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Line 1: {{About\|the suburb\|the local government area that contains the suburb\|Glenorchy City Council}} {{Use Australian English\|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=~~October~~June ~~2012~~2023}} {{Infobox Australian place \| type = suburb Line 10: \| caption = Glenorchy, Elwick Racecourse viewed from kunanyi/Mount Wellington \| coordinates = {{coord\|42\|49\|59\|S\|147\|16\|33\|E\|display=inline,title}} \| alternative_location_map = Australia Hobart ~~\| pop = 10828~~ \| local_map = yes▼ ~~\| pop_year = {{CensusAU\|2016}}~~ \| zoom = 1112▼ ~~\| pop_footnotes = <ref name=census>{{Census 2016 AUS\|id=SSC60233\|name=Glenorchy (Tas.) (State Suburb)\|quick=on\|accessdate=29 March 2018}}</ref>~~ \| pop = <!--leave blank to draw the latest automatically from Wikidata--> \| postcode = 7010 \| area = 10.5 ▲\| local_map = yes ▲\| zoom = 11 \| lga = City of Glenorchy \| stategov = [[Division of Clark (state)\|Clark]] \| fedgov = [[Division of Clark\|Clark]] \| near-n = [[Elwick, Tasmania\|Elwick]] \| near-ne = [[Goodwood, Tasmania\|Goodwood]] \| near-e = [[Derwent Park, Tasmania\|Derwent Park]] Line 37 ⟶ 36: Glenorchy was first occupied in the year 1804, being mostly agricultural land from the 1820s onward, with [[orchard]]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 [[WWII]] when a great number of returning soldiers settled in the northern suburbs. Glenorchy has entertainment facilities including the Glenorchy Pool, a [[Village Cinemas]] complex, [[KGV Oval]] which houses the [[Glenorchy Football Club]], and a bowls club. Glenorchy is also home to the [[Tasmanian Transport Museum]] and [[Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park]]. Schools in the area include [[Glenorchy Primary School]], [[Cosgrove High School]], [[Guilford Young College]] and [[Dominic College]]. Line 44 ⟶ 43: Significant areas of Glenorchy include: Elwick is the name given to the area east of the [[Brooker Highway]], including the [[Elwick Racecourse]] (where the [[Hobart Cup]] is raced) and the [[Hobart Showground]], which represents all of Southern Tasmania. Merton refers to the [[Barossa Road, Hobart\|Barossa Road]] area, and the surrounding bushlands between Glenorchy and [[Lenah Valley]]. O'Brien's Bridge is the name given to the site of first settlement in 1809. At the 2016 [[Census in Australia\|Australian census]], the suburban Glenorchy area had a population of 10,828, with the Glenorchy City population totalling 46,397.<ref name=census>{{Census 2016 AUS\|id=SSC60233\|name=Glenorchy (Tas.) (State Suburb)\|quick=on\|accessdate=29 March 2018}}</ref> ==Retail== [[Image:Glen plaza.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Big W Glenorchy]] The Glenorchy [[Central business district]] has three major indoor shopping centres, [[Northgate Shopping Centre]], [[Glenorchy Central]] (Centro), and [[Glenorchy Plaza]]. Leading retail stores in Glenorchy include [[Best & Less]], [[Coles Supermarkets\|Coles]], [[Woolworths Supermarkets\|Woolworths]], [[Big W]], and [[Target Australia\|Target]], as well as a [[Bunnings Warehouse\|Bunnings]] located on the eastern edge of the Hobart show grounds on the Brooker Highway near Goodwood, with access via Howard Rd. Glenorchy has the second largest shopping district in Tasmania, following the Hobart CBD. 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]] (trading as Nyrstar Hobart) at nearby [[Lutana, Tasmania\|Lutana]], which has been in operation since 1917, continues to produce heavy metal contaminants affecting the air, land and estuary waters surrounding [[Greater Hobart]].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://tasmaniantimes.com/2021/02/from-the-archives-the-state-of-the-derwent/ \|title=From the archives: the State of the Derwent \|date=2006-05-29 \|access-date=2023-05-22 \|website=[[Tasmanian Times]] \|last=Obendorf \|first=David \|archive-date=22 May 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522115135/https://tasmaniantimes.com/2021/02/from-the-archives-the-state-of-the-derwent/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> Drawing from data complied in the [[National Pollutant Inventory]], a report by the [[Australian Conservation Foundation]] placed Hobart at number 6 of Australia's most polluted cities in 2018. The data identified medium levels of [[air pollution]] in postcodes 7009 (Lutana, [[Derwent Park, Tasmania\|Derwent Park]], [[Moonah, Tasmania\|Moonah]], [[West Moonah, Tasmania\|West Moonah]]) and 7010 (Glenorchy, [[Rosetta, Tasmania\|Rosetta]], [[Montrose, Tasmania\|Montrose]], [[Goodwood, Tasmania\|Goodwood]], [[Dowsing Point, Tasmania\|Dowsing Point]]) with average air contaminate readings of 40% {{NOx}} ([[nitric oxide]] ({{chem\|NO}}) and [[nitrogen dioxide]] ({{chem\|NO\|2}})), and [[sulfur dioxide]] (SO<sub>2</sub>) contributing 57% of airborne emissions.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://apo.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2018-11/apo-nid203811.pdf \|title=The Dirty Truth: Australia’s Most Polluted Postcodes \|date=2018-11-01 \|access-date=2023-05-22 \|website=[[Australian Conservation Foundation]] \|archive-date=22 May 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522112124/https://apo.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2018-11/apo-nid203811.pdf \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-16/australian-pollution-mapped-by-postcodes/10478620 \|title=Australia's pollution mapped by postcode reveals nation's 'dirty truth' \|date=2018-11-16 \|access-date=2023-05-22 \|publisher=ABC News \|location=Australia \|last=Hermant \|first=Norman \|last2=Clark \|first2=Emily \|archive-date=22 May 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522112124/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-16/australian-pollution-mapped-by-postcodes/10478620 \|url-status=live }}</ref> The Tasmanian Planning Scheme does not mandate the [[Glenorchy City Council]] to notify prospective buyers about potential land contamination within the City of Glenorchy.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.gcc.tas.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Notification-to-Purchasers-of-Contaminated-Land-in-Lutana-Policy-2022.pdf \|title=NOTIFICATION TO PURCHASERS: CONTAMINATED LAND IN LUTANA \|date=2022-03-28 \|access-date=2023-05-22 \|website=[[Glenorchy City Council]] \|archive-date=22 May 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522112125/https://www.gcc.tas.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Notification-to-Purchasers-of-Contaminated-Land-in-Lutana-Policy-2022.pdf \|url-status=live }}</ref> ==References== Line 61 ⟶ 67: ==External links== {{commons category}} [https://shawfactor.com/gazetteer/tasmania/glenorchy/ Australian Places (Monash University): Glenorchy, Tasmania] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817025946/https://shawfactor.com/gazetteer/tasmania/glenorchy/ \|date=17 August 2021 }} *http://profile.id.com.au/glenorchy {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016071640/http://profile.id.com.au/glenorchy \|date=16 October 2017 }} {{Hobart suburbs}} Line 68 ⟶ 74: [[Category:Working class in Australia]] [[Category:Localities of City of Glenorchy]] [[Category:Populated places on the River Derwent]]