Kelly Basin

Kelly Basin

Kelly Basin is a bay on the south eastern side of Macquarie Harbour on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia.

It was the location of the terminus of the North Mount Lyell Railway, and the ghost town of Pillinger.

In the late 1890's when John Watt Beattie was showing his photographs of the west coast country to Hobart and Launceston audiences, it was designated as "Kelly's Basin".

In the 1990's following the failure of the Franklin Dam project to proceed - parts of the Kelly Basin and Bird River area became part of reserves associated with the western boundary of the new South West World Heritage Wilderness area [ (1993) "Kelly Basin-Bird River area site plan" Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania ]

References

Further reading

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* Whitham, Charles. "Western Tasmania: A Land of Riches and Beauty.":2003 edition - Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown. :1949 edition - Hobart: Davies Brothers. OCLC|48825404; ASIN [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FMPZ80 B000FMPZ80] :1924 edition - Queenstown: Mount Lyell Tourist Association. OCLC|35070001; ASIN [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0008BM4XC B0008BM4XC]


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