20th Century Hobart
1899: Henry Jones flourishing. Expands its factory.
1902: New Customs House opens next to the Bond Store.
1905: Hobart GPO opens. Built to celebrate federation.
1911: Hobart City Hall opened.
1913-1914: Bushfires on Mt Wellington.
1914: Premier Lee tours Germany. Inspired by the Ruhr Valley. He returns and starts the Hydro-Electricity Department. Its aim is to use the mountains and rivers to create cheap power to attract industry.
The industries that came are Pasminco EZ, Cadbury’s Chocolate Factory and Boya Newsprint Mills.
Cadbury was run by Quakers. Cadbury built an estate for their workers. Houses, shops and sporting facilities.
1924: Radio begins.
1934: Bad bushfires.
1937: Pinnacle Road completed.
1943: Pontoon bridge across the Derwent built. Contained a lifting span for large boats.
The ponton bridge attracted people to living on the eastern shore. The people living on the eastern shore found the pontoon bridge inadequate. The bridge was often crowded and a bottleneck. Waves would wash over cars on the bridge.
1956: Hobart airport built.
Cars and planes were modern transport. Trains and trams were old transport.
1958: Princess of Tasmania built. Interstate number plates appeared. People could holiday withtheir car.
1960: A large concrete Tasman Bridge completed.
1960: Trams ceased.
1967: Bad bushfires. Urban homes destroyed.
1973: Wrest Point Casino opens. First legal Australian Casino.
1974: Last suburban trains.
1975: Bulk ore carrier bound for Pasminco EZ crashes into Tasman Bridge.
1987: Hobart Sheraton Hotel opened. The Hotel Grand Chancellor.
2002: Federation Concert Hall opens. A home for TSO.
2018: Hobart’s population 230,000
1983: First green politician elected to parliament. Dr Bob Brown.
The State debated and still debates two big issues.
The environment. The State wants a healthy, sustainable environment forever. Quality of life.
The economy. The State wants to afford and pay for all the basics of a modern compassionate society.
1902: New Customs House opens next to the Bond Store.
1905: Hobart GPO opens. Built to celebrate federation.
1911: Hobart City Hall opened.
1913-1914: Bushfires on Mt Wellington.
1914: Premier Lee tours Germany. Inspired by the Ruhr Valley. He returns and starts the Hydro-Electricity Department. Its aim is to use the mountains and rivers to create cheap power to attract industry.
The industries that came are Pasminco EZ, Cadbury’s Chocolate Factory and Boya Newsprint Mills.
Cadbury was run by Quakers. Cadbury built an estate for their workers. Houses, shops and sporting facilities.
1924: Radio begins.
1934: Bad bushfires.
1937: Pinnacle Road completed.
1943: Pontoon bridge across the Derwent built. Contained a lifting span for large boats.
The ponton bridge attracted people to living on the eastern shore. The people living on the eastern shore found the pontoon bridge inadequate. The bridge was often crowded and a bottleneck. Waves would wash over cars on the bridge.
1956: Hobart airport built.
Cars and planes were modern transport. Trains and trams were old transport.
1958: Princess of Tasmania built. Interstate number plates appeared. People could holiday withtheir car.
1960: A large concrete Tasman Bridge completed.
1960: Trams ceased.
1967: Bad bushfires. Urban homes destroyed.
1973: Wrest Point Casino opens. First legal Australian Casino.
1974: Last suburban trains.
1975: Bulk ore carrier bound for Pasminco EZ crashes into Tasman Bridge.
1987: Hobart Sheraton Hotel opened. The Hotel Grand Chancellor.
2002: Federation Concert Hall opens. A home for TSO.
2018: Hobart’s population 230,000
1983: First green politician elected to parliament. Dr Bob Brown.
The State debated and still debates two big issues.
The environment. The State wants a healthy, sustainable environment forever. Quality of life.
The economy. The State wants to afford and pay for all the basics of a modern compassionate society.