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 | | Hobart Town, from the census of 1835, contained 13,826 inhabitants, and the whole of Tasmania 36,505.''But since the Derwent River was one of Australia's finest deepwater ports and was the centre of the Southern Ocean whaling and seal trade, it rapidly grew into a major port, with allied industries such as ship-building. |
| | Hobart Town became a city in 1842, and was renamed Hobart in 1875. |
| | Crown Princess Mary of Denmark was born and raised in Taroona, a southern suburb of Hobart. |
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