Risdon Cove

Part of history that Tasmanians don't know

This is a sad place where there was a massacre of Tasmanian Aborigines by the British invaders. You access it by driving across the Bowen Bridge and then driving the Richmond direction. Now there is a...

Disappointing

Risdon Cove is (i) where first settlement (albeit brief) for Hobart was - then it was moved. There is a monument to this. There is also (if you walk up the hill along the path), markers where some of ...

Sad in so many ways

This place was hard to find being unsigned until you have driven past the gate. So much could be made of this and isn't. The heritage of the significance of the site as the first landing point of the ...

Sad place anyway

There are two parts of this place - one is conterporary - children Aboriginal school and Aboriginal comunity center - and one is historical - Place, where in the history was one of the first settlemen...

Good place

It's an interesting place to see. Lovely to be there when the children were inside enjoying school. We gained permission and were happily allowed to have our picnic lunch among the trees. Everyone ...