Queens Domain
The Queens Domain, also known as The Domain to locals, is an expansive 230 ha (570-acre) area of bushland, parkland, and cultural sites located just north-east of the Hobart City Centre, bordering the River Derwent in the state capital of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
The Queens Domain, also known as The Domain to locals, is an expansive 230 ha (570-acre) area of bushland, parkland, and cultural sites located just north-east of the Hobart City Centre, bordering the River Derwent in the state capital of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Established in 1860 by gubernatorial decree, the Domain is public land preserved for community use and recreation.
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Worth seeing in and around Queens Domain
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bellerive Oval
Bellerive Oval is a stadium located in the Hobart suburb of Bellerive. It is primarily used for cricket as the home ground of the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League, and the Tasmania cricket team in the Sheffield Shield.
3.7 km · stadium in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Hobart Synagogue
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.
1.3 km · synagogue in Tasmania, Australia · Wikipedia - 03Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
The Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery is a museum located in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The museum was established in 1846, by the Royal Society of Tasmania, the oldest Royal Society outside England.
1.5 km · art and history museum in Hobart, Australia · Wikipedia - 04St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart
St Mary's Cathedral in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Hobart, presently Anthony Ireland. The cathedral's origins can be traced back to 1822 when the first permanent Tasmanian priest Philip Conolly constructed a temporary wooden chapel near the present cathedral site and dedicated to God, under the invocation of St.
1.7 km · cathedral in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Tasman Bridge disaster
On the evening of 5 January 1975, the bulk carrier Lake Illawarra, travelling up the River Derwent, collided with several pylons of the Tasman Bridge in Hobart, the capital city of Australia's island state of Tasmania. This collision caused a large section of the bridge deck to collapse onto the ship and into the river below.
1.5 km · bridge collapse in Hobart, Tasmania · Wikipedia - 06Hobart Mosque
The Hobart Mosque is a mosque in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
1.9 km · mosque in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, which cover an area of approximately 14 hectares, in Hobart located within the Queens Domain.
400 m · botanical garden in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia · Wikipedia - 08TCA Ground
The TCA Ground, formally the Tasmanian Cricket Association Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football venue located on the Queens Domain in Hobart, Tasmania, less than 1 kilometre from the city centre. Owned by the Hobart City Council and operated by the Tasmanian Cricket Association, it is one of Hobart’s two first-class standard cricket grounds, alongside Bellerive Oval.
400 m · Tasmanian cricket and football ground · Wikipedia - 09Military Museum of Tasmania
The Army Museum of Tasmania is located within Anglesea Barracks in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Anglesea Barracks, constructed in 1814.
2.3 km · museum located within Anglesea Barracks in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Hobart Library
The State Library of Tasmania is the reference, special collections, research and public lending library in the Tasmanian capital of Hobart, Australia. It is part of Libraries Tasmania.
1.5 km · library building in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Queens Domain
- Airports
- Hobart (HBA), 15 km
- Stations
- Port of Hobart, 3.5 km
- Geelong/Melbourne → Queens Domain3 km · quickest by road, 11 min · A$0.5
- Melbourne → Queens Domain3 km · quickest by road, 12 min · A$0.5
- Sydney (Mascot) → Queens Domain1049 km · quickest by air, 5h 5m · A$230–350
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No local-transport research exists yet for Queens Domain
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Queens Domain. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou can also take a car from mainland Australia via Devonport, with a ferry departing nightly from Melbourne.
- Get aroundDerwent Ferries operates services between Brooke Street Pier in the city and Bellerive Pier in Bellerive.
- Get aroundSightseeing cruises and water taxis operate services between Brooke Street Pier in the city and outlying piers along the River Derwent.
- Get aroundThere is a poorly developed network of off-road cyclepaths, but Hobart drivers tend to be tolerant of cyclists, and most roads tend to be wide enough to accommodate them.
- Get aroundOne old railway line from the city as far as Claremont has been converted to a first-class cycle and walking path (take care from motor vehicles at intersections).
From Wikivoyage: Hobart, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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