Underground Hobart:
The World Beneath the City
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Index
| A | |
| A & B Jordan | 69 |
| abattoirs | 9, 21, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39 |
| Henry Abbott | 37 |
| Hilda Abetz | 72 |
| Aboriginal people | 10, 78, 81 |
| accidents | 21, 42, 43, 44 |
| John Addison | 49 |
| Adult Basement | 74 |
| aesthetics | 3, 8, 10, 22, 57 |
| air raid drill | 58 |
| air raid precautions | 56, 60 |
| air raid shelters | 4, 56, 76 |
| Albuera St | 77 |
| Albuera Street Cemetery | See St George’s Cemetery |
| Albuera Street State School | 70, 74, 77 |
| aldermen | 37, 42, 43, 49, 61 |
| Alexandra Battery | 4, 55 |
| Allport’s grave vault | 79 |
| alms-houses | 77 |
| Ambassadors nightclub | 66 |
| Amending Bill for Rivulet Sites | 17 |
| AMP Building | 72 |
| Anglesea Barracks | 18, 28, 48, 57, 60 |
| Anglesea St | 65 |
| Anzac Buffet | 72, See Servicemen’s Club |
| Jack Appleton | 68 |
| Leslie Appleton | 66 |
| Aqueduct | See Town Tunnel |
| aqueducts | See water races |
| architects | 3, 58, 64 |
| Argyle St | 12, 15, 20, 30, 57, 65 |
| Argyle Street Bridge | 12, 15, 35 |
| ARP | See Air Raid Precautions |
| Lt Governor George Arthur | 28, 29 |
| artists | 8, 25 |
| ash disposal | 35 |
| Astor Grill | 74 |
| Attorney General | 76 |
| B | |
| W. H. Bale | 60 |
| Mr Balsille | 58 |
| banks | 42, 51 |
| Baptist Burial Ground | 74 |
| Barrack St | 13, 30, 34, 40, 66 |
| Barrack Street Bridge | 11 |
| Barracks | See Anglesea Barracks |
| barrel drains | See drains – barrel |
| basements | 2, 3, 4, 5, 48, 53, 57, 58, 60, 64, 72 |
| basements – flooding | 5, 32, 44, 49, 65, 66 |
| Bathurst St | 3, 17, 30, 39, 61, 66 |
| battery | See gun batteries |
| Battery Point | 30, 43, 48, 53, 56, 74, 77 |
| Henry Bayton | 64 |
| Beattie Jordan’s Dance Studio | 69 |
| Mr Belbin | 40 |
| Mrs Belbin | 82 |
| Chris Belleras | 25 |
| Bellerive | 55 |
| Betty Benjamin | See Hooper, Betty |
| Commissioner Bigge | 28 |
| H. V. Biggins | 58 |
| John Bishop | 19 |
| Black Prince Hotel | 40 |
| James Blackburn | 32 |
| Blue Bells of Scotland Hotel | 65 |
| Blue Grotto | 72 |
| Bluff Fort | See Kangaroo Bluff Battery |
| Board of Works | 65 |
| boats | 18 |
| John Bolton | 37 |
| Bond Stores | 9 |
| Bowen Road School | 60 |
| Freddy Bowles | 42 |
| William Brain | 38 |
| Miss Branch | 68 |
| Jennie Brenhan | 69 |
| breweries | 13, 29 |
| Brewery Bridge | 35 |
| brickwork | 3, 4, 22, 25, 28, 44, 48, 49, 50, 51 |
| bridges | 11, 12, 15, 22, 34, 82 |
| bridging operations | 12, 13, 15, 20, 64, 65 |
| Dr Bright | 11 |
| Alan Brinkman | 68 |
| Brisbane St | 21, 30, 32, 51 |
| Brooker Highway | 17, 21 |
| Mr Brown | 11 |
| T Brown | 82 |
| Thomas Brown | 15, 82 |
| Charles Browne | 70 |
| Thomas Browne | 15, 32, 37, 39, 76 |
| William Buckley | 78 |
| James Burgess | 65 |
