Helena in 1898 and rebuilt it, adding a jetty and a boat house. Helena and renamed the area Dunkley's Point. David Dunkley purchased the Chaffey's Point estate from William Chaffey in 1847. The Traveller's Wrest Hotel, which is still standing today on Sandy Bay Road, was erected by his son William Chaffey in 1836. Norfolk Islander Thomas Chaffey constructed his residence on the point between 18, during the British colonisation of Tasmania, which became known as Chaffey's Point by the end of his life. Historically, Dunkley's Point was a camping ground held by the semi-nomadic Mouheneener people, who held a permanent settlement at nearby Long Beach called kreewer. It was Australia's first legal casino, opening in the suburb of Sandy Bay in Hobart, on 10 February 1973. The Wrest Point Hotel Casino is a casino in Tasmania.
