There are several monuments relating to tragedies which occurred on Mt. Wellington. Smith’s Monument. Dr. John Smith was lost on the Mountain and died in January 1858. See our Documents page for this and other downloadable information. Radford’s and Richards’ Read More …
Who was Gentle Annie? And did she really fall? There’s a tragic story about a little girl who fell to her death in the Hobart Waterworks. How much of this story is true? The Falls were spectacular in their heyday. Read More …
There were two huts built with the name Wattle Grove. The first, a simple structure, was built in 1894-5, and the second, more ornate version was built in 1910 in a different location by at least two of the first Read More …
The Waratah Hut was built in 1892. The hut was built of bark and the members would often entertain up to 40 guests with roast dinners. It seems these gentlemen enjoyed wearing bowler hats. Read more in our Waratah Hut Read More …
Wellington Hut Built 1890, and rebuilt 1902. The original version was a simple square bark hut, which was much beautified in later years. At one stage it was completely demolished and rebuilt from scratch. Download document on the Wellington Hut Read More …
The photo of Fernlea hut above shows the hut builders’ great care in beautifying the ornamentation. The photo is from Roy Davies’ collection at WPMT. These two huts (Fernlea and Fern Grove) were situated above the Waterworks and built by Read More …
The Cluster Grove hut was built in 1908-9 in McRobies Gully. It was built of logs and had a bark roof and a stone chimney with a corrugated iron cap. Our document on this hut is available for download here. Read More …
During the early 20th century many companies offered trips up Mt. Wellington by horse-drawn conveyances. These companies included Garnet Self’s, Austin’s Brakes, and Webster, Rometch and Duncan. There were normally two to six horses drawing a cart holding up to Read More …
There were two huts named Myrtle Hut. This hut was built on Proctors Road, near the Lea. Boxing bouts and bicycling was popular at this hut. It was owned by the Ryland family and friends, who continued to use the Read More …
We have collected a number of stereo views of Mt. Wellington. Some are on card, and some are glass negatives. We have assembled a few of these into a series of animated gifs; the animation will be visible when viewing Read More …