Adamsfield

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Adamsfield is a locality in Tasmania, Australia, where osmiridium was discovered in 1925.

The name of Adam River Field or Adam's River Field preceded that of Adamsfield. [1] [2] Alluvial mining resulted in one of the world's largest sources of osmium and iridium metal at the time of activity in the 1920s. [3] [4] Florentine Post Office opened on 1 November 1925. It was renamed "Adamsfield" the next month and closed in 1960. [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ "OSMIRIDIUM". The News . Vol. II, no. 365. Tasmania, Australia. 1 August 1925. p. 1 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 24 June 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ Brownlie, Alex; McGlashan, N. D. (Neil D.); University of Tasmania. Department of Geography, (issuing body) (1978), Adamsfield : the town that lived and died, Department of Geography, University of Tasmania for the Division of Recreation, Education Department, retrieved 24 June 2023
  3. ↑ "Adamsfield, Tasmania, Australia".
  4. ↑ Nye, P. B. (Percival Bartlett); Tasmania Department of Mines; Geological Survey of Tasmania (1929), The osmiridium deposits of the Adamsfield District, Dept. of Mines, retrieved 24 June 2023
  5. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  6. ↑ Gowlland, Kathleen; Gowlland, Ralph; Gowlland, Timothy (1973), Adamsfield : the town that lived and died, Richmond & Sons, retrieved 24 June 2023

42°44′S146°19′E / 42.733°S 146.317°E / -42.733; 146.317


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