Battery Point, Tasmania

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Battery Point
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Cottages in Arthur's Circus, Battery Point
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The location of Battery Point
The location of Battery Point.
Postcode: 7004
LGA: City of Hobart
Suburbs around Battery Point
West Hobart Hobart Salamanca
South Hobart Battery Point Derwent River
Dynnyrne Sandy Bay Derwent River

Battery Point is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is immediately south of the CBD. It is in the local government area of City of Hobart.

Battery Point is named after the battery of guns which were established on the point in 1818. The battery no longer exists.

The area is generally known as one of the city's more prestigious suburbs, with many large and extravagant homes and apartment blocks. It adjoins the waterfront Salamanca area as well as nearby prestige suburb of Sandy Bay.

Battery Point has a large number of historic houses dating from the first European settlement of 'Hobart Town'. Probably most significant is Arthur's Circus with its cottages mostly originally constructed for the officers of the garrison.

Battery Point is accessible via Hampden Road, which runs from Sandy Bay Road from the edge of the city.


Localities of Hobart - List of Hobart suburbs
City of Hobart: Battery Point | Cascades | Cornelian Bay | Dynnyrne | Fern Tree | Glebe | Hobart | Lenah Valley | Mt Nelson | Mt Stuart | New Town | North Hobart | Salamanca | Sandy Bay | South Hobart | Tolmans Hill | West Hobart
City of Glenorchy: Austins Ferry | Berriedale | Chigwell | Claremont | Derwent Park | Dowsing Point | Glenlusk | Glenorchy | Goodwood | Granton | Lutana | Montrose | Moonah | Rosetta | West Moonah
City of Clarence: Acton Park | Bellerive | Cambridge | Clarendon Vale | Cremorne | Flagstaff Gully | Geilston Bay | Howrah | Lauderdale | Lindisfarne | Montagu Bay | Mornington | Mt Rumney | Oakdowns | Opossum Bay | Otago | Richmond | Risdon | Risdon Vale | Roches Beach | Rokeby | Rose Bay | Rosny | Rosny Park | Sandford | Seven Mile Beach | South Arm | Tranmere | Warrane
Kingborough Council: Blackmans Bay | Bonnet Hill | Firthside | Howden | Huntingfield | Kingston | Kingston Beach | Maranoa Heights | Taroona
Brighton Council: Bridgewater | Brighton | Gagebrook | Green Point | Old Beach