Engineer Range is a mountain range in
Western Tasmania
The West Coast of Tasmania is mainly isolated rough country, associated with wilderness, mining and tourism. It served as the location of an early convict settlement in the early history of Van Diemen's Land, and contrasts sharply with the mor ...
, Australia.
It is located to the south east of
Lake Burbury and occurs in the western edge of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area which includes the
Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park.
The range runs south east of the main line of the
West Coast Range
The West Coast Range is a mountain range located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.
The range lies to the west and north of the main parts of the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park.
The range has had a significant number ...
and runs between the
Andrew River and
Franklin River - south of
Mount Fincham.
The nearest tracks or view points of the range have been the former Hydro ''Mount McCall track''. Its lower sides adjacent to the rivers were historically locations for
West Coast Piners
West Coast Piners were groups of men who worked on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia, logging Huon pine.
In most cases they used Strahan as their base, as it was the port from which the timber was shipped. The main eras of the Piners were t ...
to seek out stands of
Huon Pine
''Lagarostrobos franklinii'' is a species of conifer native to the wet southwestern corner of Tasmania, Australia. It is often known as the Huon pine or Macquarie pine, although it is actually a podocarp (Podocarpaceae), not a true pine (Pinaceae ...
[Kerr, Garry and McDermott, Harry (1999) ''The Huon Pine Story'' Portland, Vic Mainsail Books . Map 4 page 34, and Chapter 3]
References
Further reading
* Gee, H and Fenton, J. (Eds) (1978) ''
The South West Book - A Tasmanian Wilderness'' Hawthorn, Vic. : Australian Conservation Foundation, 1978. (Paperback)
External links
Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area- Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service
Mountain ranges of Tasmania
Western Tasmania
Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
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