41-517: Dowsing Point is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Glenorchy in the Hobart LGA region of Tasmania . The locality is about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north-east of the town of Glenorchy . The 2016 census recorded a population of 85 for the state suburb of Dowsing Point. It is a locality of the greater area of Hobart. It is part of the City of Glenorchy and encompasses
82-655: A Jesuit school and reportedly intended to become a priest in the Society of Jesus , but his father intervened and enlisted him in the French Navy in 1754. In the action that secured the Balearic Islands for Spain (and resulted in the execution of Admiral Byng ), Bruni d'Entrecasteaux was a midshipman aboard the 26-gun Minerve , and in April 1757 he was commissioned as an ensign . His further naval career as
123-551: A regatta at Montrose Bay while at the showgrounds there is the annual Royal Hobart Show and the Hobart Cup at Tattersalls Park . Glenorchy has a huge amount of entertainment to offer, considering its size. Located on the main road there is the only ice rink in the greater area of Hobart, as well as a Village Cinemas complex at Glenorchy Central and a Zone Bowling center at Moonah and located in Derwent Park
164-476: A fact. The ships anchored in Recherche Bay on 22 January, and the expedition spent a period of five weeks in that area, watering the ships, refreshing the crews, and carrying out explorations into both natural history and geography . Beautemps-Beaupré, in company with other officers, surveyed the northern extensions to Storm Bay – the western extension was found to be a mouth of a river which received
205-594: A junior officer was uneventful, and he appears in this period to have done general service in the French Navy. For a time Bruni d'Entrecasteaux was assistant director of ports and arsenals, after which (1785) he was transferred to command a French Squadron in the East Indies , comprising Résolution and Subtile . During this service he opened up a new route to Canton by way of the Sunda Strait and
246-737: A small number of residences within the area located between the Commonwealth land situating the Derwent Barracks , and the Elwick Racecourse . Dowsing Point is the site of the Tasmanian Technopark , a Qantas call centre, an army barracks and various park lands. In 2007, Mayor Adriana Taylor proposed to have Dowsing Point as the new site of the Royal Hobart Hospital . Dowsing Point
287-470: A variety of small shops and cafes, as well as a Harris Scarfe department store and shopping centre Woolworths supermarket . The Glenorchy CBD has three major indoor shopping centres, Northgate Shopping Centre , Glenorchy Central (Centro), and Glenorchy Plaza. Bruni d%27Entrecasteaux Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d'Entrecasteaux (8 November 1737 – 21 July 1793) was a French Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator who served as
328-449: Is Parsons Sports Centre which houses Hobart's only indoor Tennis court. The Derwent Entertainment Centre provides the city with the opportunity to host many local and international artists. Artists who have played here include Dire Straits , INXS , Elton John , John Farnham , Kylie Minogue and Bob Dylan . The DEC is also used for expos, trade shows and sporting events. The Moorilla Estate often holds musical performances during
369-673: Is a confirmed locality. During the Tasman Bridge disaster, Dowsings Point was used as the western side of a Bailey bridge crossing the River Derwent. The waters of the River Derwent form the northern, eastern and most of the southern boundaries. Route B35 (Goodwood Road) runs through from west to east. The Risdon Zinc Works (trading as Nyrstar Hobart) at nearby Lutana , which has been in operation since 1917, continues to produce heavy metal contaminants affecting
410-604: The Glenorchy City Council to notify prospective buyers about potential land contamination within the City of Glenorchy. 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
451-760: The Hermit Islands , part of the Bismarck Archipelago in Papua New Guinea . Commands were re-arranged, with Auribeau taking charge of the expedition, with Rossel in Kermadec's place. The new chief took the ships to Surabaya in east Java . Here it was learned that a republic had been proclaimed in France, and on 18 February 1794 Auribeau handed his vessels to the Dutch authorities so that
