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Historic Mines of Western Tasmania, a walking guide. Walk the West Publications. ISBN 0-646-10651-1. Pink, Kerry (1984). The west coast story: a history of Western Tasmania and its mining fields (Rev. ed.). Zeehan, Tasmania: West Coast Pioneers' Memorial Museum. ISBN 0-9598295-2-0. Rae (2001). The Abt Railway and Railways of the Lyell region ...
The state capital and largest city is Hobart, with around 40% of the population living in the Greater Hobart area. [17] Tasmania is the most decentralised state in Australia, with the lowest proportion of its residents living within its capital city. [18] Tasmania's main island was inhabited by Aboriginal peoples. [19]
Prince's Square also has the highest concentration of churches in the city with a total of 5 churches facing the square, two with rectories/manses also visible. Starting with the construction of St Johns Church in 1824, various sites around the square were developed as the area opened up, a number of which were chosen as sites for churches and ...
Tasmania has the largest exposure of dolerite in the world of 30000 km 2 and a volume of 15000 km 3. [12] In Tasmania the rock is characteristic of many mountains with its columnar joining and dark blue grey colour. The composition is 40% plagioclase, 20% clinopyroxene, 20% quartz, 5% ilmenite and small percentages of potassium feldspar and ...
Today, Hobart is the financial and administrative hub of Tasmania, serving as the home port for both Australian and French Antarctic operations and acting as a tourist destination. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Well-known drawcards include its convict-era architecture, Salamanca Market and the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), the Southern Hemisphere's largest ...
Geilston Bay (pronounced both "Jeels-ton and "Geels-ton", other pronunciations also possible) [a] is a largely residential suburb of Hobart between Risdon Vale, Shag Bay, and Lindisfarne, in the City of Clarence located on the Eastern Shore of the Derwent River, taking its name from an inlet of that river of the same name.
The Gardens hold historic plant collections and a large number of significant trees, many dating back to the nineteenth century. It also has an increasing number of important conservation collections of Tasmanian plants, of which the King's Lomatia is one of the most unusual, and the world's only Subantarctic Plant House.
The Sorell Causeway is a causeway that carries the Tasman Highway across Pitt Water-Orielton Lagoon, from the western side of Midway Point to Sorell in the south-east of Tasmania, Australia. The causeway and adjacent McGees Bridge provide vital links between Hobart and two of Tasmania's principal tourist attractions - Port Arthur Historic Site ...