| Old Government House | |
|---|---|
 Watercolour by Samuel Prout Hill, c. 1850 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Public |
| Architectural style | Mixed |
| Town or city | Hobart |
| Country | Australia |
| Construction started | 1805-1810 |
| Completed | Never completed |
| Demolished | 1858 |
| Owner | Colony of Van Diemenn's Land |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Mixed |
Old Government House was the former official residence and home of the Governor of Tasmania from 1807 to 1858, when it was demolished following completion of the modern Government House, Hobart on the Queens Domain.[1] It was located approximately where Hobart Town Hall and Franklin Square stand now. It was built sometime between 1805 and 1810 with dates varying according to sources[2] and at least during 1831 housed the Tasmanian Parliament as well as being the residence of the Governor and meeting place of the Tasmanian Society, a precursor to the Royal Society of Tasmania.[3] The Tasmanian Parliament moved to the modern Parliament House, Hobart in 1841, and following the construction of the modern Government House the old house was demolished. It had earlier been reserved for the location of the new Town hall and a Franklin monument, which were both later built there and continue to stand to this day.[4]
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The sandstone building here was once the Hobart station for the railway. It has now been incorporated into the headquarters of the ABC in Hobart. This picture shows the same area of the Domain before the railway and the station were built. This is one of the earliest panoramic photographs taken of Hobart in about 1858. The building on the hill on the right was the Hobart High School at that time. Here, taken from a different angle, you can see the extent of the railway complex on that land about twenty five years later. The main railway line from Hobart to the North was opened in 1876. The railway not only improved access for goods to the wharf area but there were passenger services, cutting the time of a trip to Launceston from at least 15 hours on a horse-drawn coach such as the one shown in these pictures, to seven hours on the train. Regular passenger trains ran for about a hundred years ending in 1976. Falling demand and improvements to the roads made the passenger train uneconomic. Heavy goods and containers are still transported direct to the docks but this too is under threat. Royal tours have given Tasmanians the opportunity to decorate the city in honour of their guests. When the Duke of York visited in 1901 to celebrate Federation not only did they give the station building a temporary face-lift to make it resemble a castle but they also put up impressive arches. This one on the route from the station to Government House was promoting the apple industry with hundreds of apples used in its creation
References
- ^ "Model of Old Government House: 1837". www.abc.net.au. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Some Notable Events in Tasmanian History". Launceston Examiner. 21 June 1897. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Royal Society". Examiner. 20 November 1900. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Government Houses in Hobart Town" (PDF). Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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