Western Tasmanian Football Association

Western Tasmanian Football Association

General Information
Founded	1963
Former names	Queenstown FA (founded in 1924)
Closed	1994
Final clubs	Lyell Gormanston Lions Queenstown Blues Strahan Seals Zeehan Bulldogs
Former clubs	City Magpies Gormanston Blues Lyell Maroons Mines United Smelters Robins Railway Rosebery Saints Rosebery-Toorak Hawks Toorak Tigers Tullah-Savage River
Stadiums	Queenstown Oval
1993 WTFA Season
Premiers	Lyell-Gormanston
Minor Premiers	Lyell-Gormanston
Wooden spoon	Strahan.
Bartram Medalist	Not available.
Leading Goalkicker	P Schleigh (Lyell-Gormanston) 53

The Western Tasmanian Football Association was an Australian Rules Football competition based on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia.
The competition was made up of mostly miners living and working on the State's West Coast.

Of all the clubs that participated in the competition, only the Queenstown Football Club (now nicknamed the Crows) and Rosebery-Toorak Football Club remain in existence, participating in competitions on the North West Coast.

History

There was an earlier named entity proposed in the 1890s. ^[1]

• The League began in 1924 as the Queenstown Football Association.
• The League underwent a name change to the Western Tasmanian Football Association in 1963 as it absorbed the clubs from the Rosebery Football Association.

In 1976, the WTFA absorbed the surviving clubs from the Murchison Football Association. The Lyell Football Club and the Gormanston Football Club merged in 1976 and formed Lyell-Gormanston Football Club.

• In 1977, the Smelters Football Club and the City Football Club Merged and formed the Queenstown Football Club.

Rosebery Football Club and Toorak Football Club merged in 1987 forming the Rosebery-Toorak Football Club. ^[2]

• Rosebery-Toorak Football Club leave the WTFA and join the NWFA to start in 1990.
• In 1991, the Strahan Football Club re-formed and entered the WTFA, they last played in the Murchison FA in 1958.
• The WTFA closed down at the end of 1993. The Queenstown Crows were formed in 1994 from the merger of Lyell-Gormanston and the Queenstown Blues and are still playing in the Darwin Association.

Clubs

Final clubs

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in WTFA	WTFA Senior Premierships		Fate
							Total	Years
Lyell-Gormanston		Lions	Queenstown Oval, Queenstown	–	1976	1976-1993	11	1976, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993	Merged with Queenstown to form Queenstown Crows in Darwin FA after 1993 season
Queenstown		Blues	Queenstown Oval, Queenstown	–	1977	1977-1993	3	1978, 1983, 1984	Merged with Lyell-Gormanston to form Queenstown Crows in Darwin FA after 1993 season
Strahan		Seals	Strahan Recreation Ground, Strahan	SFA		1991-1993	0	-	Folded when WTFA closed down after 1993 season
Zeehan		Bulldogs	Zeehan Cricket Ground, Zeehan	MFA		1976-1993	1	1985	Moved to Leven FA after 1993 season

Former clubs

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in WTFA	WTFA Senior Premierships		Fate
							Total	Years
City		Magpies	Queenstown Oval, Queenstown	–		1924-1976	13	1926, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1960, 1963	Merged with Smelters to form Queenstown in 1977
Gormanston		Blues, Mountain Men	Gormanston Recreation Ground, Gormanston	LFA		1933-1941, 1945-1975	8	1936, 1949, 1950, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970	Merged with Lyell to form Lyell-Gormanston in 1976
Lyell		Maroons	Queenstown Oval, Queenstown	–	1942	1942-1975	10	1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964	Merged with Gormanston to form Lyell-Gormanston in 1976
Mines United	Dark with light monogram		Queenstown Oval, Queenstown	–		1930-1943	3	1932, 1933, 1935	Folded after 1943 season
Railway	[3]		Queenstown Oval, Queenstown	–		1924-1929	1	1925	Folded after 1929 season
Rosebery		Saints	Rosebery Park Oval, Rosebery	RFA		1964-1986	6	1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980	Merged with Toorak to form Rosebery-Toorak in 1987
Rosebery-Toorak		Hawks	Rosebery Park Oval, Rosebery	–	1987	1987-1990	0	-	Moved to North Western FA in 1990
Smelters		Robins	Queenstown Oval, Queenstown	–		1924-1941, 1944-1976	11	1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1938, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959	Merged with City to form Queenstown in 1977
Toorak		Tigers	Rosebery Park Oval, Rosebery	RFA		1964-1986	2	1967, 1977	Merged with Rosebery to form Rosebery-Toorak in 1987
Tullah-Savage River		Roos, River Raiders	Tullah Recreation Ground, Tullah	RFA		1964-1988	0	-	Folded after 1988 season