| burial grounds | See cemeteries |
| Robert Burnett Burgess | 78 |
| Burnett Street | 20 |
| John Burns | 18 |
| Bursary Building | 66 |
| Mr Butler | 3 |
| Byron St | 77 |
| C | |
| cab drivers | 20 |
| cafés | 5, 66, 72 |
| Camp | 9, 10 |
| Campbell St | 4, 9, 12, 15, 17, 34, 39, 40, 51, 76, 79 |
| Campbell St Gaol | 53 |
| Campbell Street Bridge | 35, 40 |
| Campbell Street School | 17, 58, 60, 74, 76 |
| canals | 9 |
| Cane & Clark | 82 |
| Mr Cane | 82 |
| car parks | 57 |
| carcase disposal | 4, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38 |
| Cascade Rd | 29 |
| Cascades | 28, 29 |
| casting | 4, 25 |
| Cat & Fiddle Alley | See Cat & Fiddle Lane |
| Cat & Fiddle Lane | 64, 74 |
| catchments | 19, 48 |
| Cave Clan | 25 |
| cave exploration | See casting |
| CDL | See Civil Defence Legion |
| cellars | See basements |
| cemeteries | 5, 17, 64, 74 |
| Cenotaph | 50, 53 |
| cesspools | 37, 38 |
| chain gang | 28 |
| Chairman of Public Works | 39 |
| Charles Davis | 74 |
| Chartists | 79 |
| George Cheverton | 50 |
| Cheverton’s Mill | 40 |
| Alexander Cheyne | 29 |
| Chief Air Raid Warden | 57 |
| Chief Architect | 58 |
| Chief Police Magistrate | 29 |
| children | 9, 22, 23, 25, 29, 39, 58, 60, 72, 78, 79 |
| chlorine poisoning | 22 |
| Chung family | 72 |
| North Hobart Church St | 74 |
| churches | 17, 42, 57, 74, 77, 79 |
| cinemas | See picture theatres |
| City Engineer | 23 |
| City Field Engineer | 18 |
| City Hall | 70 |
| City Inspector | 4, 11, 34, 49 |
| City Solicitor | 17 |
| City Surveyor | 15, 19, 37, 39, 44, 48, 76 |
| City Turncock | 40 |
| Civil Defence Legion | 56, 57, 61 |
| Civil Engineer | 28 |
| Clare St New Town | 74 |
| Clarence – Warden | 57 |
| Mrs Clark | 82 |
| Thomas Clark | 44 |
| Cleary’s Gates | 22 |
| coal cellars | 64 |
| Thomas Colbeck | 37 |
| Coles Bargain Basement | 74 |
| Collins St. | 9-15, 17, 23, 29, 34, 35, 39, 40, 43, 49, 50, 64-66, 72, 82 |
| Collins Street Bridge | 37 |
| Lt Governor David Collins | 2, 9, 10, 79 |
| Colonial Customs House | 53 |
| Colonial Hospital | 9, 33 |
| Colonial Mutual Insurance Company | 66 |
| Colonial Secretary | 28, 34 |
| Colonial Surgeon | 78 |
| Colville St | See Federal St |
| Commercial High School | See Ogilvie High School |
| Commercial Motor Users Association | 61 |
| Commissariat Office | 9 |
| Communist Party | 72 |
| community life | 2, 4, 12, 28, 29, 42 |
| concrete | 22, 25 |
| conflicts | 60 |
| Congregational Cemetery | 74 |
| Continental Dance Hall | 4, 69 |
| Continental Dance Studio | 70 |
| convicts | See prisoners |
| Mrs Cook | 34 |
| Reg Cooper | 68 |
| Arthur Corbett | 78 |
| Robert Cosgrove | 60, 61 |
| Cottage Green | 28 |
| council conflicts | 32 |
| Council conflicts | 20, 44, 49 |
| Court House | 4, 33, 51, 53 |
| S.A Cox. | 65 |
| Crimean War | see wars – Crimean |
| Mr Crisp | 37 |
| William Cuffay | 79 |
