Anthony Hope

Self Published

RRP $70.00 HB

The History of Hobart’s Salamanca Quarry dates back to the earliest days of the Sullivans Cove Settlement. This book with its many illustrations, deals not only with the history of the Quarry itself but those areas around the waterfront which bore the Quarry’s influence and the various people involved.

Buildings, roads and land reclamation gradually transformed a great deal of coastline of the Cove.

The Salamanca Quarry and its dolerite rock played a great part in that transformation and the people that moved them, from the early days of the convicts in the early 19th century right up to the 1950”s.

The Quarry is still visible behind all the modern apartments and shops and stands as a significant symbol of Hobart’s (and Tasmania’s) history of the life, sweat and toil of its people.

Author Profile
The author lives in Hobart, Tasmania. On returning to his birthplace in Hobart in 2001, he began researching some of Hobart’s colourful history. He is a professional geologist with over forty years working in Australia and overseas.

Being a geologist an obvious place to start the research was the Salamanca Quarry first worked by convicts from 1840.

His love of geology commenced during the 1950’s whilst attending Trinity Grammar School in Sydney. After graduating from Sydney University, he commenced his career in the mining industry in Australia.

His subsequent long involvement with the industry includes positions held in CRA, Peko-Wallsend, Lepanto, BHP, Kennecott and junior resource companies.

The author believes “A Quarry Speaks”, will appeal to persons of all ages and create a renewed interest in the fascinating history which abounds in Hobart’s Sullivans Cove, Battery Point and Salamanca Place over the past two hundred years.