St. David's Park — Attraction in Hobart

Walled park. Beautiful gardens, chairs and grass. Lovely place to take a picnic. The garden covers the grounds of the first European burial ground in Tasmania. Some of most important grave monuments have been left there along with most of the 900 bodies. Cement dry and now park named after the first Lt Governor, David Collins. Collins himself was buried there in March 1810. About a year afterwards the first church in Tasmania was built on the spot, with its altar directly above his grave. The opening of the Cornelian Bay cemetery in 1872 allowed St Davids and all the other burial grounds within the city to be closed. Memorials remaining include David Collins, author and colonial secretary James Ebenezer Bicheno; Lachlan M Sorell, the infant son of Lt Governor Sorell; Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, Lieut. Governor in 1840s. A major feature of the park is the memorial wall which is made up of many of the original headstones from the parks previous life as the Hobart colony s first cemetery. It contains the names and details of many First Fleeters  and many of the early settlers of Hobart Town. The lion sculptures at the entrance were restored as a bicentennial gift to the people of Hobart from the Australian and New Zealand Banking Group Limited which erected them here jointly with the corporation of the city of Hobart in 1988. The lions were carved in a tent on the foot path in 1884 by Richard Patterson to serve over the entrance to the Bank of Van Diemen s Land. The lions were then displayed at Port Arthur under the care of the Tasmanian...

Took a walk around St David's Park this afternoon. Nice backstory. Back in early settlement times it was the main cemetery in Hobart town. In the park there are memorial walls which are made up of many of the original headstones from the park’s previous life as the Hobart colony’s first cemetery. They contain the names and details of many “First Fleeters” and many of the early settlers of Hobart Town. This is an absolute hidden gem, right in the heart of Hobart. The park is beautiful and the memorial walls add that colonial touch...

I usually pass by here since my work is located nearby. It has a certain charm to it that I cant explain whether you want to lie down on the grass, seat on one of its chairs or stroll around its a perfect place to spend some "me" time in otherwise a busy hobart. Sure, it may not be comparable to the beauty of Hobarts ports but it certainly stands out. On the other hand, there are lots of tombstones here since it used to be a cemetery.. sppoooky but well I walked through it at around 1 am one time and the only thing that greeted...