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#1732786646359492-620: The Isle of Pines , south of New Caledonia . From there, d'Entrecasteaux sailed northward along the western coast of New Caledonia. (The Bruni d'Entrecasteaux reefs at the northwestern end of the New Caledonia Barrier Reef are named for him.) He then passed the Solomon Islands along their southern or western coasts, sailed through Saint George's Channel between New Ireland and New Britain , and on 28 July sighted
533-686: The Kermadec Islands en route. At Tonga, he found that the local people remembered Cook and Bligh well enough, but knew nothing of La Pérouse. He then sailed back to New Caledonia, where he anchored at Balade. The vain search for La Pérouse then resumed with Santa Cruz , then along the southern coasts of the Solomon Islands, the northern parts of the Louisiade Archipelago , through the Dampier Strait , along
574-707: The Moluccas , for use during the south-east monsoon season. In 1787 he was appointed Governor of the French colony of Isle de France (now Mauritius ) and the Isle of Bourbon. In September 1791, the French Assembly decided to send an expedition in search of Jean-François de La Pérouse , who had not been heard of since leaving Botany Bay in March 1788. Bruni d'Entrecasteaux was selected to command this expedition. He
615-526: The governor of Isle de France from 1787 to 1789. He is best known for his exploration of the Australian coast in 1792 while searching for Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse . Bruni d'Entrecasteaux was born to Dorothée de Lestang-Parade and Jean Baptiste Bruny, at Aix-en-Provence in 1739. His father was a member of the Parlement of Provence . Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux was educated at
656-863: The air, land and estuary waters surrounding Greater Hobart . 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 , Moonah , West Moonah ) and 7010 ( Glenorchy , Rosetta , Montrose , Goodwood , Dowsing Point) with average air contaminate readings of 40% NO x ( nitric oxide ( NO ) and nitrogen dioxide ( NO 2 )), and sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) contributing 57% of airborne emissions. The Tasmanian Planning Scheme does not mandate
697-475: The anchorage, and of the ship he was on, Espérance . Beautemps-Beaupré made a hasty survey of the off-lying islands of the archipelago. No water was found, and on 18 December the ships continued eastward to the head of the Great Australian Bight , but here the coast was found to be even more arid, and the water position more serious. On 4 January 1793, Bruni d'Entrecasteaux was forced to leave
738-592: The area along the Derwent River , from just north of the Queens Domain in the south, to the Bridgewater Bridge and Causeway in the north, and extends west as far as the foothills of Mount Wellington . The greater Hobart area has a population of around 222,000 as at the 2016 Census , with the city of Glenorchy local government area having a population of over 46,000. This makes Glenorchy
779-618: The area of land north-east of Goodwood protruding into the River Derwent . It includes the land feature Dowsings Point which marks the north of the entrance to Prince of Wales Bay. Dowsing Point is best known as the western land-end of the Bowen Bridge (Goodwood Road), an arterial road linking the Brooker Highway with the East Derwent Highway. While the City of Glenorchy classes it as a suburb, there are only
820-556: The beautiful waterways and estuaries in the area. Bruni d'Entrecasteaux was fortunate in having good officers and scientists, most importantly from the exploration point-of-view the expedition's first hydrographical engineer, C.F Beautemps-Beaupré, who is now regarded as the father of modern French hydrography. The work this officer did in the field was excellent, and his charts, when published in France as an Atlas du Voyage de Bruny-Dentrecasteaux (1807) were very detailed. The atlas contains 39 charts, of which those of Van Diemen's Land were
861-453: The city centre; and Claremont College slightly to the north at Claremont . The City of Glenorchy has the second largest shopping district in southern Tasmania (the largest being in Hobart).The city has three major commercial areas: Moonah , Glenorchy CBD and Claremont . Claremont has one main shopping centre ( Claremont Village ) and a few retail outlets. Moonah has a shopping strip with
