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Main Street, Zeehan
Main Street, Zeehan is the main street of the Western Tasmanian town of Zeehan. It was constructed in the late 1890s. The street was utilised by the tram service which passed along the street. Most significant heritage properties of Zeehan were located in the street, and viewable in a single vista. The West Coast Heritage Centre incorporates some of the original buildings including: * Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy * Gaiety Theatre, Zeehan, Gaiety Theatre * Zeehan Post Office * Zeehan Courthouse Its Tasmanian road number is C248. See also * Orr Street, Queenstown Notes {{reflist, 30em Zeehan Roads in Western Tasmania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeehan
Zeehan is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia south-west of Burnie. It is part of the West Coast Council, along with the seaport Strahan, and neighbouring mining towns of Dundas, Rosebery and Queenstown. History The greater Zeehan area was inhabited by the indigenous Peerapper and Tommeginne clans of the North West group for over 10,000 years prior to the British colonisation of Tasmania. They were greatly coastal peoples, residing in small numbers on a diet consisting of muttonbirds, seals, swan eggs and cider gum, and constructed bark huts when strong westerly winds brought about rain and icy temperatures. European naming On 24 November 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European explorer to sight and document the Heemskirk and West Coast Ranges. Tasman sailed his ships close to the coastal area which today encompasses the Southwest Conservation Area, south of Macquarie Harbour, but was unable to send a landing party ashore due to poor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Launceston Examiner
''The Examiner'' is the daily newspaper of the city of Launceston and north-eastern Tasmania, Australia. Overview ''The Examiner'' was first published on 12 March 1842, founded by James Aikenhead. The Reverend John West was instrumental in establishing the newspaper and was the first editorial writer. At first it was a weekly publication (Saturdays). The Examiner expanded to Wednesdays six months later. In 1853, the paper was changed to tri-weekly (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays), and first began daily publication on 10 April 1866. This frequency lasted until 16 February the next year. Tri-weekly publication then resumed and continued until 21 December 1877 when the daily paper returned. Associated publications ''The Weekly Courier'' was published in Launceston by the company from 1901 to 1935. Another weekly paper (evening) ''The Saturday Evening Express'' was published between 1924 and 1984 when it transformed into ''The Sunday Examiner'' a title which continues to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Coast Heritage Centre
West Coast Heritage Centre (formerly known as the West Coast Pioneers Museum) is a complex of buildings and collections in Main Street of Zeehan, Tasmania in West Coast Tasmania in Australia. The complex and centre are currently (2016) managed by the company West Coast Heritage Limited. History The closure of the Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy The Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy was a Mining college in Main Street, Zeehan, West Coast Tasmania The West Coast of Tasmania is mainly isolated rough country, associated with wilderness, mining and tourism. It served as the loca ... in the 1960s saw the founding of the Pioneers Museum in 1964. The centre included seven hectares and housing over 30 themed displays and exhibit. The components of the centre include: * Collections of the West Coast Pioneers' Museum * The buildings of the former Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy * Zeehan Post Office * Zeehan Courthouse * Gaiety Theatre * Grand Hotel * Covered ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeehan School Of Mines And Metallurgy
The Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy was a Mining college in Main Street, Zeehan, West Coast Tasmania, Australia. It commenced during the height of the ''silver boom'' in the Zeehan mineral field. The committee to found the school was formed in January 1892, by 1896 there were instructors involved, and in February 1903 the building was complete. Following the decline of the Zeehan mineral field it became part-time by 1921, and it closed in 1958. The buildings and collections of the college were retained to make up part of what was first the 'West Coast Pioneers Museum' which started in 1965, and which is now known as the West Coast Heritage Centre West Coast Heritage Centre (formerly known as the West Coast Pioneers Museum) is a complex of buildings and collections in Main Street of Zeehan, Tasmania in West Coast Tasmania in Australia. The complex and centre are currently (2016) managed b ... Notes {{coord missing, Tasmania Zeehan Schools of mines in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaiety Theatre, Zeehan
The Gaiety Theatre and Grand Hotel is a historic theatre and hotel in Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia. History Draper and hotelier Edward Mulcahy M.H.A built a timber hotel called the Royal Exchange on the site of an abandoned silver and lead mine in 1882. Although it was destroyed by fire in 1884, Mulcahy assembled his own and other capital to enter into a new enterprise for the Gaiety Theatre and Grand Hotel on the same site. The destruction of the Royal Exchange and his personal loss of £5,000 was strong in Mulcahy's mind, so the new building was constructed of brick, the first of which were being made at that time in Zeehan by resident John Connor. Completed in 1898, the Gaiety Theatre and Grand Hotel cost a staggering £7,075. The building is notable for its unusual coupling of a hotel and theatre. Gaiety Theatre The theatre had a seating capacity for over 1,000 patrons with a large stage measuring . The Gaiety was used for regular touring company performances by J.C. Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph (Launceston)
''The Telegraph'', later ''The Daily Telegraph'' was a newspaper published in Launceston, Tasmania between 1881 and 1928. History A newspaper, ''The Telegraph'' was published in Launceston fro2 July 1881t15 June 1883 originally as a weekly, then bi-weekly then tri-weekly in its last year of publication. The first issue of ''The Daily Telegraph'' appeared on 18 June 1883, and the last issue appeared on 28 March 1928. With the imminent demise of the ''Telegraph'', ''The Mercury'' of Hobart, from March 1928 expanded its branch office in the northern city, and increased its penetration by putting on "fast cars" to get their paper to Launceston by breakfast, thus putting extra pressure on the ''Examiner'', the ''Telegraphs competitor. Murray Amos White, who had been brought from Melbourne to Tasmania to take the position of editor-in-chief in October 1927 in the hope of reviving the paper's circulation, sued the managing director A. C. Ferrall for not giving him three months' notice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orr Street, Queenstown
Orr Street, Queenstown is the main street of Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia. Constructed and utilised by 1901, it had operating banks and hotels such as the prominent Empire Hotel, Queenstown, Empire Hotel at its western end. It also had many commercial offices and shops until the decline of the local Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, Mount Lyell copper mine in the 1990s. The junction at the western end is Driffield Street, Queenstown, Driffield Street which links to the Lyell Highway. The street provides a clear view of Mount Owen, Tasmania, Mount Owen that lies above Queenstown to the east. At its western end was the original Queenstown (Tasmania) railway station, railway station, railway yard and West Coast Wilderness Railway, railway that was the main connection with the outside world until completion of roads in the 1930s (those being Lyell Highway and the Queenstown to Zeehan highway). The street view inspired the local camera club in the 1930s to have a scene fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
