On this date in 1804, Hobart, Tasmania was founded. 10 facts about Hobart:
In 1804 the city was named Hobart Town or Hobarton by the first Lt-governor David Collins after the British Secretary of State for war and the colonies at that time, Lord Hobart.
It was founded as a penal colony and is is Australia's second-oldest capital city after Sydney, New South Wales.
It is Australia’s smallest capital city in terms of population.
Hobart is home to Australia’s oldest brewery. It’s called the Cascade Brewery and was founded by former convict Peter Degraves in 1832.
Australia’s first novel was published here in 1831. It was called Quintus Servinton and written by Henry Savery, a convict. It is an autobiographical work, telling the story of a man from a good family who made poor choices. The first novel in Australia that wasn’t autobiographical was written here, too. It was called Woman's Love by Mary Leman Grimstone and was published in 1832.
Hobart is one of the only major cities where you can see the southern lights year-round.
It has the second deepest natural port in the world, and is a gateway port to the Antarctic. Infrastructure is provided by the port of Hobart for scientific research and cruise ships.
While Hobart has always been a popular tourist destination, the tourism industry has grown massively in the last decade or so. This growth has been attributed to the opening of the Museum of New and Old Art (MONA), the Southern Hemisphere's largest private museum. Since opening in 2011, MONA received 2.5 million visitors by 2022. Its effect on tourism has been dubbed the "MONA Effect".
The air and water in Hobart are among the cleanest of any Australian city. This is due to the “roaring forties”, strong westerly winds that carry clean air from across the Southern Ocean to Tasmania.
Famous people from Hobart include Hollywood star Errol Flynn, Louise Lovely, the first Australian motion picture actress to find success in Hollywood, Australia’s first female Nobel Prize winner Professor Elizabeth Blackburn and Mary, Queen of Denmark (born Mary Donaldson).
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