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#1732786646359902-407: The coast at a position near Bruni d'Entrecasteaux Reef and sail direct to Van Diemen's Land. In this decision the French explorer was unfortunate, for if he had continued his examination of the southern coast of New Holland, he would have made all the geographical discoveries that fell to the lot of Bass and Flinders a few years later. Then, indeed, a French "Terre Napoléon" might well have become
943-557: The denial, Bruni d'Entrecasteaux determined to make directly to the Admiralty Islands, nowadays part of Papua New Guinea , taking water and refreshing his crew at Van Diemen's Land. On 20 April 1792, that land was in sight, and three days later the ships anchored in a harbour, which he named Recherche Bay . For the next five weeks, until 28 May 1792, the Frenchmen carried out careful boat explorations which revealed in detail
984-487: The expedition left Brest on 28 September 1791, Entrecasteaux was promoted to the rank of rear-admiral. The plan of the voyage was to proceed to New Holland ( Australia ), to sight Cape Leeuwin at its southwest extremity, then to hug the shore closely all the way to Van Diemen's Land ( Tasmania ), inspecting every possible harbour in a rowing boat, and then to sail for Tonga (aka "the Friendly Islands") via
1025-473: The most detailed; they remained the source of the English charts of the area for many years. Beautemps-Beaupré, while surveying the coasts with Lieutenant Crétin, discovered that Adventure Bay, Tasmania , which had been discovered by Tobias Furneaux and named after his ship in 1773, was on an island which was separated from the mainland by a fine navigable channel. On 16 May, d'Entrecasteaux commenced to sail
1066-508: The name D'Entrecasteaux Islands – later changed to the Recherche Archipelago . While the Frenchmen were still in that dangerous area, on 12 December a violent storm descended upon them, and both ships were nearly wrecked. Fortunately, however, they found an anchorage where they were able to ride out the worst of the gale. Landings took place here on the mainland, and the locality was named in honour of Legrand, who had spotted
1107-667: The name Rivière du Nord – it was renamed the Derwent River a few months later by the next visitor to this area, Captain John Hayes in Duke of Clarence and Duchess . It was probably no coincidence that the d'Entrecasteaux expedition should have spent time investigating that part of Van Diemen's Land, as that region had been recommended for colonization by Henri Peyroux de la Coudrenière in his c.1784–85 "Mémoire sur les avantages qui résulteraient d'une colonie puissante à la terre de Diémen". Although Peyroux's proposal fell on deaf ears at
1148-516: The new French Government could not profit by them. Auribeau died a month later and Rossel sailed from Java in January 1795 on board a Dutch ship, arriving at Table Bay in April 1795. There his ship sailed unexpectedly with the expedition's papers, leaving him behind, but this vessel was captured by the British. Rossel then took passage on a brig-of-war, but this too was captured by the British. After
1189-579: The northern cape of New Zealand allowing gardener Félix Delahaye to collect live breadfruit plants for transport to the French West Indies. D'Entrecasteaux was next to follow La Pérouse's intended route in the Pacific . It was thought that La Pérouse had meant to explore New Caledonia and the Louisiade Archipelago , to pass through Torres Strait , and to explore the Gulf of Carpentaria and
1230-538: The northern coast of New Britain and the southern coast of the Admiralty Islands, and thence north of New Guinea to the Moluccas. By this time, the affairs of the expedition had become almost desperate, largely because the officers were ardent royalists and the crews equally ardent revolutionaries. Kermadec had died of tuberculosis in Balade harbour, and on 21 July 1793, d'Entrecasteaux himself died of scurvy , off
1271-532: The northern coast of New Holland. However, when Bruni d'Entrecasteaux reached Table Bay , Cape Town on 17 January 1792, he heard a report that Captain John Hunter (later to be Governor of New South Wales ) had recently seen – off the Admiralty Islands – canoes manned by indigenous people wearing French uniforms and belts. Although Hunter denied this report, and although the Frenchmen heard of