| cultural attitudes | 2, 3, 60, 66, 72, 81 |
| Curraghmore | 57 |
| John Curtin | 61 |
| Customs House | 33, 48, 53 |
| Customs House Hotel | 41, 48, 53 |
| Customs Officer | 78 |
| Cut Balou hair salons | 69 |
| D | |
| dams | 11, 28, 29, 35 |
| dancing | 4, 68, 69, 70 |
| Davey St | 30, 32, 40, 43, 48, 57, 58, 65, 75 |
| Davidson | 82 |
| John Davies | 65 |
| Charles Day | 66 |
| deaths | 18, 25, 32, 66 |
| Defence Committee | 57 |
| Degraves | 28, 29, 30 |
| Denison Hotel | 66 |
| Lt Governor William Denison | 34 |
| Dr. Dermer | 34 |
| Derwent Park | 21, 39 |
| Derwent River | 4, 22, 50, 53, 55 |
| devilry | 29, 39 |
| Director of Civil Defence | 58, 60 |
| Director of Public Works | 29 |
| Mr Dobson | 76 |
| doctors | 11, 34, 38, 78, 81 |
| Domain | 17, 19, 21, 23, 30, 48, 50, 58 |
| Domain Rivulet | See Park Rivulet |
| Domain swimming pool | 22 |
| Samuel Dove | 12 |
| drainage problems | 11, 12, 19, 20, 21, 32, 36, 44, 49 |
| drains | 4, 49 |
| drains – barrel | 44, 49, 75, 76 |
| drains – open | 20, 33, 75 |
| drains – stormwater | 19, 22, 25, 39, 48 |
| drinking fountains | 28, 30 |
| Madame Duncan | 70 |
| Dunn Place | 30 |
| Dunn St | 44, 61 |
| Dynnyrne | 22 |
| E | |
| East Hobart | 56 |
| Joseph Easton | 37 |
| T. S. Edgar | 66 |
| H. J. Edwards | 82 |
| R.J. Edwards | 82 |
| Richard James Edwards | 13 |
| effluent disposal | 4, 9, 21, 39 |
| Elizabeth Lane | 35 |
| Elizabeth St | 3, 12, 29, 30, 40, 48, 49, 64, 65, 66, 72, 82 |
| Elizabeth St sewer | 48 |
| Elizabeth Street Mall | 25, 72 |
| Elphinstone Rd | 20, See Anglesea St |
| engineers | 17, 18, 21, 23, 28, 32, 50, 57, 60, 76 |
| John England | 37 |
| entertainment | 4, 64, 66, 68, 70 |
| Minnie Everett | 69 |
| excavations – buildings | 44, 49 |
| excavations – pipes | 32, 43, 76 |
| excavations – roadworks | 17, 18, 19, 55, 64 |
| excavations -archeological | 53, 55 |
| exploration | 4, 25, 39, 48 |
| F | |
| Federal St | 20, 32, 58 |
| fees and charges | 11, 13, 15, 82 |
| Female Factory | 33 |
| David Field | 37 |
| film ‘The Rivulet’ | 4, 25 |
| Fire Brigade Office | 57 |
| fire fighting system | 43 |
| first settlement | See Camp |
| First Settlers Association | 74 |
| fishing | 9 |
| Mr Fisk | 11 |
| John Fitzgerald | 60 |
| Fitzgeralds | 74 |
| Fitzroy Gardens | 58 |
| flagstones | 12, 19 |
| Richard Flanagan | 39 |
| Patrick Fleahey | 37 |
| flooding | 12, 15, 19, 20, 21, 44, 49, 65, 66, 76 |
| floods | 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 23, 30, 39, 48, 49 |
| flour mills | 10, 11, 28, 29 |
| Forest Rd | 30 |
| forts | 4, 48, 53, 55 |
| fossil beach | 19 |
| Francois Fouché | 66 |
| fountains | 25, 30 |
| Fountainside Motel | 19, 21 |
| Franklin Square | 4, 40, 41, 57, 61 |
| French menace | See wars – Napoleonic |
| Friend’s Cemetery | 74 |
| Friend’s School | 60 |
| G | |
| Don Gaffney | 58 |
