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Queenstown, Tasmania

Index Queenstown, Tasmania

Queenstown is a town in the West Coast region of the island of Tasmania, Australia. [1]

31 relations: Australia, Bureau of Meteorology, Burnie, Tasmania, Division of Braddon, Division of Braddon (state), Franklin Dam controversy, Henty Gold Mine, Hobart, Horsetail Falls (Tasmania, Australia), Hydro Tasmania, King River (Tasmania), Macquarie Harbour, Mining, Mount Lyell (Tasmania), Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, Mount Lyell Remediation and Research and Demonstration Program, Mount Owen (Tasmania), Oceanic climate, Orr Street, Queenstown, Queen River, Tasmania, Rosebery, Tasmania, Strahan, Tasmania, Tasmania, The Unconformity, Tourism, West Coast Council, West Coast Range, West Coast Tasmania Mines, West Coast Wilderness Railway, West Coast, Tasmania, 1912 North Mount Lyell disaster.

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Bureau of Meteorology

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is an Executive Agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas.

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Burnie, Tasmania

Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania.

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Division of Braddon

The Division of Braddon is an Australian electoral division in the state of Tasmania.

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Division of Braddon (state)

The electoral division of Braddon is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it includes north-west and western Tasmania as well as King Island.

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Franklin Dam controversy

The Franklin Dam or Gordon-below-Franklin Dam project was a proposed dam on the Gordon River in Tasmania, Australia, that was never constructed.

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Henty Gold Mine

The Henty Gold Mine is located at the head of the Henty River on the edge of the West Coast Range in Western Tasmania.

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Hobart

Hobart is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania.

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Horsetail Falls (Tasmania, Australia)

Horsetail Falls is a seasonal waterfall near Queenstown, Tasmania.

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Hydro Tasmania

Hydro Tasmania, known for most of its history as the Hydro-Electric Commission or The Hydro, is the trading name of the Hydro-Electric Corporation, a Tasmanian Government business enterprise which is the predominant electricity generator in the state of Tasmania, Australia.

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King River (Tasmania)

The King River is a major perennial river in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.

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Macquarie Harbour

Macquarie Harbour is a large, shallow, inlet, located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.

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Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit.

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Mount Lyell (Tasmania)

Mount Lyell is a mountain in the West Coast Range of Western Tasmania, Australia.

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Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company

Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company was a Tasmanian mining company formed on 29 March 1893, most commonly referred to as Mount Lyell.

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Mount Lyell Remediation and Research and Demonstration Program

The Mount Lyell Remediation and Research and Demonstration Program was a joint program between the Supervising Scientist Australia and the Department of Environment and Land Management, Tasmania to clean up the King River, Queen River and Macquarie Harbour following 100 years of mine waste and town waste from Queenstown being emptied into the rivers.

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Mount Owen (Tasmania)

Mount Owen is a mountain directly east of the town of Queenstown on the West Coast Range in Western Tasmania, Australia.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic or highland climate, also known as a marine or maritime climate, is the Köppen classification of climate typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, and generally features cool summers (relative to their latitude) and cool winters, with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature, with the exception for transitional areas to continental, subarctic and highland climates.

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Orr Street, Queenstown

Orr Street, Queenstown is the main street of Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.

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Queen River, Tasmania

The Queen River, part of the King River catchment, is a minor perennial river located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.

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Rosebery, Tasmania

Rosebery is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia.

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Strahan, Tasmania

Strahan (pronounced "straw-n"), is a small town and former port on the west coast of Tasmania.

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Tasmania

Tasmania (abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as Tassie) is an island state of Australia.

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The Unconformity

The Unconformity (formerly the Queenstown Heritage and Arts Festival), is an arts festival held in Queenstown, Tasmania in Australia.

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Tourism

Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.

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West Coast Council

West Coast Council is a local government body in Tasmania, covering much of the western region of the state.

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West Coast Range

The West Coast Range is a mountain range located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.

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West Coast Tasmania Mines

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.

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West Coast Wilderness Railway

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.

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West Coast, Tasmania

The West Coast of Tasmania is the part of the state that is strongly associated with wilderness, mining and tourism, rough country and isolation.

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1912 North Mount Lyell disaster

The 1912 North Mount Lyell disaster (also known at the time as the Mount Lyell disaster and North Mount Lyell fire) refers to a fire that broke out on 12 October 1912 at the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company operations on the West Coast of Tasmania.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenstown,_Tasmania

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