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1312-813: The period of summer. Artists who have played at this venue include Grinspoon , Paul Kelly and The Pretenders . The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) opened on the Moorilla estate in 2011, and quickly became a popular tourist attraction. KGV Oval is just one of the places where sport is played seriously within the city. Senior secondary colleges and high schools in the Glenorchy area include St Virgil's College located in Austin's Ferry; Montrose Bay High School located in Rosetta ; Cosgrove High School , Dominic College and Guilford Young College located close to
1353-527: The ships through the channel, and this was accomplished by the 28th. Port Esperance , the Huon River , and other features were discovered, named, and charted, the admiral's names being given to the channel ( D'Entrecasteaux Channel ) and the large island ( Bruny Island ) separated by it from the mainland. On 28 May 1792 the ships sailed into the Pacific to search for La Pérouse. On 17 June they arrived off
1394-606: The south-east coast of the Admiralty Islands . After three days spent in scrutinizing the eastern and northern coastline, Bruni d'Entrecasteaux decided that the rumours he had heard in Table Bay must be false, and he therefore set sail for Ambon , in modern-day Indonesia, where his ships replenished their stores. Leaving Amboina on 14 October, Bruni d'Entrecasteaux made for Cape Leeuwin , the south-western extremity of Australia, to carry out his original instructions of searching southern New Holland for La Pérouse. On 6 December land
1435-475: The suburbs north of central Hobart on the western shore of the Derwent River , including its namesake suburb, Glenorchy . Past mayors of the City of Glenorchy include: The current elected members of the Glenorchy City Council include: Tasmanian Aboriginals were the first inhabitants of the area where Glenorchy lies today. The first European to arrive in Glenorchy was a Frenchman, who
1476-684: The third most populated city in the greater area of Hobart. Glenorchy is classified as urban, fringe and medium (UFM) under the Australian Classification of Local Governments. A greater proportion of all roads found within the boundaries of Glenorchy are owned by the city itself with the two exceptions being Goodwood Road and the Brooker Highway which are owned and maintained by the Tasmanian Government . The city hosts several annual events, including
1517-420: The time, it may have influenced d'Entrecasteaux's choice of the location to investigate. An inset map of Frederick Henry Bay, the place recommended by Peyroux for a settlement, was included in the map of Van Diemens Land prepared by C. F. Beautemps-Beaupré, the hydrographer with the d'Entrecasteaux expedition. On 28 February d'Entrecasteaux sailed from Van Diemen's Land towards Tonga , sighting New Zealand and
1558-647: Was a member of Bruni d'Entrecasteaux's crew, in 1793. An English expedition arrived two months later, under the command of John Hayes . Hayes sailed up the river which he referred to as the Derwent . He named Prince of Wales Bay and called the area around New Town and Moonah King George's Plains . Hayes named the Glenorchy area as New Cumberland. This French presence was the main influence in Lieutenant Governor Bowen's decision to settle where Hobart now exists. The period between 1840 and 1860
1599-410: Was given a frigate, Recherche (500 tons), with Lieutenant Jean-Louis d'Hesmity-d'Auribeau as his second-in-command and Élisabeth Rossel among the other officers. A similar ship, Espérance , was placed under Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec , with de Trobriand as his second-in-command. A distinguished hydrographical engineer, Beautemps-Beaupré , served as the hydrographer of the expedition. When
1640-477: Was sighted near Cape Leeuwin, and named D'Entrecasteaux Point. This event was celebrated by feastings and parties, one result of which was that the smith on board Recherche , Jean-Marie Marhadour over-indulged and died next day from an apoplectic fit. The weather proved boisterous, and the ships failed to find King George Sound , originally discovered by Vancouver . As they sailed further east, they penetrated numerous islands and dangerous shoals, to which they gave
1681-460: Was when steady growth was seen in Glenorchy, culminating in the area becoming a municipality in 1864. Glenorchy is believed to have been so named by governor Lachlan Macquarie after his wife's home in Scotland . The name means 'glen of tumbling waters'. City status was given to Glenorchy on 24 October 1964, exactly one hundred years after it was first proclaimed a municipality. The city spans