Dundas, Tasmania Explained
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.
Location
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, renamed Dundas in 1892 and closed in 1930.[4]
The Zeehan and Dundas Herald (1902–1922) was one of the more significant newspapers of the west coast during its operation.
Mines and minerals
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]
A number of mines near Dundas are known as locations of rare minerals:
See also
Further reading
Specific
- Bottrill, R.S., Williams, P., Dohnt, S., Sorrell, S. and Kemp, N.R. 2006. Crocoite and associated minerals from Dundas and other locations in Tasmania. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, (Dundas Issue) 12, 59-90
- Bottrill, R. S. (2000) New minerals from old deposits: The Dundas Mineral Field, Tasmania in Abstracts Minerals and Museums 2000: 4th seminar. Melbourne, Victoria, June 2000.
- Reid, A. McIntosh. (1925) The Dundas mineral field Geological Survey Bulletin 36, Dept. of Mines, Hobart, Tasmania.
- Tilley, Wilberton. (1891) The wild west of Tasmania : being a description of the silver fields of Zeehan and DundasEvershed Bros., Zeehan, Tas. : Dundas, Tas. :
- Web site: Eaves. Rick. Dundas, long dead, lives on in new museum. ABC News. en-AU. 14 April 2017.
Region
- Haupt, J., 1988: Minerals of Western Tasmania. Mineralogical Record, Australia Issue, 196, 381-388
- Book: Atkinson, H.K.. Railway Tickets of Tasmania. 1991. Regal Publications. 0-9598718-7-X.
- Book: Blainey, Geoffrey. Geoffrey Blainey. The Peaks of Lyell . 6th . St. David's Park Publishing . Hobart. 2000. 0-7246-2265-9. The Peaks of Lyell.
- Book: Whitham, Charles. Charles Whitham. Western Tasmania — A land of riches and beauty. Reprint 2003. Municipality of Queenstown. Queenstown. 2003.
Notes and References
- News: TASMANIA. . . 11,933 . New South Wales, Australia . 26 January 1892 . 25 April 2016 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
- News: DUNDAS. . . VIII . 184 . Tasmania, Australia . 7 August 1915 . 25 April 2016 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
- News: DUNDAS. . . XVI . 151 . Tasmania, Australia . 10 April 1905 . 25 April 2016 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
- Web site: Premier Postal History . Post Office List . Premier Postal Auctions . 16 June 2012.
- News: RICH DISCOVERIES OF SILVER AT DUNDAS, TASMANIA. . . XXI . 2091 . Victoria, Australia . 23 September 1890 . 25 April 2016 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
- News: ZEEHAN-DUNDAS SILVER-FIELD, TASMANIA. . . 13,928 . Victoria, Australia . 13 February 1891 . 25 April 2016 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
- News: OLD MINER DISPLAYS RARE ORE SAMPLE . . CLXXIV . 26,036 . Tasmania, Australia . 5 June 1954 . 26 October 2022 . 23 . National Library of Australia.
- News: STICHTITE . . XXXIV . 225 . Tasmania, Australia . 21 September 1914 . 26 October 2022 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
- News: Comet Mine . . XXVI . 257 . Tasmania, Australia . 27 October 1906 . 30 August 2021 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
- News: Comet Mine. . . Tasmania, Australia . 9 April 1927 . 30 August 2021 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
- Web site: The Mineral Dundasite. Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery . 2009-10-16.
- News: Hecla Curtin mine. . . LVII . 131 . Tasmania, Australia . 3 June 1897 . 30 August 2021 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
- News: Mining news. The Hecla Mine. . . XLVIII . 14,312 . South Australia . 16 May 1911 . 30 August 2021 . 1 (5 o'clock.) . National Library of Australia.