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Queenstown is a town on the West Coast of the island of Tasmania, Australia. It had a population of 2,352 people as of 2001[1]. Capital Hobart Government Const. ...
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Strahan (pronounced straw-n, ) is a small town on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. ...
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Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, originally settled in 1827 as Emu Bay. ...
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Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. ...
Local Government Areas of Tasmania, Australia This article also includes lists of towns, suburbs and localities of Tasmania. ...
Municipality of West Coast The Municipality of West Coast is a local government area of Tasmania. ...
State Electoral District is a term used to refer to a voting area within Australian states. ...
Division of Lyons The Division of Lyons, Tasmania is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly or lower house. ...
The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ...
The Division of Lyons is an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania. ...
Municipality of West Coast The Municipality of West Coast is a local government area of Tasmania. ...
Capital Hobart Government Const. ...
2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous...
History Historically it was a mining town. The mountainous area was first explored in 1862. It was long after that when alluvial gold was discovered at Mount Lyell, prompting the formation of the Mount Lyell Gold Mining Company in 1881. In 1892, the mine began searching for copper. The final name of the Mt Lyell company was the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company. This article is about mineral extraction. ...
1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Mount Lyell was named during the nineteenth century controversy about the theory of evolution put forward by Charles Darwin. ...
Year 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...
1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company was a Tasmanian mining company formed on the 29 March 1893, most commonly referred to as Mount Lyell. ...
In the 1900s, Queenstown was the centre of the Mount Lyell mining district and had numerous smelting works, brick-works, and sawmills. The area at the time was finely wooded. The population in 1900 was 5051; the district, 10,451.
The town was the base of the Queenstown council up until amalgamation with other west coast councils in the 1990s. The town in its heyday had a collection of hotels, churches and schools that have all significantly reduced since the demise of the Mt Lyell company.
For a brief period in the 1980s during the building of dams by the Hydro (to compensate for the loss of the Lower Gordon scheme due to the No Dams campaign) there was a brief reprieve for the town. However since then businesses have closed down and facilities reduced. The rebuilt Abt Railway has not significantly increased the towns prosperity to date, however renewed mining and mining exploration activity in the region has helped. Hydro Tasmania is the predominant electricity generator in the state of Tasmania, Australia. ...
The photograph Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend, Franklin River, by Peter Dombrovskis, was used by the Tasmanian Wilderness Society in advertising. ...
Ecology
 Queenstown moonscape, December 1984 The mountains surrounding Queenstown have unusual pink and grey hues that come from the conglomerate rocks on the two most adjacent mountains - Mount Lyell and Mount Owen. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x676, 288 KB) Queenstown, Tasmania moonscape of surrounding hills as a result of copper smelting operations. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x676, 288 KB) Queenstown, Tasmania moonscape of surrounding hills as a result of copper smelting operations. ...
Mount Lyell is the name of a mountain in the West Coast Range, Tasmania, Australia. ...
Mount Owen (42°05′ S 145°36′ E) is the mountain directly east of the town of Queenstown in Tasmania, Australia. ...
 A close-up shot of rock in the mountains surrounding Queenstown Due to a combination of tree removal for use in the smelters, the smelter fumes (for about 40 years), and the heavy annual rainfall, the erosion of the shallow horizon topsoil back to the harder rock profile contributed to the stark state of the mountains for many decades. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 3. ...
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Typical of the successions that occur in fire affected areas in Western Tasmania, the low shrubbery that has revegetated adjacent to hillside creeks is a very early stage of a long recovery for the ecology of the region. The West Coast of Tasmania is the part of the state that is strongly associated with wilderness, mining, rough country and isolation. ...
Some concern by local residents in the 1980s and since, that the low level succession of plants might affect the stark 'moonscape' appearance of the southern parts of Mount Lyell, and northern Mount Owen. Although there are still large areas incapable of sustaining regrowth due to the acute slopes and lack of soil formation, the rate of vegetation recovery will render the mythologies arising from the appearance as only partial truths in time.
The Queen River was for most of the history of the Mount Lyell company the recipient of mining effluent and the Queenstown sewage - which then continued into the King River and consequently the Macquarie Harbour. Queen River, Tasmania River flowing through Queenstown Tasmania. ...
The King River is a river on the west coast of Tasmania. ...
Macquarie Harbour is a large, shallow, inlet on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. ...
