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What are Hobart's most famous ghost stories?

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2019
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Tasmania
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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What are Hobart's most famous ghost stories?

hotel staff a run for their money. "[Alex] still hangs around there and treats it like his castle on top the hill, despite the fact that he's been dead for over a century now," he said. "Alex died of natural causes. He developed dementia later in life and it's my understanding is that he died in hi…

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4,056
Year
2,019
Source
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Record ID
4056
Source
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Publication
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Published
2019-04-04
Narrative type
Ghost and Apparition Accounts
Public-text label
ghost
Archive period
Digital Era
Location
Princes Park, TAS (TAS): B
State or territory
TAS
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hotel staff a run for their money. "[Alex] still hangs around there and treats it like his castle on top the hill, despite the fact that he's been dead for over a century now," he said. "Alex died of natural causes. He developed dementia later in life and it's my understanding is that he died in his bed at home." Staff at the Lenna of Hobart Hotel declined to comment about Alex and his wife. Battery Point's oldest ghost Narryna in Battery Point is an 1830s merchant's house, but now operates as a museum. It apparently has the area's "longest-serving" ghost, who was a young convict girl named Polly. Mr Imbriotis said it is not known exactly how Polly died. "She was a young convict staff member who died when she was pregnant," she said. "She either was pushed or fell down the stairs." Polly, the reported ghost at Narryna House, was a young convict girl who is said to have died on these.

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