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Settled by the merchant
and professional classes, who wanted to get away from the noise and
smell of Habarton, South Hobart is Hobart's first suburb.
Up until 1857,
the town boundary was at Elboden Street (formerly El Bodon Place
). Further development, towards Degraves Brewery at the Cascades,
was blocked by Birch's Farm
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"the hundred acre farm"
, which extended from Davey Street to Salvator Road, and from Elboden
Street to D'Arcy Street.
Dr. Thomas William Birch
(1774-1821), surgeon, merchant and ship owner, arrived in Hobart Town
in May 1808, as medical officer on the whaler, Dubuc. He was one
of three surgeons in the Town, but did not practice (Australian
Dictionary of Biography, Vol 1, p. 104).
Birch thrived in
the infant colony. He became sufficiently wealthy, through land speculation,
to build Macquarie
House, which still stands today at 151
Macquarie Street. The house was sufficiently splendid for Governor Macquarie
to choose to stay with Birch, rather than at the then inferior Government
House, on his visit to van Diemen's Land. Macquarie House even sported
its own canon. Obviously, Birch did not consider the threat from
foreign invasion sufficiently neutralised by the local armed forces!
Birch's Farm
was finally sub-divided on 1st November, 1838.
The
sub-division, into
seventy-five
lots, created a
triangular piece of land bounded by Holebrook Place (now
Davey Street) to the south-east, Macquarie Street to the north-west, newly
formed D'Arcy Street to the west, and Elboden Street forming the
apex of the truncated triangle. The original intention was to create
half acre "house and garden" allotments - true sub-urban
development. However,
due to depression and other circumstances, the original intention
of the trustees of Birch's will was never achieved. Lots were sold
off and further subdivided. This explains South Hobart's varying plot
size - from large mansions, with spacious gardens, to small conjoined
workers cottages. This diversity of dwelling size accounts for much
of the present-day charm of the suburb.
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Membership
of the South Hobart
Progress Association Inc. is open to persons over the age of eighteen
years of age, living, working in, or owning or occupying land in the
area of the City of Hobart known as South Hobart.
To join
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Simply visit Wayne Daniel, South Hobart Postmaster,
who will issue a receipt. A membership
card will be provided at a later date.
Annual
Membership
$ 2.00
Triennial
Membership
$ 5.00
Permanent
Membership
$ 20.00
(Membership entitles you to
free entry to the Association's annual Bonfire and Fireworks
Night
in May each year.)
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The South Hobart Progress
Association Inc.
publishes
a monthly newsletter - A South Hobart Newsletter - which is distributed
to 2,700 households in the 7004 postcode area.
Newsletters Online:
No.
246 December/January 2007/2008
No.
November, 2007
No.
244 October, 2007
No.
243 September, 2007
No.
242 August, 2007
No.
241 July, 2007
No.
240 June, 2007
No.
239 May, 2007
No,
238 April, 2007
No.
237 March, 2007
No.
236 February, 2007
No.
235 December/January 2006/2007
No.
234 November, 2006
No.
233 October, 2006
No.
232 September, 2006
No.
231 August, 2006
No.
230 July 2006
Earlier
Newsletters
can be found in the:
Newsletter Archives
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Meetings of the SHPA Inc.
are held on the second Wednesday
of the month (December and January excepted) at The South Hobart Community
Centre, 42 D'Arcy Street South Hobart, at 7:30 pm
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Online Minutes
of SHPA Meetings:
Wednesday
8th August, 2007
Wednesday
11th July, 2007
Wednesday
13th June, 2007
Wednesday
9th May, 2007
Wednesday
14th March, 2007
Wednesday
14th February, 2007
Wednesday
8th November, 2006
Wednesday
11th October, 2006
Wednesday
9th August, 2006
Wednesday
12th July, 2006
Wednesday
14th June, 2006
Previous minutes can be found in the
Minutes Archive
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Annual General Meetings:
Wednesday
13th September, 2006
Wednesday
9th October, 2005
Wednesday
14th of July, 2004
Wednesday
9th July, 2003
Wednesday 11th July, 2001
Wednesday 12th July, 2000
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President's Annual Report
Presidents"
Annual Report 2001
President's
Annual Report 2000
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The Office Bearers
of the SHPA Inc. are as follows;-
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President:
Mr. Kevin Wilson
+61 3 6223 1687
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Vice
President (snr): Mr. Stan Mather +61 3 6223 6716
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Vice-President
(jnr): Mrs. Roslyn Saltmarsh
+61 3 6223 5504
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Honorary Secretary:
Mr. David Halse Rogers +61 3 6223 3149
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Honorary
Treasurer: Mr. Francis Giudici
+61 3 6223 7252
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Honorary Historian:
Mr. Kevin Green
+61 3 6223 2213
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Public Officer:
Mr. Kevin Wilson +61 3 6223 1687
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Newsletter
Panel:
Messrs. Halse Rogers, Wilson & Brinsdon
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Honorary Auditor:
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SHPA Committees
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Executive
Committee
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Community
Centre Subcommittee
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Newsletter
Subcommittee
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Planning
Subcommittee
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Local History
Subcommittee
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Bonfire and
Fireworks Night Subcommittee
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Traffic
Subcommittee
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Cascades
Subcommittee
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The SHPA Inc. operates
the Community Centre, which is available for hire for various functions.
The Centre Manager, Mr. Phillip
Hoysted, can be contacted on
(03) 6223 3415 for bookings or other enquires.
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