35-671: Queenborough Oval is the home headquarters of the Hutchins Old Boys Football Club and the South Hobart/Sandy Bay Cricket Club . The ground is a former Tasmanian Football League venue, being the former home of the Sandy Bay Football Club (now defunct) from 1945 to 1997. After the demise of Sandy Bay in 1997, Hutchins moved to the ground during the 1998 season after vacating their former home ground of 43 years (Hutchins War Memorial Oval) just up
70-584: A 53-point loss to New Norfolk . But the success of the 1983 season proved to be mirage, as the club sunk back down the ladder, struggling for attendances. With the beginning of the new TFL Statewide League competition in 1986, the Seagulls made a permanent return to Queenborough , and with solid home crowds, the club had a brilliant season. At one stage the Seaguls won 13 matches in succession under Andy Bennett , leading them into their first Grand Final since 1978. But
105-609: A major football ground in TFL football were becoming obvious by the late 1970s with respect to the lack of room to be able to extend and further develop the ground for the future. By 1980 The Mercury newspaper were headlining calls for Sandy Bay to vacate Queenborough Oval and move to North Hobart Oval or move to the Kingborough Region to the south of Hobart, due to the ground's small playing surface and somewhat inadequate spectator and player facilities, as poor crowds continued to dog
140-581: A weatherboard changeroom was erected on the site of where the Palfreyman Stand and Pavilion would be built twenty years later. Sandy Bay's emblem was the Seagull, generally thought to be named after all the seagulls that hung around the waterfront suburb where the club was located. Sandy Bay participated in the Tasmanian Football League with a strong degree of success in its first three decades in
175-484: Is Australia’s most significant site associated with female convicts and sits in the shadow of Mount Wellington, a short distance from the Hobart CBD." When the factory operated from 1828 to 1856, more than 5,000 convict women spent time there. The factory "was originally established on the site of a failed rum distillery which was adapted and gradually expanded to comprise five conjoined, rectangular walled yards. After 1856,
210-538: Is also famous for its Keen's Curry sign. Originally, the sign read "VR 60" to mark the Jubilee of Queen Victoria. This was created when the son-in-law of the company's founder "purchased land in the foothills of Mount Wellington, overlooking Hobart, and in 1905 transformed it into a large advertising sign. Heavy stones were collected from the site, painted white and used to form the words 'Keen's Curry' in letters some fifty feet (15 m) high. Public uproar resulted, but Horace won
245-737: Is now used by Hutchins Old Boys Football Club in the Old Scholars Football Association , who moved from their former Hutchins Memorial Oval base to Queenborough in 1998. The ground has hosted finals in that competition over several years, along with STJFL football as well as being the home to the South Hobart/Sandy Bay Sharks in the Tasmanian Cricket Association 42°54′14″S 147°19′59″E / 42.904°S 147.333°E / -42.904; 147.333 South Hobart South Hobart
280-648: Is one of Hobart's inner suburbs. It is bound by Dynnyrne , Fern Tree , West Hobart and the Hobart City Centre . South Hobart is home to many of the most beautiful homes in Hobart, including the classical Georgian residence of Milton and the Henry Hunter-designed Ashleigh (which was owned by Alfred Totenhöfer ). "The World Heritage-listed Cascades Female Factory Historic Site in South Hobart
315-571: Is the local public primary school, located at 59 Anglesea Street. Students, if using the public education system will eventually attend Taroona High School for grades 7 through 10, and then Hobart College for year 11 and 12. It is notable that according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 data, that South Hobart has 51.7% tertiary education compared to 21.9% for other Tasmanian residents, and 26.3% for Australia in general. Snapshots of South Hobart population statistics are available from
350-512: The Hobart City Centre from kunanyi / Mount Wellington . As a result, it has facilities as a popular park and transportation route for recreation and commuting to access destinations. The suburb also has one of the highest rates of commuter cycling in Australia, seven times higher than Greater Hobart . 15% walk to work. A refuse tip is located here within McRobies Gully, and also contains
385-584: The tip shop , which is located at the McRobies Gully Waste Management Centre (the tip), at the end of McRobies Road in South Hobart. This facility provides reuse, recycling, and refuse options for disposal of unwanted goods. Sandy Bay Football Club The Sandy Bay Football Club was an Australian rules football club based in Sandy Bay, Tasmania . The team participated in the Tasmanian Football League from 1945 to 1997. The club
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#1732859093783420-499: The 1970s, the demographic of their area had begun to change to a more upmarket occupancy and as a result, their supporter base withered away badly during this time. Home games at Queenborough Oval reflected this trend where their average home attendances had fallen from a 3,823-average in 1970 to just a 995-average by 1980 . It was during this time that the Hobart Mercury and other sports commentators began to headlines calls for
