Claremont, Tasmania

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Claremont
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The location of Claremont
The location of Claremont.
Postcode: 7011
LGA: City of Glenorchy
Suburbs around Claremont
Austins Ferry Derwent River
Claremont Derwent River
Chigwell Berriedale Derwent River

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).


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