Otago, Tasmania

Otago
Hobart, Tasmania

Otago Bay and hulks including the Otago in the early 1950s
Coordinates 42°48′3″S 147°17′28″E / 42.80083°S 147.29111°ECoordinates: 42°48′3″S 147°17′28″E / 42.80083°S 147.29111°E
Population 556 (2011)[1]
Postcode(s) 7017
LGA(s) City of Clarence
Federal Division(s) Franklin
Suburbs around Otago:
River Derwent Old Beach
River Derwent Otago
(Bowen Bridge) Risdon

Otago is a suburb on the eastern shore of Hobart, capital of Tasmania, Australia. It is located on the shores of Otago Bay. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 556.[1]

The area takes its name from the iron barque Otago, the only command of the author Joseph Conrad, which was dismantled at a shipbreaking establishment that operated at the bay (formerly known simply as part of Old Beach) between the 1920s and 1960s. The remains of the Otago (beached there in 1931) and a steel river steamer the Westralian (beached in 1937) can still be seen on the beach.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Otago (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 January 2013.