Adamsfield, Tasmania

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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]

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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

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