Lindisfarne, Tasmania
Lindisfarne is a suburb of Hobart's Eastern Shore in Tasmania, Australia, located approximately 6 kilometres from the City Centre within the municipal City of Clarence.
History
The suburb originally took its name from Lindisferne House,, a property built in the 1820s near the suburb of Rosny. At one time the suburb was known as Beltana from 1892, but, because of confusion with Bellerive, it was renamed Lindisfarne in 1903 after Lindisfarne a tidal Island in Northumberland, England. The easternmost part of the middle of the suburb, where the Beltana Bowls Club and the Beltana Hotel are located, is still locally known as Beltana.Lindisfarne Bay and boating
Lindisfarne is centred on a bay of the same name that is one of many such sheltered anchorages on the Derwent River. The bay is home to a number of clubs that cater for rowing, sailing and motor-cruising the local waterways.The Motor Yacht Club of Tasmania Est. 1924 in Lindisfarne Bay, The Lindisfarne Sailing Club Est. 1955 and the Lindisfarne Rowing Club Est. 1905 are all situated on the bay's foreshore.