| Mr Gallia | 60 |
| gallows | 53 |
| gaols | 4, 17, 33, 48, 51, 53 |
| Mr Garnaut | 44 |
| Gas Company | See Hobart Gas Company |
| gas leakage | 25 |
| gas supply | 42 |
| Gas Works | 37, 42, 43 |
| James Geary | 37 |
| George St | 44 |
| Bruce George | 68 |
| ghosts | 69 |
| Lloyd Giblin | 69 |
| Nancy Giblin | 69 |
| Glenora | 58 |
| Golden Bamboo | 72 |
| Goldings Jewellers | 40 |
| Evelyn Goodrich | 70 |
| Goodwills Cafe | 5, 72 |
| Goodwills Store | 72 |
| Alexander Gordon Watson | 78 |
| W. Gordon | 37 |
| Goulbourn St | 30, 66 |
| Davey St Government Building | 58 |
| Government House | 48 |
| Government Offices | 49 |
| Government Post Office | 66, 68 |
| Government Slaughterhouse | 9, 36 |
| governors | 9, 10, 28, 29, 34, 75 |
| GPO | See Government Post Office |
| graffiti | 25 |
| William Green | 11, 82 |
| Pat Griffiths | 69 |
| gun batteries | 53, 55 |
| H | |
| Hadleys Hotel | 2 |
| hair salons | 68, 69 |
| Dr E. Swarbeck Hall | 38, 81 |
| Hampden Rd | 30 |
| Mr Harbottle | 35, 82 |
| Dave Harries | 39 |
| Harrington St | 30, 32, 40, 42, 61, 69, 74, 75 |
| Harrington Street Bridge | 12, 35, 40 |
| Harris Scarfe | 74 |
| hazards | 4, 9, 12, 15, 20-22, 25, 32, 43, 44, 49, 60, 61, 65 |
| hazards | 61 |
| headstones | 64, 74, 78, 79 |
| Health & Sanitary Committee | 38 |
| health issues | 9-11, 22, 30-39, 41, 65, 76 |
| Health Officer | 38 |
| Hartwell Henslowe | 78 |
| H. H. Hill. | 20 |
| Hobart Town Creek | See Hobart Rivulet |
| Hobart City Council | 11 |
| Hobart Corporation Acts | 38 |
| Hobart Gas Company | 42, 43 |
| Hobart High School | 58 |
| Hobart Ladies College | 70 |
| Hobart Repertory Society | 69 |
| Hobart Rivulet | 3-5, 8-18, 21-23, 25, 28, 29, 34, 38, 48, 50, 64, 81, 82 |
| Hobart Town Gaol | 4 |
| Hobart Town Rivulet | See Hobart Rivulet |
| Hobart Waterworks | 30 |
| Hobart Woollen Mills | 12 |
| F. A. Holmes | 34 |
| Holydene | 39 |
| Betty Hooper | 69 |
| Hopkins St | 58 |
| W. Horsham | 78 |
| Cyri Hosan,l | 68 |
| hospitals | 33, 41, 42, 61 |
| hotels | 2, 18, 40, 41, 42, 48, 53, 65, 66 |
| human remains | 5, 33, 49, 76, 77, 79 |
| Hunter Island | 9, 17, 18, 50 |
| J. H. Hurburgh | 57 |
| Hutchins School | 74, 79 |
| Hydro-Electric Commission | 17 |
| I | |
| industry | 10, 11, 12, 17, 28, 42 |
| Inspector for Sewers | 32 |
| Inspector of Distilleries | 78 |
| J | |
| Anthony Jackson | 18 |
| James Walch and Son | 12, 15 |
| C. W. James | 39 |
| Mr James | 35 |
| Japanese threat | See wars – WWII |
| Keith Jarvis | 68 |
| Jewish Burial Ground | 74 |
| Sim Johnstone | 70 |
| Sir Henry Jones | 58 |
| Alice Jordan | 69 |
| Beattie Jordan | 69, 70 |
| Fred Jordene | 70 |
| Alice Jordene | 70 |
| Arthur Jordene | 70 |
| Beatrice Jordene | See Jordan, Beattie |
| James Jordene | 70 |
| John (Jackie) Jordene | 70 |
| Jordenes | 70 |
| K | |
| Aunt Gretchen Kalbfell | 72 |
