Otago, Tasmania
| Otago Hobart, Tasmania | |||||||||||||
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 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 | ||||||||||||
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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 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Otago (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
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