Queenstown is a town in the West Coast region of the island of Tasmania, Australia. It is in a valley on the western slopes of Mount Owen on the West Coast Range.
Strahan, is a small town and former port on the west coast of Tasmania. It is now a significant locality for tourism in the region.
It was preceded by the Mount Lyell Railway (now known as the West Coast Wilderness Railway) which from the 1890s to the 1960s was the main means of transport between the two towns. Earlier tracks existed, but were not in any way suitable for vehicles [1]
The West Coast Wilderness Railway is a reconstruction of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company railway in Tasmania between Queenstown and Regatta Point, Strahan. The railway is significant because of its Abt rack system to conquer the mountainous terrain through rainforest, with original locomotives still operating on the railway today. Now operating as a tourist experience with a focus on sharing the history of Tasmania's West Coast, the original railway began operations in 1897 as the only link between Queenstown and the port of Strahan.
It was proposed and petitioned about in the early 1930s [2] it was opened in the late 1930s,[3][4] but required maintenance work in the 1940s [5]
Howard's Plains is a plain just west and above the river valley location of Queenstown in Western Tasmania, Australia. It is located to the east of the Henty River catchment area.
Zeehan Highway is a road between Zeehan and Queenstown in Western Tasmania.
The road runs on the ridge that divides the catchment of the Tully and Henty River to the north, and the immediate King River tributary creeks to the south. At one point, it runs very close to the alignment of the Mount Lyell Railway as it descends into the King River gorge.
The Henty River is a perennial river in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. The river generally lies north of Queenstown and south of Zeehan.
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↑ see for instance page 180 and 181 of Binks, C. J (1980), Explorers of Western Tasmania, Mary Fisher Bookshop, ISBN978-0-908291-16-8 or descriptions in The Peaks of Lyell about the haulage of equipment over the tracks in the early 1890s
The Lyell Highway is a highway in Tasmania, running from Hobart to Queenstown. It is the one of two transport routes that passes through the West Coast Range, the other being the Anthony Road (B28).
The West Coast Range is a mountain range located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.
The North Mount Lyell Railway was built to operate between the North Mount Lyell mine in West Coast Tasmania and Pillinger in the Kelly Basin of Macquarie Harbour.
Mount Owen is a mountain directly east of the town of Queenstown on the West Coast Range in Western Tasmania, Australia.
The Queen River, part of the King River catchment, is a minor perennial river located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.
The Lake Margaret Tram was located on the western side of Mount Sedgwick in the West Coast Range on the West Coast of Tasmania in service for the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company to the Lake Margaret community.
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. Also, the various mining fields have important roles in the understanding of the mineralization of the Mount Read Volcanics, and the occurrence of economic minerals.
The history of the Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania has fascinated enthusiasts from around the world, because of the combination of the harsh terrain in which the railways were created, and the unique nature of most of the lines.
The Strahan–Zeehan Railway, also known as the 'Government Railway', was a railway from Strahan to Zeehan on the west coast of Tasmania.
Thomas Bather Moore was a pioneer explorer of Western and South West, Tasmania, Australia.
Zeehan railway station in Tasmania, was a major junction and railway yard for numerous different railway and tramway systems in western Tasmania in the town of Zeehan.
Lynchford is a locality and was a stopping place on the Mount Lyell railway to Strahan, to the south of Queenstown in the Queen River valley.
Orr Street, Queenstown is the main street of Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
Zeehan-Strahan Road is a road that links Strahan with Zeehan in Western Tasmania.
Driffield Street, Queenstown is the main north to south street of Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.
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