Premierships

Queenstown FA premiership winners: 1924-1963

1924 ― Smelters 1925 ― Railway 1926 ― City 1927 ― Smelters 1928 ― Smelters 1929 ― Smelters 1930 ― Smelters 1931 ― Smelters 1932 ― Mines United 1933 ― Mines United 1934 ― City 1935 ― Mines United 1936 ― Gormanston 1937 ― City 1938 ― Smelters 1939 ― City 1940 ― City 1941 ― City 1942 ― Lyell 1943 ― Lyell

1944 ― Lyell 1945 ― Lyell 1946 ― Lyell 1947 ― City 1948 ― City 1949 ― Gormanston 1950 ― Gormanston 1951 ― Lyell 1952 ― City 1953 ― City 1954 ― Smelters 1955 ― Smelters 1956 ― Smelters 1957 ― City 1958 ― Lyell 1959 ― Smelters 1960 ― City 1961 ― Lyell 1962 ― Lyell 1963 ― City [4]

WTFA Premiership winners: 1964-1993 1964 ― Lyell 15.17 (107) v Gormanston 9.5 (59) 1965 ― Gormanston 9.10 (64) v Lyell 4.14 (38) 1966 ― Gormanston 16.11 (107) v Lyell 13.9 (87) 1967 ― Toorak 8.9 (57) v Rosebery 6.17 (53) 1968 ― Gormanston 10.16 (76) v Toorak 8.12 (60) 1969 ― Gormanston 12.14 (86) v Rosebery 8.5 (53) 1970 ― Gormanston 19.11 (125) v Toorak 16.13 (109) 1971 ― Rosebery 20.18 (138) v Toorak 19.12 (126) 1972 ― Rosebery 11.12 (78) v Toorak 10.10 (70) 1973 ― Smelters 15.13 (103) v Toorak 12.14 (86) 1974 ― Rosebery 16.17 (113) v Smelters 7.12 (54) 1975 ― Rosebery 15.17 (107) v Toorak 15.13 (103) 1976 ― Lyell-Gormanston 26.25 (181) v City 8.12 (60) 1977 ― Toorak 15.21 (111) v Lyell-Gormanston 12.18 (90) 1978 ― Queenstown 16.26 (122) v Toorak 14.15 (99) 1979 ― Rosebery 15.12 (102) v Toorak 13.12 (90) 1980 ― Rosebery 12.17 (89) v Toorak 10.12 (72) 1981 ― Lyell-Gormanston 20.18 (138) v Rosebery 13.13 (91) 1982 ― Lyell-Gormanston 14.14 (98) v Toorak 9.17 (71) 1983 ― Queenstown 7.13 (55) v Lyell-Gormanston 4.4 (28) 1984 ― Queenstown 15.19 (109) v Lyell-Gormanston 7.21 (63) 1985 ― Zeehan 22.10 (142) v Lyell-Gormanston 14.14 (98) 1986 ― Lyell-Gormanston 12.15 (87) v Queenstown 12.14 (86) 1987 ― Lyell-Gormanston 9.16 (70) v Tullah-Savage River 7.14 (56) 1988 ― Lyell-Gormanston 11.18 (84) v Zeehan 7.9 (51) 1989 ― Lyell-Gormanston 14.22 (106) v Queenstown 16.8 (104) 1990 ― Lyell-Gormanston 22.21 (153) v Queenstown 16.8 (104) 1991 ― Lyell-Gormanston 18.18 (126) v Strahan 14.7 (91) 1992 ― Lyell-Gormanston 20.19 (139) v Zeehan 13.12 (90) 1993 ― Lyell-Gormanston 17.19 (121) v Queenstown 12.12 (84)

Individual awards

• The senior B&F was the Bartram Medal.
• The reserves B&F was the ALB. Broadby Trophy.
• Seniors and reserves both had leading goalkicker awards.

1987 Ladder

West Tasmanian FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Rosebery-Toorak	10	0	5	1	1403	1071	131.00%	42
Lyell-Gormanston	9	0	7	0	1447	1336	108.31%	36
Tullah-Savage River	9	0	7	0	1264	1220	103.61%	36
Zeehan	7	0	9	0	1210	1473	82.15%	28
Queenstown	4	0	11	1	1387	1611	86.10%	18

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
1st Semi	Tullah-Savage River	13	11	89	Zeehan	9	14	68
2nd Semi	Lyell-Gormanston	14	16	100	Rosebery-Toorak	12	8	80
Preliminary	Tullah-Savage River	13	17	95	Rosebery-Toorak	10	8	68
Grand	Lyell-Gormanston	9	16	70	Tullah-Savage River	7	14	56

Notes

1. "Western Tasmanian Football Association". Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Hobart, Tas. : 1890 - 1922) . Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 13 July 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
2. see for 1979-1980's merges and participants
3. "QUEENSTOWN ASSOCIATION". Examiner. 8 April 1927. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
4. "King Football" - Hobart Mercury - Monday, 28 May 1973 (page 29)

See also

• Australian rules football in Tasmania
• Leven Football Association
• Darwin Football Association
• North Western Football Association