Railway Roundabout, Hobart
Railway Roundabout is a three-lane roundabout in Hobart, Tasmania. It is located on the Brooker Highway, at the top of Liverpool Street. It was originally built for the city's main railway station.Photo: Azoma, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Fountain
- Description: fountain in the middle of a roundabout in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Also known as: “Railway Roundabout fountain”, “Railway Roundabout Fountain”, and “Railway Roundabout Memorial Fountain”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Theatre Royal and Royal Hobart Hospital.
Theatre Royal
Theater building
Photo: Canley, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Theatre Royal is an historic performing arts venue in central Hobart, Tasmania. It is the oldest continually operating theatre in Australia; Noël Coward once called it "a dream of a theatre" and Laurence Olivier launched a national appeal for its reconstruction in the 1940s. Theatre Royal is situated 160 metres south of Railway Roundabout, Hobart.
Royal Hobart Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Shkuru Afshar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Royal Hobart Hospital is a public hospital in the Hobart CBD, Tasmania, Australia. The hospital also functions as a teaching hospital in co-operation with the University of Tasmania. Royal Hobart Hospital is situated 230 metres southwest of Railway Roundabout, Hobart.
Hobart Synagogue
Synagogue
Photo: Peter van der Veer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Hobart Synagogue is a heritage-listed synagogue located in 59 Argyle Street, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The synagogue is the oldest synagogue building in Australia and is a rare example of Egyptian Revival style of synagogue architecture. Hobart Synagogue is situated 300 metres southwest of Railway Roundabout, Hobart.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hobart and Glebe.
Hobart
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0.
Hobart is the capital city of Tasmania and is Australia's second oldest city, after Sydney. Hobart sits along the Derwent River and began humbly as a penal colony.
Glebe
Suburb
Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glebe is a suburb in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The suburb is a very small area adjacent to the city on the same part of land as the Queens Domain, the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens and the Hobart Aquatic Centre.
Battery Point
Suburb
Photo: StAnselm, Public domain.
Battery Point is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is immediately south of the Hobart central business district. It is in the local government area of City of Hobart.
Railway Roundabout, Hobart
- Location: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-42.87804° or 42° 52′ 41″ southLongitude
147.33103° or 147° 19′ 52″ eastOpen location code
4R9948CJ+QCOpenStreetMap ID
node 301928929OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountainWikidata ID
Q23073810
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In Other Languages
“Railway Roundabout, Hobart” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “نافورة دوار السكة الحديد”
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