Lindisfarne, Tasmania

Lindisfarne is a suburb of Hobart in the South East of the Australian state of Tasmania. It is located about 6 km northeast of the city center on the east bank of the Derwent River and is part of the Local Government Area Clarence City.

History

The suburb was after Lindisferne House, a mansion that was built in the 1820s in the suburbs Rosny, named. As of 1892 the settlement was called Beltana, but because of the confusion with Bellerive, it was renamed in 1903 in Lindisfarne. Patron was in this case the tidal island Lindisferne in the lake in front of Northumberland in northern England. The easternmost part of the center of Lindisfarne, where the Beltana Bowls Club and the Beltana Hotel are called, are still among the population Beltana.

Water

Lindisfarne surrounds the bay of the same, one of many similar, protected anchorages on the Derwent River. There a number of sports clubs have settled that deal with rowing, sailing and motor boating on the waterways of Hobart.

The Motor Yacht Club of Tasmania in Lindisfarne Bay ( see photo), the Lindisfarne Sailing Club and the Lindisfarne Rowing Club ( the Club, where the rowers Scott Brennan and Stephen Hawkins are active) are all located on the shore of the bay ..

Sports

There is also a large playground with playing fields - home of Lindisfarne Blues, in the Southern Tasmanian Football League ( today SFL ), and the Lindisfarne Cricket Club, which plays in the Tasmanian Grade Cricket, part of the Tasmanian Cricket Association - Tennis Courts - home of Lindisfarne Tennis Club - the Beltana Bowls Club and ANZAC Memorial Park, all on top of a hill, from which one can see the Derwent River and Mount Wellington. The ANZAC Memorial Park is a large and Køkkenmøddinger the Tasmanian Aborigines.

Retirement communities

In Lindisfarne, there are also a number of large retirement communities and similar residential facilities for the elderly, including the Queen Victoria Home and the Freemasons ' Homes of Southern Tasmania.

Church organizations

Some church organizations in Lindisfarne were named after the saint and students of the English Lindisfarne, such as St. Aidan 's Anglican Church and St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School.

Train

Schools in the Lindisfarne St. Cuthbert 's Catholic Primary School, the Lindisfarne North Primary School and Lindisfarne State Primary School. Pre-school children are in the cottage.