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Brisbane Street, Hobart

Brisbane Street is a street in Hobart, Tasmania. The street was named for Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, the sixth Governor of New South Wales.[1]

Brisbane Street

Tasmania
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General information
TypeStreet
Length1.3 km (0.8 mi)
Major junctions
North-East endBrooker Highway
South-West endHill Street, Hobart
Location(s)
Suburb(s)Hobart City Centre, West Hobart

Route description

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The street commences at an intersection with the Brooker Highway in Hobart. It runs in a south-westerly direction, first crossing Campbell Street. A former convict penitentiary and chapel, now known as the Campbell Street Gaol, is on the south-west corner of this intersection. Now open to the public, its official address is 6 Brisbane Street.[2]

It next crosses Argyle Street and then Elizabeth Street. Between these two streets, on the northern side, are two nineteenth century former Congregational churches. The next major cross streets are Murray Street and Harrington Street. St Mary's Cathedral precinct is on the north-west corner of the Harrington Street intersection.

The street next crosses Barrack Street and ends at Hill Street. This section was the last developed due to its hilly nature. The southern side of this section is part of a heritage precinct featuring typical forms of early housing.[3]

St Mary's Cathedral precinct

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St Mary's Cathedral precinct is located at the corner of Brisbane and Harrington Streets. It includes St Peter's Hall.[4]

Congregational church buildings

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As an early named street in Hobart, it was the location of a number of significant activities and buildings in the colonial era. The Brisbane Street Chapel,[5][6][7] the Brisbane Street Congregational Hall,[8] The Memorial Hall was regularly used for a range of activities[9][10][11] An older structure of the Congregational church was demolished in 1889 to make way for a newer building.[12]

In 2018, a book of the churches in colonial Hobart identified the congregational buildings as surviving through to contemporary times.[13]

Independent Congregational Chapel, 71 Brisbane Street
Memorial Congregational Church, 73 Brisbane Street

The Hobart Women's Christian Temperance Union was located in the 1930s at 112 Brisbane Street.[14][15] It also utilised adjacent facilities.[16]

Reverend Frederick Miller memorial

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A memorial plaque, commemorating Reverend Frederick Miller, the first independent minister in the Australian colonies, and the founder of the Congregational church in Hobart, is located at 73 Brisbane Street.[17]

Hotel and accommodation

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The former Ye Old Commodore hotel established in the 1800s,[18] later known as the Brisbane Hotel changed hands in the 1920s.[19][20][21]

The Sydney Lodge Guest House operated in the 1930s.[22] Other businesses on the street in the 1920's and 1930's included Absalom's Motor Garage,[23] and Tasmanian Corrugated Paper.[24]

Land Commissioners report

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When the Land Commissioners reported to Lieutenant-Governor Arthur on the use of land in the colony of Van Diemens Land in 1826 they included a map which showed that Brisbane Street had been surveyed only as far west as Barrack Street.[25] They assumed this was because colonists were reluctant to build on the hilly ground further west. With some foresight they predicted a future demand for this land and set a higher valuation for it.[26]

See also

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  Australian Roads portal

References

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  1. ^ "The Names of Hobart: City Centre". visithobartaustralia.com.au. Visit Hobart Australia. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Hobart Convict Penitentiary". National Trust Tasmania. 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. ^ "City Fringe Heritage Review (page 38)" (PDF). Hobart City Council. 2003. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  4. ^ https://www.churchesoftasmania.com/search?q=1017 Hobart St Peter's Hall
  5. ^ Clarke, George; Van Diemen's Land Congregational Union (1855), Comparative importance of faith and polity : an address, delivered in Brisbane-Street Chapel, Hobart, on Wednesday, 20th December, 1854, J. Walch and Sons, retrieved 10 June 2022
  6. ^ West, John (1850), The hope of life eternal : a sermon occasioned by the death of Mrs. Sarah Hopkins, delivered at Brisbane Street Chapel, Hobart Town, November 25, 1849, s.n.], retrieved 10 June 2022
  7. ^ Robinson, W. C (2013), Divall, Richard (ed.), Anthem : Hundredth psalm : for the Brisbane Street Chapel, Hobart, 1864, Richard Divall, retrieved 10 June 2022 – via Trove
  8. ^ Memorial Congregational Church (Hobart, Tas.) (1911), Gounod evening, commemorative of the laying of the foundation stones of the new memorial hall, Brisbane Street, [The Church], retrieved 10 June 2022
  9. ^ "CONGREGATIONAL FAIR". The Mercury. Vol. CXXXVII, no. 20, 308. Tasmania, Australia. 9 September 1932. p. 7. Retrieved 10 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "PROHIBITION LEAGUE". The Examiner (Tasmania). Vol. LXXXIII, no. 255. Tasmania, Australia. 27 October 1925. p. 3 (DAILY). Retrieved 10 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "AMUSEMENTS". The Mercury. Vol. XCIX, no. 13, 664. Tasmania, Australia. 9 December 1913. p. 6. Retrieved 10 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "CONGREGATIONAL". Launceston Examiner. Vol. XXIX, no. 25. Tasmania, Australia. 27 February 1869. p. 3. Retrieved 10 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ Everist, Robyn (2018), Churches of colonial Hobart : a field guide to Hobart's history in 24 buildings, Hobart History Publishing, ISBN 978-0-648-41790-3
  14. ^ "W.C.T.U. Hostel". The Advocate (Australia). Tasmania, Australia. 13 August 1926. p. 5. Retrieved 10 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Tasmania. (1885-)", Trove, 2009, retrieved 10 June 2022
  16. ^ "WOMEN'S TEMPERANCE UNION". The Mercury. Vol. CXL, no. 20, 772. Tasmania, Australia. 6 March 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 10 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ "Reverend Frederick Miller". Monument Australia. 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  18. ^ "YE OLDE COMMODORE". Critic. Vol. XI, no. 556. Tasmania, Australia. 26 February 1916. p. 8. Retrieved 10 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  19. ^ "OLD HOBART HOTEL". The Examiner (Tasmania). Vol. LXXXIII, no. 210. Tasmania, Australia. 4 September 1925. p. 4 (DAILY). Retrieved 10 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  20. ^ "HOBART LICENSING COURT". The Mercury. Vol. CXVIII, no. 17, 305. Tasmania, Australia. 23 March 1923. p. 10. Retrieved 10 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  21. ^ "HOTEL LICENCES IN HOBART RENEWED". The Mercury. Vol. CLXVIII, no. 24, 332. Tasmania, Australia. 3 December 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 10 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  22. ^ "Sydney Lodge: Hobart". The Advocate (Australia). Tasmania, Australia. 18 November 1932. p. 5. Retrieved 10 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  23. ^ "FIRE IN GARAGE". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XLVII, no. 271. Tasmania, Australia. 17 November 1927. p. 4. Retrieved 10 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  24. ^ "FIRE AT FACTORY". The Examiner (Tasmania). Vol. XCIII, no. 262. Tasmania, Australia. 12 January 1935. p. 7 (DAILY). Retrieved 10 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  25. ^ "Sprent's Hobart circa 1845 (page 3)" (PDF). Royal Society of Tasmania. 1960. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  26. ^ "Early Settlement West and North Hobart". westhobart. 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
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