| Kangaroo Bluff Battery | 55 |
| Kings Wharf | 9 |
| Thomas Kirby | 65 |
| kitchens | 32, 64 |
| Allan Knight | 57 |
| Knocklofty | 17, 48 |
| Mr Kramer | 49 |
| L | |
| David Lambe | 3 |
| Land Commissioners Report | 9, 10, 11, 17, 18 |
| landfill | 9, 18, 21 |
| landing stages | 9, 18, 19 |
| Lansdowne Crescent | 48, 49 |
| John Laurence | See Lawrence, John |
| Geoff Law | 39 |
| John Lawrence | 49 |
| Rachel Leary | 8, 25 |
| leg irons | 51 |
| Mr Lewis | 35 |
| libraries | 43, 49, 72 |
| lighting | 40, 42, 43 |
| Lindisfarne | 69 |
| Mr Lipscombe | 49 |
| Liverpool Place | 35 |
| Liverpool St | 12, 13, 15, 23, 30, 33-35, 39-42, 56-58, 64, 65, 70, 72, 74, 82 |
| livestock | 29, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38 |
| Edward Lockley | 68 |
| Edward Lord, | 66 |
| Cynthia Loring | 58 |
| Mr Loring. | 33, 34 |
| Samuel Loring. | 34 |
| George Lowe | 29 |
| William Lowe | 29 |
| T. Y. Lowes | 34 |
| James Lucas | 78 |
| Luckman | 82 |
| M | |
| Matthew Mack | 37 |
| Denis MacNorth | 37 |
| Macquarie Point | 19, 53 |
| Macquarie St | 4, 9, 28-30, 40, 44, 48, 51, 57, 64-66, 69, 74, 82 |
| Macquarie Street Bridge | 37 |
| Governor Lachlan Macquarie | 2, 10 |
| mains water | 19, 28, 29, 30, 32 |
| Mall | See Elizabeth Street Mall |
| Manchester House | 65 |
| Marieville Esplanade | 22 |
| Marine Board | 40 |
| Marine Square | 2 |
| Market Place | 11, 18 |
| Luke Marshall | 37 |
| Master Warden | 40 |
| Mr Mault | 38, 81 |
| mayors | 37, 74 |
| Maypole Bridge | 12 |
| 79 76 55 50 48 41-43 17-23 Allan McCormack | |
| Patrick McGuerny | 37 |
| McLarens Hotel | 65 |
| John McNamara | 37 |
| McQuarrie St | See Macquarie St |
| Mechanics Institute | 42 |
| Medical Corps | 58 |
| Mellifont St West Hobart | 74 |
| Melville St | 30, 40, 49 |
| Sir Robert Menzies | 5, 72 |
| Charles Meredith | 30 |
| Louisa Anne Meredith (Mrs Charles) | 30 |
| Metropolitan Drainage Board | 38 |
| millers | 11 |
| mills | 11, 12, 13, 28, 29, 82 |
| Molle St | 12, 30, 34 |
| Montpelier Rd | 40 |
| Moonah | 58 |
| Mountain Retreat Inn | 65 |
| Mt Nelson | 22 |
| Mt Stuart | 17 |
| Mt Wellington | 3, 8, 23, 25 |
| mud | 12, 20, 36, 37, 38 |
| Mulgrave Battery | 53 |
| C. K. Murphy | 57 |
| Hugh Murphy | 37 |
| Marcus Murphy | 25 |
| Murray St | 4, 11, 39, 48, 49, 51, 57, 64, 65, 66, 72 |
| Murray Street Bridge | 35, 40 |
| Museum | 41 |
| music | 25, 66, 68, 70, 72 |
| Myers | 74 |
| myth & rumour | 51, 53 |
| N | |
| Nankivell brothers | 70 |
| Narryna | 30 |
| Naval Office | 9 |
| New Market | 9, 30, 40, 44 |
| New Slaughtering Establishment | 33 |
| New Town | 74, 79 |
| New Town Rd | 12, 20 |
| New Wharf | 28, 44 |
| nightclubs | 66, 68 |
| Noni’s Jazz Cellar | 72 |
| Don Norman | 68 |
| North Hobart | 8, 32, 74 |
| O | |
| Dr. Robert Officer | 34 |
| Ogilvie High School | 58, 60 |
| Albert Ogilvie | 57, 60 |
