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ID: 7001938
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001938
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Hobart (inhabited place)  Hobart (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 53 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -42.8832  decimal degrees
Long: 147 19 54 E  degrees minutes   Long: 147.3317  decimal degrees

Note: Originally a penal colony, made capital of Tasmania in 1812; former whaling station; today thrives as a deep harbor on Derwent river, exporting agricultural products, textiles, timber & minerals; is a major chemical-processing center.

Names:
Hobart (preferred,C,V)
Hobarton (H,V)
Hobart Town (H,V)  ............ to 1881

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Australia (nation)  ........  Australia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of State of Tasmania (state)  ............  State of Tasmania (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Hobart (inhabited place)  ................  Hobart (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled 1804
city (C)  ............  founded 1842
regional capital (C)  ............  since 1812
port (C)
industrial center (C)
transportation center (C)
penal settlement (H)  ............  1803-1853

Sources and Contributors:
Hobart..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 268
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 84
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 506
Hobarton..........  [VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 506
Hobart Town..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 506
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 268
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1578440
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 84
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 506
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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