Dundas, Tasmania

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Dundas, Tasmania Was a historical mining locality, mineral field and railway location on the western foothills of the West Coast Range in Western Tasmania.

The location of the town was 5 kilometres east of the town of Zeehan, and almost 10 kilometres west of the Mount Read township.

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

The North East Dundas Tram branched off the Emu Bay Railway approximately 3 kilometres north east of the Dundas railway connection.

The Adelaide Mine near Dundas was the location of special specimens of Crocoite and other rare minerals.

Contents 1 References 2 See also 3 Further reading - specific 4 Further reading - region 5 External links

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[edit] See also

• West Coast Tasmania Mines
• Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania

[edit] Further reading - specific

• 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. & Tasmania. (1925) The Dundas mineral field 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. :
• Blainey, Geoffrey

[edit] Further reading - region

• Atkinson, H.K. (1991). Railway Tickets of Tasmania. ISBN 0-9598718-7-X. 
• Blainey, Geoffrey (2000). The Peaks of Lyell, 6th ed., Hobart: St. David's Park Publishing. ISBN 0-7246-2265-9. 
• Whitham, Charles. Western Tasmania - A land of riches and beauty, Reprint 2003, Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown. 

2003 edition - Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown.

1949 edition - Hobart: Davies Brothers. OCLC 48825404; ASIN B000FMPZ80

1924 edition - Queenstown: Mount Lyell Tourist Association. OCLC 35070001; ASIN B0008BM4XC

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