Rokeby, Tasmania
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Rokeby is a suburb of Hobart
, capital of Tasmania
, Australia
. It is located on the eastern shore of the Derwent River
and is part of the City of Clarence Local Government Area.
Rokeby started as Rokeby House, a farmhouse in the Clarence Plains area, in the 19th century and along with the nearby suburb of Clarendon Vale
, was developed into a mainly public-housing suburb of Hobart in the 1970s. It was modelled after public housing projects that took place in the United States
in the 1950s. The area has been typically associated with high crime and unemployment
, but this trend is beginning to reverse, probably in part due to increasing levels of home ownership during the Hobart housing market boom
of 2002. Houses in the area that were valued in the low $20,000 range are now being valued at over seven times this figure. The area has a historic church, with a traditional British picket-fence cricket ground and the Rokeby Historic Trail, also Rokeby has a skate park built around 2001, which is regarded as one of the best parks in the state, and had attracted many national and international pro skateboarders, most recent a competition held there in January 09 sponsored by Element skateboards, with $50,000 prize money which was won by a local Wayne Williams.
Hobart
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
, capital of Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is located on the eastern shore of the Derwent River
Derwent River (Tasmania)
The Derwent is a river in Tasmania, Australia. It was named after the River Derwent, Cumbria by British Commodore John Hayes who explored it in 1793. The name is Brythonic Celtic for "valley thick with oaks"....
and is part of the City of Clarence Local Government Area.
Rokeby started as Rokeby House, a farmhouse in the Clarence Plains area, in the 19th century and along with the nearby suburb of Clarendon Vale
Clarendon Vale, Tasmania
Clarendon Vale is a suburb of Hobart, capital of Tasmania, Australia. It is in the City of Clarence Local Government Area.Like nearby Rokeby, it was originally a public housing area in the 1970s, however like the trend in many public housing areas in Hobart, much of the public housing stock has...
, was developed into a mainly public-housing suburb of Hobart in the 1970s. It was modelled after public housing projects that took place in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in the 1950s. The area has been typically associated with high crime and unemployment
Unemployment
Unemployment , as defined by the International Labour Organization, occurs when people are without jobs and they have actively sought work within the past four weeks...
, but this trend is beginning to reverse, probably in part due to increasing levels of home ownership during the Hobart housing market boom
Real estate economics
Real estate economics is the application of economic techniques to real estate markets. It tries to describe, explain, and predict patterns of prices, supply, and demand...
of 2002. Houses in the area that were valued in the low $20,000 range are now being valued at over seven times this figure. The area has a historic church, with a traditional British picket-fence cricket ground and the Rokeby Historic Trail, also Rokeby has a skate park built around 2001, which is regarded as one of the best parks in the state, and had attracted many national and international pro skateboarders, most recent a competition held there in January 09 sponsored by Element skateboards, with $50,000 prize money which was won by a local Wayne Williams.