Down Wapping - Hobart's vanished Wapping and Old Wharf districts [SC]

Wapping was a working-class residential district which lay on either side of the Hobart Rivulet. The district's economy was dominated by the casual labour trades associated with the waterfront trades and industries located on nearby Old Wharf and along the banks of the rivulet — fishing, seafaring, wharf labour and cartage, slaughtering, and jam, soap and gas factories.

Wapping was, in the latter half of the 19th century, widely regarded by Hobart's upper crust as the city's worst slum. This history looks beyond the stereotype and into the reality of what was once Wapping.

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BOOK DETAILS

• Softcover book.
• Published 1994 by Blubber Head Press, Hobart.
• 251 pages, indexed.
• Black and white photos.

CONDITION

This is an out-of-print book; it is in used but generally good condition, with some wear to the cover and a faded spine. Previous owner's details are written in the front.

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