Economy
The More Things Change … 1994: No Cable Car!
Doug Nichols’ memory was animated by Charles Wooley’s column – which published on Tasmanian Times on Monday with the heading Deceptions and such pranks are fun though …. Charles’ column told the story of the time in the early 70s when he and his uni mates rearranged the heritage-listed Keen’s Curry sign. It wasn’t the first … or last time …
The heritage-listed Keen’s Curry sign, as it appears in Charles Wooley’s column …
Above, and below: A large panoramic photo of the city and Mt Wellington from the Eastern Shore by John Beattie, circa 1905. It shows the (newly created) KEENS CURRY sign prominently on the hillside (below)*.
*This photo (along with others including a very rare panorama of Hobart from 1855) had been collected by the bell ringers of Holy Trinity Church in North Hobart. They were donated to the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office in 2008.
*Doug Nichols has lived in South Hobart since 1987. “I was a strong opponent of the 1994 plans to develop Mt Wellington (cable car, complex at the summit, ski slopes on the plateau), so I was delighted to see the change to the Keens Curry sign.”