| Old Established Tannery | 34 |
| Old Market Wharf | 40 |
| Old Wharf | 11 |
| Lorna Oliphant | 72 |
| One Tree Point | 55 |
| Orphan School | 79 |
| Sir Basil Osborne | 74 |
| outfalls | 3, 9, 17, 22, 36, 37, 50 |
| Sir John Owen | 66 |
| P | |
| Chris Paget | 21 |
| John Paget | 21 |
| Palladio Bridge | 12 |
| Park Rivulet | 3, 8, 17, 18, 20, 21, 32, 39, 76 |
| Park St | 17, 19, 20, 21, 30, 34, 40, 58, 68 |
| Mr Park | 61 |
| Parliament House | 4, 48, 49, 53, 57, 58, 61 |
| Parliament Reserve | 57, 61 |
| F. Paterson | 82 |
| Patrick St | 30, 48 |
| Frederick Patterson | 82 |
| Paving and Lighting Act of 1846 | 42 |
| Mr Pear | 39 |
| Henry Pearce | 15 |
| Mr Pearce | 37 |
| Penitentiary Chapel | 51, 53 |
| petitions | 37 |
| petrol leakage | 25 |
| Albert (Bert) Phillips | 68 |
| Robert Phillips | 65 |
| photographers | 69 |
| picture theatres | 5 |
| pipes | 82 |
| pipes:cast iron | 29, 43 |
| pipes:concrete | 18, 21, 22, 48, 61, 76 |
| pipes:gas | 4, 42, 43, 64 |
| pipes:iron | 32 |
| pipes:lead | 29 |
| pipes:leather | 29 |
| pipes:sea water | 43, 44 |
| pipes:wood | 11 |
| Basil Plummer | 57 |
| police | 29, 57, 68, 77 |
| Police Boys Club | 23 |
| Police Buildings | 57 |
| Police Buildings | 58 |
| politicians | 78 |
| politics | 5 |
| pollution | 4, 8, 9, 11, 21, 22, 34, 39 |
| powder monkeys | 50 |
| power:electricity | 43 |
| power:hydroelectricity | 42, 43 |
| power:steam | 11, 12, 28, 43 |
| power:water | 10, 11, 28 |
| premiers | 57, 60, 61 |
| Presbyterian Cemetery | 74 |
| Presnalls | 9 |
| Prince Albert Battery | 48, 53 |
| See Prince Albert Battery Prince of Wales Battery | |
| Prince’s St School | 60 |
| prisoners | 4, 12, 17, 28, 32, 48, 51, 53, 76, 78, 79 |
| Prisoners Burial Ground | 76 |
| prisons | See gaols |
| Probation System | 12 |
| William Proctor | 78 |
| prostitutes | 53 |
| Pt Phillip arrivals | 9 |
| Public Building | 57 |
| public toilets | 39, 40, 41, 42 |
| Public Works Committee | 15, 37, 49, 65 |
| Public Works Department | 57, 58 |
| pumps | 21, 43 |
| PWD | See Public Works Department |
| Q | |
| Quayle St | 22 |
| Queen’s Battery | 19, 53 |
| Queen’s Domain | See Domain |
| R | |
| William Race Allison | 78 |
| Ragged School | 22 |
| Railway Roundabout | 18, 21, 25 |
| John Raine | 28 |
| rat extermination | 38, 39 |
| John Regan | 15 |
| Regatta Ground | 53 |
| rehabilitation works | 3, 4, 8, 53, 61 |
| Anne Reilly | 66 |
| Repatriation Hostpital | 61 |
| reservoirs | See dams |
| restaurants | 66, 72 |
| Rifle Range Creek | 22 |
| riparian rights | 29, 30 |
| J. E. Risby | 82 |
| Mr Risby | 37 |
| Risby’s | 82 |
| Risby’s Timber Yard | 21 |
| Risdon Cove | 9 |
| road damage | 19, 20 |
| road works | 17 |
| Mr Robb | 49 |
| Roberts building | 19 |
| Gilbert Robertson | 29 |
| C. D. Rose | 58 |
| Roundabout Fountain | 25 |
| Mr Rowntree | 64 |
| Royal Hobart Hospital | 41 |
