Sullivans Cove

Sullivans Cove (formerly Sullivan 's Cove written ) was founded as a penal colony and is now a suburb of Hobart in Tasmania, which lies on the Derwent River and is adjacent to the city center of Hobart. On February 21, 1804 Sillivan 's Cove was founded by later Lieutenant-Governor David Collins as the second convict settlement in Tasmania, having loosed the penal colony Risdon Cove.

History

Tasmania was settled a year earlier by the Briton John Bowen with a convict at Risdon Cove. David Collins should start with free settlers and convicts from Port Phillip from a settlement on the Tamar River at Port Dalrymple on the north coast of Van Diemen's Land. This place did not meet his expectations, so he sailed to Risdon Cove. In the absence of Bowen gave to this settlement because he thought she was unsuitable and sailed to a bay, which he chose as a settled area of a penal colony.

The bay was named in August 1804 by John Sullivan, a British Secretary of State. From this settlement, the Tasmanian capital Hobart later, which was named after Lord Robert Hobart developed.

In 1820, the Royal Hobart Hospital founded there that can take 600 beds today.

Today

The former penal colony Sullivan 's Cove evolved into the present port area of ​​Hobart, in which numerous historical and modern buildings are located. The bay is now a place that is visited by many tourists.

In today's district Sullivans Cove is the art school of the University of Tasmania, the Town Hall and the Maritime Museum.

To design the water front line of the harbor in 2006 there were an international competition, which was attended by numerous international and national architects.

Name

Under Sullivans Cove whiskey Single malt whiskey is distilled in this district since 1994 on the Derwent River.