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Princes Park

6 September, 202211 November, 2019 by Brent Brian

Princes Park, named in 1855 after Prince of Wales, was originally part of the Mulgrave Battery. The Hobart semaphore station, part of a relaying network to communicate to Port Arthur penitentiary, is located in Princes Park. The semaphore post with signal arms can be seen beside the building. It relayed to the Mt Nelson signal … Read more

Mt Nelson Signal Station Reserve

6 September, 202211 June, 2015 by Brent Brian

Located on the hills above Hobart, Mount Nelson Signal Station is the first signal station built in Tasmania in 1811. Signalling was done using flags until 1831 when a three-armed semaphore, able to give 666 code signals. Seven years later, it was replaced by a six-armed semaphore, capable of over 900,000 code signals. A semaphore … Read more