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Risdon Cove

Historic Site

Risdon Cove
Hobart, TAS 7016

Nearest Train: Twenty minute drive from central Hobart.

Phone: +61 3 6230 8233

Lieutenant John Hayes named the area in 1793,and was the site of the first white settlement in Tasmania from 1803-4. Previously the land had belonged to the Moomairremener people, who were cast out in a most savage and brutal manner. The Aboriginal community met at Risdon Cove in 1992 determined to win back their land. In 1995, the Tasmanian Aboriginal Council returned Risdon Cove to the Tasmanian Aboriginal Land Council and the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre now administers it. There is an excellent leaflet detailing this period in history obtainable from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre.