Dundas, Tasmania

Dundas
Tasmania

Dundasite (white) and Crocoite (orange/red)
Coordinates 41°52′31″S 145°25′15″E / 41.8754°S 145.4208°E / -41.8754; 145.4208Coordinates: 41°52′31″S 145°25′15″E / 41.8754°S 145.4208°E / -41.8754; 145.4208
Postcode(s) 7469
LGA(s) West Coast Council
State electorate(s) Braddon
Federal Division(s) Braddon

Dundas was a historical mining locality, mineral field and railway location on the western foothills of the West Coast Range in Western Tasmania. It is now part of the locality of Zeehan.

The town was located 5 kilometres east of the town of Zeehan, and almost 10 kilometres west of the Mount Read township. The North East Dundas Tram branched off the Emu Bay Railway approximately 3 kilometres north east of the Dundas railway connection.

The location was hilly and heavily wooded, making the location hazardous in the event of bushfires [1]

The location, being close to Mount Read, was also prone to heavy rain and cold weather [2][3]

Mount Dundas Post Office was opened on 22 November 1890, and renamed Dundas in 1892 and closed in 1930.[4]

The newspaper the Zeehan and Dundas Herald (1902–1922) was one of the more significant newspapers of the west coast during its operation.

Silver was discovered early in the Dundas area in 1890,[5] and the name of the Dundas field was incorporated into that of the adjacent Zeehan field [6]

The Adelaide Mine near Dundas was the location of special specimens of Crocoite and other rare minerals. Dundasite is named after Dundas.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "TASMANIA.". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (11,933) (New South Wales, Australia). 26 January 1892. p. 5. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "DUNDAS.". Daily Post. VIII, (184) (Tasmania, Australia). 7 August 1915. p. 5. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "DUNDAS.". Zeehan and Dundas Herald XVI, (151) (Tasmania, Australia). 10 April 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "RICH DISCOVERIES OF SILVER AT DUNDAS, TASMANIA.". The Colac Herald XXI, (2091) (Victoria, Australia). 23 September 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "ZEEHAN-DUNDAS SILVER-FIELD, TASMANIA.". The Argus (Melbourne) (13,928) (Victoria, Australia). 13 February 1891. p. 7. Retrieved 25 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "The Mineral Dundasite". Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery. Retrieved 2009-10-16.

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