455-502: The ABS website. Upper Macquarie Street Post Office opened on 1 April 1874. It was renamed Cascade Road in 1884 and Hobart South in 1895. Settled by the merchant and professional classes, who wanted to get away from the noise and smell of Hobarton, South Hobart is Hobart's first suburb. Huon Road runs through South Hobart and is an extension of Davey Street (formerly Holbrook Place). Huon Road used to be named "The Huon Highway " and
490-532: The First Semi Final and held a 38-point lead early in the match before being overrun by eventual premier, Hobart by 33 points. The bottom fell out of the club only eighteen months later. During the 1992 season, Sandy Bay required an immediate cash injection of $ 70,000 in the middle of the season in order to keep the club afloat until the end of the season. A 'Save The Bay' campaign was hastily organised and charity matches took place in order to raise funds for what
525-599: The Peel Street end was also built. Queenborough Oval was well known in Tasmanian football for the long row of hedges which extended along the perimeter fence along the Nelson Road side of the ground and the entire perimeter fence at the Peel Street end, known as "The Hedge End", the hedges were often inhabited by scores of children on matchdays playing in them. Despite such a picturesque setting Queenborough Oval's shortcomings as
560-419: The Seagulls battled on as more merger attempts were foist upon them, but no more success came its way. In 1997, president Bill Sorell, announced that the club would be wound up at the completion of the season. The Seagulls final home match at Queenborough took place on Sunday, 27 July 1997, when they hosted Glenorchy . Sandy Bay were beaten convincingly by 101-points. Three weeks later it would be all over for
595-404: The Seagulls juggernaut stopped in spectacular fashion on Grand Final day, where they trailed badly all day en route to a 32-point defeat at the hands of Glenorchy . From 1987 onwards, it was a case of doom and gloom for the struggling Seagulls. Their supporter base was continuing to fall and the club was struggling financially, despite a strong finish to the 1990 season, in which they made it to
630-503: The area is known for its high green vote which is reflected by the existence of a community sustainability network. This is coordinated through a community. There is a strong sense of community, in part created by the suburb's location. It has an active community association – The South Hobart Progress Association Inc. founded in 1922 making it one of the oldest such organisations in Tasmania. Additionally, community involvement to preserve
665-468: The cemetery and the entire site lay derelict until the Hobart City Council purchased the site in late-1915 through an Act of Parliament and began building sports grounds in 1916 in the lower portion off Sandy Bay Road (now known as Lower Queenborough) and the current Queenborough Oval above that on the corner of Peel Street, with the remainder of the cemetery being used until it was closed in 1934 and
700-588: The club to vacate Queenborough Oval and relocate to either the North Hobart Oval or into the Kingborough region, south of Hobart. Despite improving attendances at home in 1981 and 1982, the Seagulls made the move to North Hobart Oval in 1983, where they played all of their home fixtures at the ground. Buoyed by increased attendances, the club made it all the way to the Preliminary Final, where it suffered
735-500: The competition, participating in fifteen TFL Grand Finals between 1945 and 1978 (including eight consecutive Grand Finals from 1971 to 1978) and winning the Tasmanian State Premiership twice in 1946 and 1971. But after losing the 1979 TANFL Preliminary Final by 19 points to Clarence, the club's era of dominance was over. Another problem looming for Sandy Bay was that during their remarkable period of sustained success during
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#1732859093783770-578: The end of the 1997 TFL Statewide League season. The final TFL match staged at Queenborough Oval was on Sunday, 27 July 1997 where a crowd of 1,333 people saw Sandy Bay host Glenorchy to which the Bay were handed a 101-point defeat, 21.13 (139) to 5.8 (38) by Glenorchy in a sad end to their 53-year history at the ground. On 25 May 1968, the touring New Zealand All Blacks, in their second match on tour, played Tasmania at Queenborough Oval, winning 74–0. The All Blacks, captained by Sir Brian Lochore, later coach of
805-541: The first team to win the Rugby World Cup in 1987, scored 18 tries that day of which only seven were converted. The captain of the Tasmanian Rugby Team was John Donaldson of the university-Associates Club. Queenborough also hosted an international soccer friendly between Tasmania and touring Welsh club Cardiff City on 8 June 1968, Cardiff won the match 5–1 in front of a crowd of 4,500. Today, Queenborough Oval
840-549: The four-year break in football due to the War, the most notable tenant of the ground, Sandy Bay Football Club was formed in January 1945 and made the ground its home in the Tasmanian Football League . The quaint ground received some modifications in 1965 when a grandstand (later named the Palfreyman Stand after the Sandy Bay legend) was built and the clubroom building adjacent and terracing at