| Royale dance hall | 70 |
| rumour or myth | 4 |
| Rundles the Jewellers | 70 |
| Russian threat | See wars – Crimean |
| S | |
| Sabel | 37 |
| Sackville St | 34, 65 |
| Salamanca Place | 75 |
| Salutation Inn | 65 |
| sandbags | 58, 60 |
| sandstone | 12, 18, 25, 79 |
| Sandy Bay | 4, 22, 39, 55, 60 |
| Sandy Bay Cemetery | 74, 79 |
| Sandy Bay Rd | 77 |
| Sandy Bay Rivulet | 3, 8, 22, 30 |
| Sandy Bay Road Bridge | 22 |
| Sapphire Ballroom | 5, 70 |
| Savings Bank | 51 |
| sawmills | 21, 28, 29 |
| scarlet fever | 38 |
| schools | 4, 5, 17, 22, 42, 58, 60, 68, 70, 74, 76, 77, 79 |
| searchlights | 55 |
| William Seccombe | 78 |
| Servicemen’s Club | 5 |
| sewage | 32, 33, 48 |
| sewer blockages | 49 |
| sewerage system | 32, 38, 39, 40 |
| sewers | 4, 8, 32, 38, 40, 48, 49, 65, 75 |
| Shamrock Hotel | 40 |
| Ship Hotel | 66 |
| Ship Inn & Family Hotel | 66 |
| shipping | 9, 18, 28, 29, 42, 53 |
| shops | 12, 42, 49, 64, 65, 69, 70, 72, 74, 81 |
| skeletons | See human remains |
| skin merchants | 21 |
| skulduggery | 50, 51, 53, 66, 68, 79 |
| Slaughterhouse Creek | , See Hobart Rivulet |
| slaughterhouses | See abattoirs |
| James Sly | 82 |
| social classes | 4, 9, 19, 22, 23, 34, 42, 64, 66, 76-79 |
| social life | 4, 5, 12, 25, 72 |
| Solomon | 64 |
| J Solomon, | 44 |
| Mark Solomon | 29 |
| Robert Solomon | 3 |
| Soundy’s Building | 72 |
| South Hobart | 74 |
| springs | 17 |
| St David’s Cathedral | 57 |
| St David’s Cemetery | 75, 79 |
| St David’s Park | 43, 74 |
| St George’s Cemetery | 74, 77 |
| St George’s Church | 74, 77 |
| St John’s Cemetery | 79 |
| St John’s Church | 74, 79 |
| St Mary’s College | 70 |
| St Mary’s Hospital | 42 |
| Stacey Sisters | 69 |
| Parliament House Stack Room | 58 |
| Stage Door Canteen nightclub | 4, 66, 68, 69 |
| steam | See power – steam |
| Steam Mill | 11 |
| stenches | 21, 23, 25, 32, 34, 48, 76 |
| Robert Stewart | 19 |
| J.S. Stone | 11 |
| stonework | 12, 13, 15, 18, 22, 25, 35, 64 |
| street kids | 4, 8, 22, 23, 25 |
| subsidence | 44, 49 |
| subways | 57 |
| sugar bags | 58, 60, 77 |
| Sullivans Cove | 2, 9, 17, 39, 42, 53 |
| Surveyor General | 28 |
| Surveyor of Roads | 28 |
| surveyors | 15, 19, 28, 37, 76 |
| Sydney House | 30 |
| Andrew Szabu | 69 |
| T | |
| T&G Building | 5, 72 |
| tanneries | 18, 21, 34, 65 |
| Tasmanian Fire Service | 25 |
| Tasmanian Liberal Party | 5, 72 |
| Tatler Picture Theatre | 5, 72 |
| tearooms | See cafes |
| Technical College | 61 |
| S.A. Tegg | 12 |
| telegraph system | 44 |
| telephone networks | 4 |
| Temperance Hall | 15 |
| Temple House | 44 |
| The Basement dance hall | 70 |
| The Dog & Partridge Hotel | 66 |
| Theatre Royal | 65, 68, 70 |
| theatres | 66, 72 |
| G. Thomas | 34 |
| James A. Thompson | 49 |
| Mrs Catherine Thompson. | 49 |
| toilets | 22, 32-38, 48, 57 |
| Top Hat nightclub | 66 |
