West Hobart, Tasmania
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| name = West Hobart
| image = West Hobart houses and kunanyi.jpg
| caption = West Hobart houses and kunanyi
| coordinates = {{coord|42|53|1|S|147|18|54|E|display=inline,title}}
| alternative_location_map = Australia Hobart
| state = tas
| local_map = yes
| zoom = 12
| type = suburb
| lga = City of Hobart
| city = Hobart
| postcode = 7000
| stategov = Clark
| fedgov = Clark
| near-nw = Mount Stuart
| near-n = North Hobart
| near-ne = Glebe
| near-w =
| near-e = Hobart
| near-sw =
| near-s = South Hobart
| near-se = Sandy Bay
|pop = 5,953
|pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC60725 |name=West Hobart (State Suburb) |access-date=19 March 2018 |quick=on}}
}}
West Hobart is an inner-city suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is in the hills immediately west of the city centre, and shares the postcode 7000 with that district.
History
The area was first settled as a farming district, hosting poultry, dairy, hops, orchards and Chinese market gardens. Various industries have also served in the area, including a brickworks at the top of Arthur Street and coal mines below Summerhill Road. The side of Knocklofty Hill served as a sandstone quarry. Knocklofty is now a reserve maintained by the Hobart City Council.[http://www.hobartcity.com.au/Recreation/Bushland/Knocklofty_Reserve Knocklofty Reserve | Hobart City Council, Tasmania], retrieved 20 December 2014 The area around Goulburn and Harrington Streets was once a red-light district.
Hobart West Post Office opened on 12 July 1892.{{Cite web | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Phoenix Auctions | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=TAS&filter=*Hobart*West* | access-date = 27 March 2021}}
Considered a 'working-class' suburb until the 1960s, West Hobart has become increasingly a popular inner-city suburb. Many of the houses in the area are older federation-era buildings, prized for their views of the Derwent River.
Today
West Hobart is now considered a bohemian suburb of Hobart, with many artists and musicians living in gentrified Victorian and Federation houses, which abound in the suburb.
Schools in the area include Lansdowne Crescent Primary School, Goulburn Street Primary and the Hobart campus of Guilford Young College on Barrack Street.
References
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- {{cite book|last=Goodrick|first=Joan|title=The West Hobart Story|location=Hobart, Tasmania|publisher=Shearwater Press |year=1993|isbn=0-9590181-1-5}}
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