Dowsing Point
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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
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{{Infobox Australian place
| name = Dowsing Point
| image =
| caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|42|49|22|S|147|18|10|E|display=inline,title}}
| alternative_location_map = Australia Hobart
| local_map = yes
| zoom = 13
| state = tas
| type = suburb
| lga = City of Glenorchy
|stategov = Clark
|fedgov = Clark
| city = Hobart
| postcode = 7010
| pop =
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| region = Hobart
| location1 = Glenorchy
| dist1 = 2
| dir1 = NE
| near-nw = River Derwent
| near-n = River Derwent
| near-ne = (Bowen Bridge)
| near-w = Elwick
| near-e = River Derwent
| near-sw = Goodwood
| near-s = Prince of Wales Bay
| near-se = River Derwent
}}
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 {{convert|2|km}} 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 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 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.
==History==
Dowsing Point is a confirmed locality.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Dowsing Point |author= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=2 April 2021 |at=Select "Search", enter "38084P", click "Search", select row, map is displayed, click "Details"}}
During the Tasman Bridge disaster, Dowsings Point was used as the western side of a Bailey bridge crossing the River Derwent.
Geography
The waters of the River Derwent form the northern, eastern and most of the southern boundaries.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Dowsing+Point+TAS+7010/@-42.8217175,147.2935714,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa6e74abd801dae1:0x503c94dd0de1490!8m2!3d-42.822958!4d147.2948608 |title=Dowsing Point, Tasmania |access-date=2 April 2021}}
Road infrastructure
Route B35 (Goodwood Road) runs through from west to east.{{cite web |url=https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801112712/http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-08-01 |title=Tasmanian Road Route Codes |author= |date=May 2017 |publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment |access-date=2 April 2021 }}
Smelter contamination
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 the air, land and estuary waters surrounding Greater Hobart.{{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}}
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% {{NOx}} (nitric oxide ({{chem|NO}}) and nitrogen dioxide ({{chem|NO|2}})), and sulfur dioxide (SO2) contributing 57% of airborne emissions.{{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}}{{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 |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |last=Hermant |first=Norman |last2=Clark |first2=Emily}}
The Tasmanian Planning Scheme does not mandate the Glenorchy City Council to notify prospective buyers about potential land contamination within the City of Glenorchy.{{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}}