In Search of HobartReadHowYouWant.com, 2010 - 260 pagina's Peter Timms leads us on a journey through his adopted city of Hobart, Australia's smallest, most southerly, least prosperous, but arguably most beautiful state capital. He reveals a city in transition, shaking off its dark and troubled past to claim its special place in the contemporary world; going boutique, nice and slow', as one overseas visitor notes. From Hobart's convict legacy, its spectacular natural setting, heritage architecture and climate, to crime-rates, economic hardship and the recent disfigurements of the developers, Timms brings a wealth of fresh insights, exploring the city with a mixture of affection, admiration, frustration and sadness, interviewing a wide range of residents along the way. Those who have experienced Hobart as tourists will be surprised and intrigued by the lively, complex society this book reveals. Those who live here will surely discover their city anew. |
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The fabric of | 1 |
Further | 24 |
As seen from | 33 |
Buying | 51 |
The prison becomes | 77 |
Doberman | 93 |
A succession | 105 |
behaviour | 163 |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Aboriginal Alexander areas artists Australia Battery Point Beach beautiful Bolger Boyce buildings bush cafe campaign capital centre century Chigwell Chris Pearce city’s civilised climate coffee colony convict Cove crime cultural Davey Street Dennis Altman Derwent Diemen's Land early economic English example Festival Glenorchy Government House Gwen Harwood heritage Hobart City Council Hobart Town Hobartians Hotel Huon industry interest Island Launceston less live locals look Macquarie Street mainland Melbourne ment Mercury Mount Wellington mountain natural never official overseas past perhaps Peter Conrad Planning Scheme Port Arthur problem Quoted restaurants rivulet Rob Valentine Salamanca Market Salamanca Place Sandy Bay says shops smell social society state’s suburbs Tasman Tasmania Theatre Royal There’s things tion tourists trees Trollope Truganini Van Diemen’s Land visited visitors walk weather whaling winter young