Howard's Plains is a plain just west and above the river valley location of
Queenstown 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 east of the
Henty River
The Henty River is a perennial river in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. The river generally lies north of and south of .
Location and features
Formed by the confluence of the Dobson and Newton Creeks, the river rises below Lake N ...
catchment area.
It is the location of the junction of the
Zeehan Highway
Zeehan Highway (also known as the Queenstown-Zeehan road) is a road between Zeehan and Queenstown in Western Tasmania.
Where it leaves the valley in which Queenstown lies, it is the junction with the Queenstown to Strahan road that is at How ...
and the
Queenstown to Strahan road
Queenstown to Strahan road (also ''Strahan to Queenstown road'') is a road that connects Queenstown with Strahan in Western Tasmania.
It was preceded by the Mount Lyell railway (now known as the West Coast Wilderness Railway) which from the 1 ...
, and the
Queenstown, Tasmania aerodrome.
It was not until 1934 that the road out of Queenstown up onto the plain was constructed, utilising unemployed workers.
The completion of the Penghana to Howard's Plains road led to the eventual construction of the Queenstown to Strahan road, and the road to Zeehan in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
In the southern area, it is the location of tailings dams created by the
Mount Lyell remediation scheme that are situated above the
Queen River.
Notes
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