Underground Hobart: 
The World Beneath the City
Click here to return to main book page
Contents
| INTRODUCTION | 2 |
| PART 1 BURIED WATERWAYS: THREE RIVULETS THAT DEFINED THE TOWN |
8 |
| The Hobart Rivulet | 9 |
| Development of the Hobart Rivulet | 12 |
| The Domain/Park Rivulet | 17 |
| Sandy Bay/Wellington Rivulet | 22 |
| The Hobart Rivulet: a revived stream | 22 |
| PART 2 SUBTERRANEAN SYSTEMS: OLD AND EXISTING SYSTEMS |
27 |
| Water | 28 |
| Sewerage | 32 |
| Redundant systems | 42 |
| PART 3 TUNNELS AND DRAINS: MYTHS AND REALITIES |
47 |
| Tunnels or drains? | 48 |
| Tunnels for hiding | 51 |
| 19th century defence system tunnels | 53 |
| 20th century shelters | 56 |
| PART 4 SUBTERRANEAN OCCUPATION: HUMAN INTERACTION WITH THE UNDERGROUND |
63 |
| 19th century life below the road | 64 |
| 20th century underground | 66 |
| Buried cemeteries | 74 |
| CONCLUSION | 81 |
| APPENDIX 1 | 82 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 83 |
| ENDNOTES | 86 |
| INDEX | 90 |