The second stop on our afternoon city tour was to the Mount Nelson Signal Station.
Mount Nelson is a mountain and suburb on the southern edge of Hobart, Tasmania. The mountain rises to a summit elevation of 351 metres (1,152 ft) above sea level and offers sweeping views of the River Derwent, the Meehan Range and surrounding areas.
The historic Mount Nelson Signal Station, served as a semaphore link between Hobart and Port Arthur during the colonial era.
The area now known as Mount Nelson lies within the traditional lands of the Muwinina people, whose territory encompassed parts of present-day Hobart and its surrounding suburbs. The Muwinina, along with all Palawa/Pakana peoples, were profoundly impacted by the British colonisation of Lutruwita, then referred to by Europeans as Van Diemen's Land. Beginning in 1803, colonisation led to widespread displacement and violence against the island's Indigenous population, culminating in what many historians recognise as a sanctioned genocide.
Mount Nelson was named in 1811 by Governor Lachlan Macquarie after the brig HMS Lady Nelson, which played a significant role in the early European exploration and settlement of the region. The Lady Nelson was part of the fleet that brought the first British settlers to Hobart in 1803, and Macquarie himself travelled aboard the vessel during his 1811 visit to the colony. The Signal Station remained in operation until its closure in 1971.
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