Kelly's Steps
{{Short description|Landmark in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox urban feature
| name = Kelly's Steps
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| image_place = Kelly's Steps.jpg
| place_type = Stairway
| image_caption = Kelly's Steps
| coordinates = {{coord|42|53|14|S|147|17|57|E|region:AZ|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Australia Hobart
| pushpin_map_caption = Hobart
| height =
| designer = James Kelly
| construction = 1839–1840
| steps = 48
| surface = sandstone blocks
}}
Kelly's Steps is an architectural landmark in Hobart, Tasmania.{{cite web|url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/tasmania/hobart/sights/architecture/kellys-steps|title=Kelly's Steps in Hobart, Australia|publisher=Lonely Planet|accessdate=15 October 2013}} The steps, named after early Australian explorer and whaler James Kelly, connect the suburb of Battery Point to Salamanca Place.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/24/1066631625090.html|title=A new view of an old favourite|date=25 October 2003|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=15 October 2013}}{{Citation | title=Historical - Buildings - Kelly's Steps in Salamanca Place, Hobart | date=1970 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/231288341 | accessdate=13 December 2018 }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article185214535 |title=Kelly's Steps. |newspaper=Tasmanian News |issue=3678 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=15 November 1892 |accessdate=13 December 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8982376 |title=Kelly's Steps. |newspaper=The Mercury |volume=XXXV |issue=5728 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=16 October 1879 |accessdate=13 December 2018 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}
At the time Kelly constructed the steps in 1839, Battery Point was on a cliff that overlooked wharfs of Sullivans Cove. The steps were cut into the stone of the cliffs. The warehouses that lined the wharfs on what is now Salamanca Place were built with stone quarried from the cliffs.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19880214&id=PytWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d-QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4921,9891970|title=Hobart slice of old England|date=14 February 1988|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=15 October 2013}} The steps lead up to Kelly Street, Battery Point.{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/well-settled/story-e6frg6n6-1225702754989|title=Well settled|last=Denholm|first=Andrew|date=25 April 2009|work=The Australian|publisher=News Corp Australia|accessdate=15 October 2013}} At the foot of the steps, Kelly's Lane leads to Salamanca Place.{{cite web|url=http://www.salarts.org.au/portfolio/kellys-steps-second-landing-party/ |title=Kelly's Steps Second Landing Party |date=30 March 2012 |publisher=Salamanca Arts Centre |accessdate=15 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015184849/http://www.salarts.org.au/portfolio/kellys-steps-second-landing-party/ |archive-date=15 October 2013 }}