Richmond is just 24 km from Hobart and, with more than 50 buildings
dating from the 19th century, is Tasmania's premier historic town.
Straddling the Coal River, on the old route between Hobart
and Port Arthur, Richmond was a strategic
military post and convict station. Its famous and much-photographed
bridge, built by convicts in 1823, is the oldest road bridge in
Australia.
