Following the first settlers, the area expanded rapidly, with roads to the farming districts of Clarence Plains (Rokeby), Coal River (Richmond) and Hollow Tree (Cambridge) soon developing.
The division covers an area of 1,516 km² and includes a number of outer Hobart localities including; Lauderdale, Rokeby, Cambridge, Sorell, Richmond.
The Rokeby Bypass is a Clarence City Council proposed re-alignment of Rokeby Road that would bypass the Hobart suburb of Rokeby.
The Rokeby to Crossover Rail Trail is a shared use bike path following the former Noojee Railway Line between the small townships of Rokeby and Crossover in Gippsland, Australia.
They would certainly have been familiar with the epic poem Rokeby, by Sir Walter Scott, which was written, and set, in that locality.
The Tasmania Police Academy is located in the suburb of Rokeby on Hobart's Eastern Shore.
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Rokeby, five editions this year; inspired Jokeby, an anonymous parody by John Roby, also published this year
The abbey church, serious work on which began in 1691 under abbot Maurus Corker, and the remaining monastery buildings, executed in rather grand style by abbot Joseph Rokeby up to 1731, still remain virtually intact.
In March 2007 Mix 94.5 and sister station 92.9 moved from premises at 283 Rokeby Road, Subiaco, Western Australia to a new purpose built broadcast centre at 450 Roberts Road, Subiaco.
The town name is the product of a misspelling of Rokeby (after Henry Montagu, the 6th Baron Rokeby of Armagh, after whom Rokeby Road in Subiaco is also named).
He was eldest son and heir of William Robinson (bapt. Rokeby, Yorkshire, 23 September 1675, d. 24 February 1720), who married, in 1699, Anne, daughter and heiress of Robert Walters of Cundall in Yorkshire; she died on 26 July 1730, aged 53, and was buried in the centre of the south aisle of Merton church, Surrey, where a marble monument was placed to her memory.
The Highway starts at the Eastern Outlet near Mornington then travels south changing name to Rokeby Road and again to South Arm Road.
The station is located close to Subiaco's most well-known landmarks including the Regal Theatre, Subiaco Hotel, Station Street Markets, Subiaco Oval and Rokeby Road.