| topography | 64, 65 |
| topography – changes | 3, 9 |
| tourism | 4, 10, 23, 25, 38, 42, 48, 81 |
| Tourist Bureau | 57 |
| tourists | 41, 42, 72 |
| Town Hall | 40, 42 |
| Town Rivulet | See Hobart Rivulet |
| Town Tunnel | 28, 29 |
| Transport Commission Building | 43 |
| Treasury Building | 33, 48, 51 |
| Trinity Hill Cemetery | 17, 74, 76, 79 |
| Trinity Hill Church | 17 |
| Trocadero Cafe | 66 |
| John Trump | 15, 82 |
| tunnels | 4, 8, 28, 29, 39, 48, 49, 51, 53, 55, 76 |
| I. Turner | 82 |
| J. Turner, | 82 |
| John Turner | 11 |
| Turner’s Bridge | 34 |
| typhoid | 22, 32, 34 |
| U | |
| University of Tasmania | 22 |
| urinals | 39 |
| V | |
| Valley of the Shadow of Death | 21 |
| Variety Picture Theatre | 5, 72 |
| Veterans Row | 30 |
| Vicar General | 15, 82 |
| Victoria Dock | 9 |
| Victoria St | 74 |
| W | |
| C. A. Walch | 60 |
| James Walch | 12, 15 |
| John Walker | 13 |
| Joseph T. Walker | 65 |
| Robert Walker | 37 |
| walls in creeks | See waterways – walled |
| Wapping | 9, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 32, 39, 42 |
| Ware St | 32 |
| wars | 4 |
| wars:Crimean | 4, 53 |
| wars:Napoleonic | 53 |
| wars:WWI | 22 |
| wars:WWII | 4, 5, 50, 55-58, 60, 61, 66, 72, 76 |
| Warwick | 30 |
| Warwick Rivulet | 48 |
| Warwick St | 40, 48, 66 |
| Warwick Tunnel | 25 |
| Richard Wastell | 25 |
| Mr Watchorn | 40 |
| water carts | 28, 29, 43 |
| water pumps | 29 |
| water quality | 4, 8, 9, 10, 17, 29, 34 |
| water races | 11, 29 |
| water supply | 4, 9, 10, 11, 17, 28, 29, 35 |
| water tower | 29 |
| waterfront | 49, 56, 61 |
| R Waterhouse | 65 |
| Waterloo Stores | 3 |
| Waterman’s Dock | 41 |
| Alf Waters | 58 |
| Cynthia Waters | See Loring, Cynthia |
| waterside reserves | 9, 10 |
| waterways | 3, 7, 8, 9, 17, 20, 38 |
| waterways – enclosed | 3, 8, 13, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 48, 49 |
| waterways – paved | 12 |
| waterways – realignments | 9, 10, 15, 17, 18, 37, 50 |
| waterways – walled | 12, 13, 15, 35 |
| George Watson | 68 |
| John Watson | 11 |
| weddings | 69 |
| Wellington Bridge | 12, 15, 25, 35, 40, 48 |
| Wellington Bridge Corner | 12, 15 |
| Wellington Cr | 30 |
| Wellington Rivulet | See Sandy Bay Rivulet |
| wells | 17, 18, 21, 28, 34 |
| Wentworth Dance Hall | 4 |
| Wentworth nightclub | 68, 69 |
| Wesleyan Burial Ground | 74 |
| West Hobart | 74 |
| wharfs | 82 |
| John White Bentley | 37 |
| Mr Whiteside | 35 |
| Billy Williams | 68 |
| Harvey Williams | 82 |
| Mr Williams | 35 |
| John Williamson | 23, 48 |
| Lt Governor Eardley Wilmot | 79 |
| Nancy Wilson | See Giblin, Nancy |
| Percy (P. J.) Wilson | 70 |
| William Wilson | 32 |
| George Wise | 66 |
| woollen mills | 12 |
| World War II | See wars – WWII |
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| Y | |
| Z |
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