Battery Point Travel Guide
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Battery Point is a suburb of the
Hobart, immediately south of the CBD. Battery Point is named after the battery of guns which were established on the point in 1818. The battery no longer exists.
Today Battery Point retains much of the character of 100 years ago, including a large number of historic houses dating from the first European settlement of 'Hobart Town'. Probably most significant is Arthur's Circus with its cottages mostly originally constructed for the officers of the garrison.