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In Bobby’s Footsteps – Battery Point History Walk

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  • About the walk
    • Meet the locals
    • Teaching resources
  • Locations
    1. Cottage Green
    2. Montpelier Retreat
    3. Narryna
    4. Queen Alexandra Hospital
    5. Stowell
    6. Hampden Road shops (The Village)
    7. Fusilier Cottage
    8. Prince of Wales Hotel
    9. South Street
    10. Battery Point Community Hall
    11. Arthur Circus
    12. Lady Gowrie Battery Point Child Centre
    13. Lenna
    14. Princes Park
    15. Rosebank
    16. Kelly Street
  • Map
  • Acknowledgements
  • About this site
  • Site map

The walk locations

In Bobby’s Footsteps takes you on a self-guided walk around the land that was originally granted to the Reverend Robert ‘Bobby’ Knopwood in 1805 to build his home, Cottage Green, and establish his famous garden in Hobart’s Battery Point.

  • Sketch of Cottage Green, Hobart Town Magazine, January 1834

    1 Cottage Green

    Cottage Green

  • Looking down Montpelier Retreat toward Salamanca Place c1920s

    2 Montpelier Retreat

    Montpelier Retreat

  • Narryna 2015

    3 Narryna

    Narryna

  • Queen Alexandra Hospital 1910

    4 Queen Alexandra Hospital

    Queen Alexandra Hospital

  • Early photo of Stowell

    5 Stowell

    Stowell

  • Cripps Bakery c1930s, now Jackman and McRoss

    6 Hampden Road shops – ‘The Village’

    Hampden Road shops – ‘The Village’

  • Fusilier Cottage at the corner of Waterloo Crescent 2015

    7 Fusilier Cottage

    Fusilier Cottage

  • Prince of Wales Hotel Battery Point, Hobart before demolition

    8 Prince of Wales Hotel

    Prince of Wales Hotel

  • Knife sharpener Mr Payne 19th century

    9 South Street

    South Street

  • Battery Point Community Hall 2015

    10 Battery Point Community Hall

    Battery Point Community Hall

  • Arthur Circle (sic) 1960s

    11 Arthur Circus

    Arthur Circus

  • Lady Gowrie playground 1960s

    12 Lady Gowrie Battery Point Child Centre

    Lady Gowrie Battery Point Child Centre

  • Living in style – McGregor family on the balcony for a wedding, Lenna 1870

    13 Lenna

    Lenna

  • Signalman’s cottage at crest of the hill in Princes Park c1945

    14 Princes Park

    Princes Park

  • Rosebank 2015

    15 Rosebank

    Rosebank

  • Kelly’s Steps c1930

    16 Kelly Street

    Kelly Street

The locations

  • Cottage Green
  • Montpelier Retreat
  • Narryna
  • Queen Alexandra Hospital
  • Stowell
  • Hampden Road shops (The Village)
  • Fusilier Cottage
  • Prince of Wales Hotel
  • South Street
  • Battery Point Community Hall
  • Arthur Circus
  • Lady Gowrie Battery Point Child Centre
  • Lenna
  • Princes Park
  • Rosebank
  • Kelly Street
  • Teaching resources
  • Acknowledgements
  • About this site
  • Site map

This project is an initiative of the Battery Point Community Association Inc and proudly supported by the Tasmanian Community Fund and the Hobart City Council.