New Town, Tasmania
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| New Town Hobart, Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
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 New Town viewed from Lost World to the west. New Town Bay is on the left and Cornelian Bay is on the right behind the suburb. | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 42°51′34″S 147°18′20″E / 42.85944°S 147.30556°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 6,122 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 7008 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Hobart | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Clark | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Clark | ||||||||||||||
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New Town is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, about 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of the central business district of Hobart. It is generally considered Hobart's oldest suburb, settled just a week after Sullivan's Cove.[2] It was historically the home of many of Hobart's wealthiest citizens, and New Town features a large number of grand residences, churches, and public buildings. The large farms were broken up following the world wars and it is now an inner city residential suburb.[2] Many of its streets are lined with Federation style cottages. It is surrounded by the suburbs of North Hobart, Mount Stuart, Lenah Valley and Moonah, with the Queen's Domain just to the south-east. Most of the locality is within the Hobart local government area, with 2.5% within Glenorchy.
History
At the time of Hobart's re-settlement on the western shore of the Derwent River in 1804, the first free settlers were landed at New Town Bay a day after the military and convict landing on Hunter Island on 20/21 February. Some early buildings remain including Pitt Farm which is the second oldest farmhouse in Australia.
St John's Anglican Church in New Town has an unbroken record of use as a parish church, from the first service on 20 December 1835 up to the present. The building was designed by the Tasmanian government civil engineer and architect, John Lee Archer.
New Town Post Office opened on 1 January 1842.[3]
Today
New Town has the only two single-sex public schools in Tasmania - Ogilvie High School,[4] for girls, and New Town High School[5] for boys. There is also a third main school in New Town, which is the Catholic, Sacred Heart College, New Town Campus having in excess of over 1000 students.[6] New Town Primary School is over a hundred years old.[7] The major shopping centre is Centro New Town Plaza, which houses a Kmart, a Coles Supermarket and several smaller specialty shops.
New Town is well known for its beautiful leafy streets flanked by Colonial, Georgian, Federation, Italianate and Art Deco residences, with many lovely large homes and mansions scattered throughout the suburb.[8][better source needed] Architects that have worked on New Town homes include Thomas Reibey Atkinson,[9] grandson of Mary Reibey, and Henry Hunter, one of Hobart's most prominent early colonial architects.
The InterCity Cycleway passes directly through the suburb, on its course from Claremont to the city.
The main road in New Town is known as "New Town Road" and follows on from Elizabeth Street in Hobart. The road connects Hobart with the neighbouring city of Glenorchy. Other main roads in New Town are Augusta Road, which leads into Lenah Valley, and Giblin Street which becomes Forster Street and then becomes Risdon Road as it continues down towards the Brooker Highway.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "New Town (Qld) (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ a b "The Story of New Town, Hobart's First Suburb". ourtasmania.com.au. Tasmanian Travel & Information Centre. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ^ Ogilvie High School web site
- ^ Newtown High School web site
- ^ Sacred Heart Home Page
- ^ New Town Primary web
- ^ http://www.realestate.com.au/buy/with-4-bedrooms-in-new+town%2c+tas+7008/list-1
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
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Gallery
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A view of Cross Street, New Town, with backdrop of Mount Wellington -
1906 Federation architecture in Cross Street, New Town -
1835 St. John's Anglican Church, New Town
