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°E / -42.80083; 147.29111Coordinates: 42°48′3″S 147°17′28″E / 42.80083°S 147.29111°E / -42.80083; 147.29111
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.

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Suburbs of Hobart, Tasmania City of Hobart Battery Point Cascades CBD Cornelian Bay Dynnyrne Fern Tree Glebe Lenah Valley Mount Nelson Mount Stuart New Town North Hobart Ridgeway Sandy Bay South Hobart Tolmans Hill West Hobart City of Glenorchy Austins Ferry Berriedale Chigwell Claremont Collinsvale Derwent Park Dowsing Point Glenlusk Glenorchy Goodwood Granton Lutana Montrose Moonah Rosetta West Moonah City of Clarence Acton Park Bellerive Cambridge Clarendon Vale Clifton Beach Cremorne Flagstaff Gully Geilston Bay Howrah Lauderdale Lindisfarne Montagu Bay Mornington Mount Rumney Oakdowns Opossum Bay Otago 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 Howden Huntingfield Kingston Kingston Beach Maranoa Heights Taroona Brighton Council Bridgewater Brighton Gagebrook Green Point Old Beach Sorell Council Dodges Ferry Midway Point Penna Sorell