Glenorchy (Tasmania)

Glenorchy
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State :  Australia State : Tasmania
Coordinates : 42 ° 50 ′  S , 147 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 50 ′  S , 147 ° 17 ′  E Area : 10.4  km²
Residents : 10,828 (2016) Population density : 1041 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 7010 LGA : Glenorchy City
Glenorchy

Glenorchy is a small town and suburb of Hobart in the southeast of the Australian state of Tasmania . It is located about 9 km northwest of the city center above the east bank of the Derwent River and has around 11,000 inhabitants (as of 2016). The land used to be used for agriculture, mainly for growing fruit, but is now mostly densely built up and is considered a working-class neighborhood. The city is the administrative seat of the Local Government Area Glenorchy City .

The main road from Glenorchy is the Main Road , which runs through the city in a north-south direction.

Glenorchy is an area city, and some neighborhoods are known by other names:

• Elwick located east of the Brooker Highway , and also includes the racecourse in Tattersalls Park and the Royal Hobart Showground (Exhibition Center)
• Merton comprises the area around Barossa Road and the surrounding bushland between Glenorchy and Lenah Valley .

schools

The elementary schools are Glenorchy Primary School and Brent Street Primary School , and the secondary schools are Cosgrove High School , Guilford Young College, and Dominic College .

Public facilities

Glenorchy has many public facilities in the northern suburbs of Hobart, such as B. an outdoor swimming pool , a cinema , a stadium for Australian football , a soccer stadium , a bowls club and Tolosa Park , a city park. The Tasmanian Transport Museum is also located in the city . There is an open-air auditorium in Tolosa Park, which is mainly used for music events.

Shopping

Big W Glenorchy

There are three major shopping centers in downtown Glenorchy, Northgate Shopping Center , Glenorchy Central (Centro) and Glenorchy Plaza . In addition, many large supermarket chains are represented, e.g. B. Best & Less, Coles , Woolworths, Big W, Miter 10 Home & Trade and Target .

Web links

Commons : Glenorchy (Tasmania)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Glenorchy local history

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Glenorchy (Tas.) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2020.