Ridgeway
Ridgeway is a suburb in Hobart, Tasmania Australia. It is 7 kilometres south-west of the Hobart central business district. The 2016 census recorded a population of 175.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cascades Female Factory and Hobart College.
Cascades Female Factory
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Cascades Female Factory, a former Australian workhouse for female convicts in the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, is located in South Hobart, Tasmania. Cascades Female Factory is situated 3½ km north of Ridgeway.
Hobart College
School
Hobart College is a government comprehensive senior secondary school located in Mount Nelson, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Established in 1913 as Hobart High School, it was later renamed as Hobart Matriculation College in 1965, and subsequently renamed as Hobart College.
St. John Fisher College
Residential building
St. John Fisher College, known simply as John Fisher College and familiarly referred to as "Fisher", is a residential college of the University of Tasmania. St. John Fisher College is situated 3½ km northeast of Ridgeway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fern Tree and Tolmans Hill.
Fern Tree
Suburb
Fern Tree is a rural / residential locality in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The locality is about 9 kilometres south-west of the Hobart central business district.
Tolmans Hill
Suburb
Tolmans Hill is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is likely to be the last large scale greenfield suburban development to take place within Hobart city. Tolmans Hill is situated 2½ km northeast of Ridgeway.
Mount Nelson
Suburb
Mount Nelson is a residential suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, located 4 km south of the Hobart central business district. It is part of both the City of Hobart and Kingborough Council municipalities. Mount Nelson is situated 3 km east of Ridgeway.
Ridgeway
- Categories: suburb/locality of Tasmania and locality
- Location: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-42.92649° or 42° 55′ 35″ southLongitude
147.2882° or 147° 17′ 18″ eastPopulation
172Elevation
350 metres (1,148 feet)Open location code
4R9937FQ+C7OpenStreetMap ID
node 252186964OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2151617Wikidata ID
Q7332812
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ridgeway” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ridgeway”
- French: “Ridgeway”
- Irish: “Ridgeway”
- Japanese: “リッジウェー”
- Japanese: “リッジウェイ”
- Swedish: “Ridgeway, Tasmanien”
- Swedish: “Ridgeway”
- “Ridgeway”
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Highlights include Ridgeway Recreation Ground and Badger Hill.
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