Claremont, Tasmania
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Claremont Hobart, Tasmania |
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LGA: | City of Glenorchy | ||||||||||||
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Claremont is a suburb of the City of Glenorchy, part of the greater Hobart area, Tasmania, Australia. It is named after Claremont House, which was built in the 1830s by local settler Henry Bilton, who named it after one of the royal homes of England.
It is best known as the location of the Cadbury factory. Also featured is the Alpenrail a Swiss Model Village and Railway.
Claremont has a secondary college (Claremont College), a high school (Claremont High) and three public primary schools (Roseneath Primary, Abbotsfield Primary and Claremont Primary) and one private primary school (Holy Rosary School).