Mount Heemskirk

Mount Heemskirk

Mount Heemskirk is a mountain close to the coast of Western Tasmania, it was the first sighted feature on the island of Tasmania by Abel Tasman on 24 November 1642.[1]

The mountain and its surrounding high ground was also known as the Heemskirk mining area in the 1890s and early 1900s [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Robson, Lloyd (1983) A history of Tasmania. Volume 1 Melbourne, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195543645 p.3
  2. ^ Waterhouse, L. Lawry (1916) The South Heemskirk Tin Field Hobart. Dept. of Mines, Geological Survey bulletin (Geological Survey of Tasmania) ; no. 21.

Coordinates: 41°52′S 145°10′E / 41.867°S 145.167°E / -41.867; 145.167



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