"The Founding of Hobart" by Frank Bolt
A diary of events from September 1803 to August 1804, leading up to the settlement of Hobart town

The Hope and Anchor Tavern also rates a mention in the recently published book "The Founding of Hobart" by Frank Bolt. In the back of this fabulous book, that retails for around $49.95, Frank has compiled a fascinating map which is an over lay of the original shoreline around Sullivans Cove on top of the street map of today's Hobart.

It looks like a sandy beach followed the line of the shore from Argyle Street to the corner of Market Place (site of the Hope and Anchor) and there the Hobart rivulet, was navigable by dinghies, thence east to Park Street rivulet, which was about opposite the end of Evans Street where the Woolstore Apartment Motel is now. Then it turned Southward and became a sandy spit, later, the causeway linking Hunter Island with the Early settlement. The book can be purchased at many Tasmanian book shops, but if you have trouble getting a copy, contact me, and I shall make the necessary arrangement so that you'll get it. With only 2000 printed, it may become quite collectible, as have previous books by the same author.

Click here for a glimpse of the map (1.3Mb .AVI)