Title

View from the top of Mount Nelson with Hobart Town in the distance, V.D.L. [by Joseph Lycett].

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Publication date

1825

Type

About the work

Language

English

Country of context

Australia

Full text

View from the top of Mount Nelson with Hobart Town in the distance, V.D.L.

HOBART TOWN, seen from this point, forms, notwithstanding its distance, a very interesting View. The distance from HOBART TOWN to the top of MOUNT NELSON, is about eight miles; from which place one of the most extensive Views in this part of the country presents itself, comprehending some of the finest cultivated districts of the Island.

Immediately over the Town, in the extreme distance, are seen the hills called SPRING HILL and CONSTITUTION HILL, to the left of MOUNT DIRECTION; which latter appears near the centre of the View. The PLAINS of BAGDAD are seen to the left of that Mountain, and BAGDAD TIER of MOUNTAINS just over it, to the right. The point of land to the right, on the River DERWENT, is called KANGAROO POINT; and that next, also on the right, is called BLUFF HEAD, from which point the other View of HOBART TOWN, in this work, was taken.

The point of land seen on this side of the Town is called SULLIVAN'S POINT, on which MULGRAVE BATTERY is erected; and where also is a Telegraph, which communicates with the one upon MOUNT NELSON. The open land in cultivation is called QUEENBOROUGH, and is one of the finest tracks of land in the Colony, producing excellent crops of Wheat, Barley, Oats, Potatoes, &c. c.; and the land, even to the top of this Mount, is covered with the finest Grass. Although in parts much intersected with rocks of large dimensions, the land is a very fine loamy soil.

The View of HOBART TOWN from this hill is truly grand. On the east, looking towards the entrance of the River, the wide expanse of the Ocean appears in all its grandeur; to the right is BRUNI ISLAND; and on the north opens an extensive and very interesting view up the River DERWENT, commanding HOBART TOWN, over which is seen a tract of country extending more than sixty miles, through which the River meanders, and affords a variety of picturesque scenery of the most pleasing description. Towards the west, a different aspect of the country is presented, and the majestic mountain, called MOUNT WELLINGTON, seems to frown in gloomy grandeur, as it hangs over Hobart Town and its vicinity.

Upon the whole, this View from MOUNT NELSON may be ranked among the finest exhibitions of Nature in the whole world.

Accompanying text, 1825.