Wellington Park is of major scenic importance. The Wellington Range extends from east to west across the Park creating a number of notable skyline features. These include Sleeping Beauty, Collins Cap, Cathedral Rock, Mount Arthur and Mount Wellington. For today's locals and visitors to southern Tasmania, Mount Wellington is especially significant offering a sense of homecoming and arrival.
Early visitors to Van Diemen's Land portrayed their impressions onto canvas and Mount Wellington was an obvious influence. Lieutenant G. Tobin painted the views during Bligh's visit in 1792, then later that year C.F. Beautemps-Beaupré sketched images during D'Entrecasteaux's journeys.
Many early settlers to the new colony depicted the local views including John Glover. Mount Wellington and Hobart Town from Kangaroo Point 1831-33 is considered one of Glover's most significant works, depicting the Mountain, the river, and Aboriginal Tasmanians.
Written accounts and poetry, both recent and retrospect, interpret the local landscape. Publications for further reading are listed.
Wellington Park landscapes can be viewed in the Gallery and through the State Library of Tasmania.