Risdon, Tasmania
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| name = Risdon
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| coordinates = {{coord|42|49|28|S|147|19|3|E|display=inline,title}}
| alternative_location_map = Australia Hobart
| local_map = yes
| zoom = 11
| state = tas
| type = suburb
| lga = City of Clarence
| city = Hobart
| fedgov = Franklin
| postcode = 7017
| pop = 296
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC60550|name=Risdon (State Suburb)|access-date=14 April 2018|quick=on}}
| near-nw = (Bowen Bridge)
| near-n = Otago
| near-ne = Risdon Cove
| near-w = Derwent River
| near-e = Risdon Vale
| near-sw = Derwent River
| near-s = Geilston Bay
| near-se =
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Risdon is a suburb of Hobart, capital city of Tasmania. It is west of Risdon Vale.
History
It derives its name from Captain William Bellamy Risdon, second officer of the ship Duke of Clarence,{{cite book|author=Ida Lee|title=The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7509/7509-h/7509-h.htm#ch08}} which visited the area as part of Sir John Hayes' expedition in 1793.{{cite book |chapter-url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hayes-sir-john-2173 |title=Hayes, Sir John (1768-1831) |chapter=Sir John Hayes (1768–1831) |publisher=Australian National University |access-date=20 November 2018}} Risdon Post Office opened on 1 July 1864. It was named "Gregson" during 1911. Historical landmarks in Risdon include Cleburne Homestead, a house next to the Bowen Bridge built in the 1820s, Saracen's Head Inn, a charming sandstone hotel built in c. 1828, Risdon Brook Bridge, a sandstone-arched bridge over the Risdon Brook built in 1858, and finally St. Margaret's Church, an abandoned wooden church that opened in 1867.{{Cite web |last=Premier Postal History |title=Post Office List |publisher=Premier Postal Auctions |url=https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=tas&country=Australia |access-date=20 November 2018}}
Zinc works
Between 1916 and 1920 Electrolytic Zinc developed a zinc refinery, known as the "Risdon works", and an eponymously named suburb.
In 1956, as part of the refinery complex, EZ started a sulphate of ammonia plant.{{Citation | author1=Electrolytic Zinc Co. of Australasia | title=Official opening of the sulphate of ammonia plant..., 1st November, 1956 [at] Risdon, Tasmania | publication-date=1956 | publisher=Electrolytic Zinc Co. of Australasia | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34660889 | access-date=8 December 2018 }}
The owners of the plant in 1987 considered expansion of the refinery.{{Citation |title=North BH reviewing expansion of Risdon smelter. (North Broken Hill Holdings Ltd., Risdon zinc smelter in Tasmania) |publication-date=1987-10-30 |publisher=Reuters U.S., Inc |pages=R103004162 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/95114530 |access-date=8 December 2018}}
Currently the zinc works and former workers housing area{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12380619 |title=RISDON ELECTROLYTIC ZINC WORKS. |newspaper=The Mercury |location=Hobart, Tas. |date=19 May 1919 |access-date=12 June 2015 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} are found in Lutana.http://mininglink.com.au/site/risdon-smelter History of the smelter and area
''Eucalyptus risdonii''
Eucalyptus risdonii is native to this location and was the emblem of Geilston Bay High School.