Howrah
Hobart, Tasmania
Howrah is located in Hobart
Howrah
Howrah
Coordinates42°53′19″S 147°24′20″E / 42.88861°S 147.40556°E / -42.88861; 147.40556
Population9,545 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)7018
Location
LGA(s)Clarence
RegionHobart
State electorate(s)Franklin
Federal division(s)Franklin
Suburbs around Howrah:
Bellerive Mornington Mount Rumney
Derwent River Howrah Rokeby
Derwent River Tranmere Rokeby

Howrah is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Clarence in the Hobart LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south-east of the town of Rosny Park. The 2021 Census recorded a population of 9,545 for the state suburb of Howrah.[1] It is a suburb of the City of Clarence. It is east of Bellerive and north of Tranmere.

Howrah is a beachside suburb, with views across the Derwent River to Hobart City from Howrah Beach. Clarence Street runs through the centre of the suburb separating the hillside section from the beachside.

Howrah has a number of parks including Wentworth Park, which is one of the key sport (such as soccer, field hockey and touch football) and recreation areas on the Eastern Shore.

Clarence High School is generally thought to be in Howrah, due to it being located east of Wentworth Street, however it is in Bellerive. Howrah has a primary school.[2]

Shoreline Shopping Centre is the largest shopping centre in Howrah.

History

Howrah was named after Howrah House, a property established in the 1830s on Clarence Plains by a retired Indian Army officer who took the name from a place of the same name near Calcutta.[3]

Dora Isabel Baudinet died in 1945[4] leaving 10 acres and her assets to found the Tasmanian Sunshine Centre in Howrah in 1951. The home offered holidays to less privileged children until 1980.[5]

Howrah was gazetted as a locality in 1963.[6]

Geography

The waters of the River Derwent form the south-western boundary.[7]

Road infrastructure

Route B33 (South Arm Highway) runs through from north-west to east.[6][8]

References

  1. ^ a b "2021 Census Quick Stats Howrah (Tas.)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. ^ http://www.howrah.tased.edu.au Archived 20 March 2005 at the Wayback Machine Howrah Primary.
  3. ^ "City of Clarence: Suburban History". City of Clarence. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  4. ^ Rand, A., "Dora Isabel Baudinet (1883–1945)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 7 November 2023
  5. ^ "Sunshine Association History". sunshine. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Placenames Tasmania – Howrah". Placenames Tasmania. Select "Search", enter "19041W", click "Search", select row, map is displayed, click "Details". Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  7. ^ Google (2 April 2021). "Howrah, Tasmania" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Tasmanian Road Route Codes" (PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment. May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2021.


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