic gateway city, with geographical proximity to East Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
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Hobart Tasmania is a logistics point for the French icebreaker L'Astrolabe.
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Hobart Tasmania is the home port for the Australian and French Antarctic programs, and provides port services for other visiting Antarctic nations and Antarctic cruise ships.
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Hobart Tasmania has a high concentration of Antarctic and Southern Ocean scientists.
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Hobart Tasmania is home to the following Antarctic and Southern Ocean scientific institutions:.
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Hobart Tasmania has been a significant tourist destination for many years, however tourism has evolved to a core industry in the last decade.
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Hobart Tasmania is home to a significant number of nationally known restaurants, boutique alcohol producers, including Sullivans Cove Wiskey, which won world's best single malt in 2014, boutique hotels, and art experiences.
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Hobart Tasmania is known for its well-preserved Georgian and Victorian architecture, giving the city a distinctly "Old World" feel.
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Hobart Tasmania has very few high-rise buildings in comparison to other Australian capital cities.
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Hobart Tasmania is home to Australia's oldest continuously operating theatre, the Theatre Royal, built in 1837.
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Hobart hosts many significant festivals including summer's Taste of Tasmania celebrating local produce, wine and music, Dark Mofo marking the winter solstice, Australia's premier festival celebration of voice the Festival of Voices, and Tasmania's biennial international arts festival Ten Days On The Island.
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Hobart Tasmania has a growing street art scene thanks to a program called Hobart Tasmania Walls, which was launched in association with the Vibrance Festival, an annual mural-painting event.
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Hobart Tasmania is internationally famous among the yachting community as the finish of the Sydney to Hobart Tasmania Yacht Race which starts in Sydney on Boxing Day.
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The Taste of Hobart Tasmania is a major part of the festival, where locals and visitors can taste fine local and international food and wine.
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Hobart Tasmania is not represented by teams in the NRL, Super Rugby, ANZ Championship or A-League.
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The Hobart Tasmania Chargers represent Hobart Tasmania in the second-tier South East Australian Basketball League.
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Hobart Tasmania is divided into five local government areas - three of which are designated as cities, City of Hobart Tasmania, City of Glenorchy and City of Clarence,.
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In 1812, the northern lieutenant governorship ceased and Hobart Tasmania become de facto seat of government for the entire island.
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Hobart Tasmania officially became capital of an independent colony of Van Diemen's Land in 1825, and the seat of responsible self government in 1850 with the Australian Constitutions Act 1850.
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Greater Hobart Tasmania area contains 122 primary, secondary and pretertiary schools distributed throughout Clarence, Glenorchy and Hobart Tasmania City Councils and Kingborough and Brighton Municipalities.
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Royal Hobart Hospital is a major public hospital in central Hobart with 501 beds, which serves as a teaching hospital for the University of Tasmania.
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Hobart Tasmania owns another hospital in the city, the St Helen's Private Hospital, which features a mother-baby unit.
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Only public transportation within the city of Hobart is via a network of Metro Tasmania buses funded bythe Tasmanian Government and a small number of private bus services.
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