The Mount Lyell Remediation and Research and Demonstration Program scheme has since removed the direct flowing mining waste and local waste from the rivers. Mount Lyell Remediation and Research and Demonstration Program Was a joint program between the Supervising Scientist Australia and the Department of Environment and Land Management, Tasmania to clean up the King River, Queen River and Macquarie Harbour following 100 years of mine waste and town waste from Queenstown being emptied...
Current conditions Today, the town and district attracts significant numbers of tourists, on either organised tours or the hire car 'circuit' around Tasmania. Some features continue to fascinate tourists, either the mountains, the slag heap or the gravel football ground. There are significant opportunities to catch glimpses of the towns past at the local museum, and simply by driving up Orr Street, the old main street now with closed pubs and the dominant Post Office tower. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 644 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1193 × 1111 pixel, file size: 738 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A Tasmanian Tree Frog, (Litoria burrowsae), from Queenstown, Tasmania. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 644 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1193 × 1111 pixel, file size: 738 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A Tasmanian Tree Frog, (Litoria burrowsae), from Queenstown, Tasmania. ...
Binomial name Litoria burrowsae Scott, 1942 The Tasmanian Tree Frog, (Litoria burrowsae) is a species of tree frog that is found on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. ...
Tourists on Oʻahu, Hawaii Tourism is travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes, and also refers to the provision of services in support of this act. ...
The mining operation at the original Mount Lyell mine continues, with Copper Mines of Tasmania operating between 1995 and 1999 independently, after which it became part of an Indian company group - and its concentrates are shipped to India for processing.
Exploration continues within the West Coast region for further economic mineral deposits, and due to the complexity of the geology, there is always the possibility that new mines will open: the Henty Gold Mine is a good example as it commenced operation in the 1990's. The Henty Gold Mine () is located at the head of the Henty River on the edge of the West Coast Range in Western Tasmania. ...
Queenstown is the terminus of the West Coast Wilderness Railway, which travels southwards alongside the Queen River, and then along the northern slopes of the King River to the port of Strahan in Macquarie Harbour. The West Coast Wilderness Railway, Tasmania is a reconstruction of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company railway between Queenstown and Regatta Point. ...
Queen River, Tasmania River flowing through Queenstown Tasmania. ...
The King River is a river on the west coast of Tasmania. ...
Strahan (pronounced straw-n, ) is a small town on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. ...
Macquarie Harbour is a large, shallow, inlet on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. ...
References - ^ a b Population distribution. Government of Tasmania Resource Planning and Development Commission (2005-05-02). Retrieved on December 3, 2006.
The coat of arms of Tasmania. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ...
December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...
Further reading - Blainey, Geoffrey (2000). The Peaks of Lyell, 6th ed., Hobart: St. David's Park Publishing. ISBN 0-7246-2265-9.
- Davies P, Mitchell N and Barmuta L 1996 The impact of historical mining operations at Mount Lyell on the water quality and biological health of the King and Queen River catchments, western Tasmania. Mount Lyell Remediation Research and Demonstration Program. Supervising Scientist Report 118, Supervising Scientist, Canberra. ISBN 0-642-24317-4
- Gardiner, B. & L.A. In shadow of Lyell Devonport ,Tas.: B. & L.A. Gardiner, 1983. ISBN 0959242422 :
- Whitham, Charles. Western Tasmania - A land of riches and beauty, Reprint 2003, Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown.
- 2003 edition - Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown. ISBN 09591281
- 1949 edition - Hobart: Davies Brothers. OCLC 48825404; ASIN B000FMPZ80
- 1924 edition - Queenstown: Mount Lyell Tourist Association. OCLC 35070001; ASIN B0008BM4XC
OCLC Online Computer Library Center was founded in 1967 and originally named the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC). ...
Asin is a Pinoy rock and folk rock band from the Philippines. ...
OCLC Online Computer Library Center was founded in 1967 and originally named the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC). ...
Asin is a Pinoy rock and folk rock band from the Philippines. ...
See also The mines of the West Coast of Tasmania have a rich historical heritage as well as an important mineralogical value in containing or having had found, specimens of rare and unusual minerals. ...
External links Coordinates: 42°04′S 145°33′E Wikitravel is a project to create an open content, complete, up-to-date, and reliable world-wide travel guide. ...
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