875-628: The presence of platypus in the Hobart Rivulet has attracted media attention. All Saints' Anglican Church is today known for being Hobart's centre of Anglo-Catholic worship. The suburb is home to the very successful South Hobart SC . The H Thompson Badminton Centre is located at 101 Cascade Road. The Cascade Hotel was host to the weekly Gypsy Jazz Jam session, every Wednesday, for locals and visiting artists, but ceased around 2019. The restaurant and public bar remain vibrant with live music (occasionally) and food. South Hobart Primary School
910-552: The residents in the Queenborough area could bury their dead some distance from their homes. The cemetery originally occupied the site from the edge of Sandy Bay Road (across from where Wrest Point Casino stands today), extending the whole way up the hills of Nelson Road to the edge Churchill Avenue (where The Hutchins School exists today). By 1913 the Queenborough Cemetery Company had run out of money to maintain
945-476: The revamped competition. Sandy Bay adopted the colours of Royal Blue and White, the playing jumper was Royal Blue and White with a white seagull on the breast. This was used by the club between 1945–1966 and from 1967 onwards, the club wore a Blue and White vertical striped playing jumper. Sandy Bay was given permission by the Hobart City Council to use Queenborough Oval in Sandy Bay as its home ground and
980-427: The right to use it as an advertising sign. In June 1926 the familiar landmark briefly changed to read 'Hell's Curse' as a university prank, and students altered it again in 1962 to promote a theatre production. In 1994 the landmark read 'No Cable Car' as a protest against a proposed development. After every change the sign was restored and as of 2012 was still in place." Known as 'SoHo (South Hobart) village' by locals,
1015-506: The site was used for a variety of institutional purposes before being sold in 1904 and subdivided." The Cascade Brewery , the oldest brewery in Australia, is located here. Another landmark is All Saints' Anglican Church. Established in 1858, it is heritage listed. The building was designed by the prominent architect Henry Hunter . The Church is also renowned for containing a memorial plaque for school teacher and founder of women's cricket in Australia, Lily Poulett-Harris . South Hobart
1050-551: The street from Queenborough. It is located on the corner of Nelson Road and Peel Street Sandy Bay , 5 km (3.1 mi) south of the Hobart CBD . Queenborough Oval was originally part of the Queenborough Regional Cemetery, a 12-acre (49,000 m) site opened in 1873 and owned by Sandy Bay businessmen George Luckman and Stephen Large who purchased the site for £280 as a means of good business enterprise so that
1085-509: The venue. These calls were to continue until Sandy Bay finally moved away to play at North Hobart Oval in 1983, but then moved back to Queenborough part-time for the next two seasons before returning permanently in 1986. By the early 1990s The Mercury once again had Queenborough in the firing line, with an article titled "Queenborough Is The Pits!" appearing in 1990, Sandy Bay then moved back and forth between North Hobart Oval and Queenborough Oval on several occasions until Sandy Bay's demise at
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1120-506: Was founded in November 1944 as a result of a meeting called by the late Bill Barwick at Wrest Point Riviera (now Wrest Point Casino ). With World War II in its final stages it became clear that some former TANFL clubs would not survive and as a result, the League's Constitution was amended to provide for district football. In 1945 four clubs, Sandy Bay, North Hobart, New Town and Hobart, took part in
1155-709: Was later dismantled in 1961 for the construction of The Hutchins School site. Across the road from the Peel Street end of Queenborough Oval, the headstones of many of the dead still remain in a small, well maintained remembrance garden. Football at Queenborough began in 1916 with the ground being the new home to the Sandy Bay Rovers Football Club that played in the Queenborough Football Association at that time, prior to that, Rovers played at Lord's Paddock off Lord Street, Sandy Bay. Sandy Bay Rovers became defunct prior to World War Two and after
1190-458: Was now an ailing club. After various TFL and media-driven merger attempts over a number of years, the Bay moved back to North Hobart Oval in 1994, when the club made its last finals appearance. After finishing second on the ladder during the roster season, they would make it to the Preliminary Final, but the club suffered from a dreadful start to the match and despite a second half rally, ultimately bowed out to New Norfolk by 26-points. From 1995
1225-535: Was the major road to the Huon Valley until the opening of the Southern Outlet during the latter half of the 20th century. Autumn time during the 1950s would see apple trucks continually travelling along this road carting apples to Europe , thus helping Tasmania to earn its title of "The Apple Isle". South Hobart is located alongside the Hobart Rivulet which was the main fresh water source that leads through to
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