Glenorchy is a suburb of

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, Australia. Glenorchy is bound by the River Derwent to the east,

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to the west, Hobart City to the south and to the north. The city officially begins at Creek Road New Town, in Hobart's northern suburbs, and includes, Moonah, Derwent Park, Lutana, Goodwood, Montrose, Rosetta, Berriedale, Chigwell, Claremont and Austins Ferry. It is the seat of the

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of the same name, the

City of Glenorchy Glenorchy City Council (or City of Glenorchy) is a local government body in Tasmania, and one of the five municipalities that constitutes the Greater Hobart Area. The Glenorchy local government area has a population of 50,411, covering the sub ...

. Glenorchy draws its name from

Glen Orchy Glen Orchy () is a glen in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It runs from Bridge of Orchy to Dalmally. Geography Glen Orchy is about 17 km or 11 miles long, and runs south-west from Bridge of Orchy () to Dalmally () following the River ...

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, meaning "Glen of tumbling waters".

Overview

Glenorchy was first occupied in the year 1804, being mostly agricultural land from the 1820s onward, with

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s being the prime commercial industry for the area. Becoming a municipality in 1864 and then officially a city in 1964, Glenorchy is now a largely suburban, working class area, which grew quickly after

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when a great number of returning soldiers settled in the northern suburbs. Glenorchy has entertainment facilities including the Glenorchy Pool, a

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complex,

KGV Oval KGV Oval is a multi-purpose sports stadium located in Glenorchy, Tasmania. It serves as the home ground for the Glenorchy Football Club and the Southern Football League, and it is also used by the Glenorchy Cricket Club. The oval has a sea ...

which houses the

Glenorchy Football Club The Glenorchy District Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Tasmanian State League and the Southern Football League in Tasmania, Australia. History The club is nicknamed the Magpies after its black and wh ...

, and a bowls club. Glenorchy is also home to the

Tasmanian Transport Museum The Tasmanian Transport Museum is a transport museum in Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia preserving and exhibiting a collection relating to Tasmanian transport history including items such as locomotives, carriages, ephemera and railroadiana, rail ...

and

Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park The Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park (GASP) is a sculpture park and boardwalk in Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia. Commencing at Montrose Foreshore Community Park, GASP follows Elwick Bay's foreshore, terminating at Wilkinsons Point. GASP is in c ...

. Schools in the area include

Glenorchy Primary School Glenorchy may refer to: *Glen Orchy, a glen in Scotland containing the River Orchy *City of Glenorchy, a local government area of Tasmania, Australia **Glenorchy, Tasmania, the suburb contained within the local government area *Glenorchy, Victoria ...

Cosgrove High School Cosgrove High School is a government co-educational comprehensive junior secondary school located in , a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Established in 1951 and named in honour of Sir Robert Cosgrove, the school caters for approximately ...

Guilford Young College Guilford Young College is a Roman Catholic Church in Australia, Roman Catholic senior secondary education, secondary college, with campuses located in the Hobart suburbs of Glenorchy, Tasmania, Glenorchy and Hobart City in Tasmania, Australia. ...

and

Dominic College Dominic College is a Roman Catholic, co-educational, day school, located in Glenorchy, a suburb of , Tasmania, Australia. Dominic College caters for students from Kindergarten to Grade 10. History The college owes its religious foundation to ...

. Glenorchy is passed through by the

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of Greater Hobart, and the Brooker Highway which is the main connection to surrounding councils. When the Brooker Highway was built in 1952, it extended from Hobart to Berriedale. During this time, areas of Glenorchy and Moonah undertook street widening works in order to cope with increased traffic from the south. Significant areas of Glenorchy include: *Elwick is the name given to the area east of the

Brooker Highway The Brooker Highway is a highway in the Australian state of Tasmania. As one of Hobart's three major radials, the highway connects traffic from the Hobart central business district, city centre with the northern suburbs and is the major road con ...

, including the

Elwick Racecourse Elwick Racecourse, known for naming rights reasons as Ladbrokes Park Elwick, is a thoroughbred horse-racing venue located on Goodwood Road, Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia. It is located in close proximity to the Brooker Highway, Hobart Showgro ...

(where the Hobart Cup is raced) and the

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, which represents all of Southern Tasmania. *Merton refers to the Barossa Road area, and the surrounding bushlands between Glenorchy and

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. *O'Brien's Bridge is the name given to the site of first settlement in 1809. At the 2016

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, the suburban Glenorchy area had a population of 10,828, with the Glenorchy City population totalling 46,397.

Retail

The Glenorchy

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has three major indoor shopping centres,

Northgate Shopping Centre Northgate Shopping Centre is the third largest shopping centre in Tasmania. Located in Glenorchy approximately 10 kilometres northwest of Hobart. The shopping centre is located on the Main Road within the CBD of Glenorchy with all stores lo ...

, Glenorchy Central and Glenorchy Plaza. Leading retail stores in Glenorchy include

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, Coles, Woolworths,

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, and

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, as well as a

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located on the eastern edge of the Hobart show grounds on the Brooker Highway near Goodwood, with access via Howard Road. Glenorchy has the second largest shopping district in Tasmania, following the

Hobart central business district The Hobart City Centre (referred to as the Hobart CBD) is a suburb surrounded by metropolitan Hobart, which comprises the original settlement, the central business district, and other built-up areas. It is the oldest part of Hobart and include ...

. Glenorchy CBD is one of the three main commercial districts in Glenorchy City, as well as those in Moonah and Claremont.

Smelter contamination

The

Risdon Zinc Works Risdon Zinc Works (trading as Nyrstar Hobart) is a major zinc refinery located in Lutana, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The smelter is one of the world's largest in terms of production volume, producing over annually of high-grade zi ...

(trading as Nyrstar Hobart) at nearby

Lutana Lutana is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Glenorchy in the Hobart LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-east of the town of Glenorchy. Th2021 censusrecorded a population of 2,616 for the state suburb ...

, which has been in operation since 1917, continues to produce heavy metal contaminants affecting the air, land and estuary waters surrounding

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. Drawing from data complied in the

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, a report by the

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placed Hobart at number 6 of Australia's most polluted cities in 2018. The data identified medium levels of

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in postcodes 7009 (Lutana,

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, Moonah, West Moonah) and 7010 (Glenorchy,

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, Montrose, Goodwood, Dowsing Point) with average air contaminate readings of 40% (

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() and

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()), and

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(SO₂) contributing 57% of airborne emissions. The Tasmanian Planning Scheme does not mandate the

Glenorchy City Council Glenorchy City Council (or City of Glenorchy) is a local government body in Tasmania, and one of the five municipalities that constitutes the Greater Hobart Area. The Glenorchy local government area has a population of 50,411, covering the sub ...

to notify prospective buyers about potential land contamination within the City of Glenorchy.

References

External links

Australian Places (Monash University): Glenorchy, Tasmania
*http://profile.id.com.au/glenorchy {{Hobart suburbs Working class in Australia Localities of City of Glenorchy Populated places on the River Derwent