Hobart is the capital of the Australian island state Tasmania. Tasmania is at the South of the Australian main land in the Indian Ocean. The city Hobart was founded in 1803 by the British who sent their convicted felons to the island and established a penal colony, which means it was first populated by British. The area of Hobart was before that inhabited by the Pottawatomie Indians. The first beginnings of Hobart was a small town that was called Liverpool. This small town was not successful. In 1847 an Englishman named George Earle recorded a new town in 1849, and named it for his brother, Frederick Hobart Earle, of England.
Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city. The first one is Sydney in New South Wales. The city is located in the state's south-east on the estuary of the Derwent River, making it the most southern of Australia's capital cities.…show more content… The ship is the most important, since Hobart depended on shipping. In 2013, the city had a population of approximately 218,000 inhabitants and its size is about 1.357,3 square km. It is situated at the river Dervent at the foot of Kunany/Mount Wellington, which is 1,271-metre (4,170 ft) above sea level. The mountain is rich in biodiversity and plays an important part in determining the local weather. Originally, the Aborigines called the mountain Unghbanyahletta or Poorawetter. Other places of interest
