Dundas, Tasmania

Dundas Tasmania
Dundasite (white) and Crocoite (orange/red), From Dundas, Tasmania
Postcode:	7469
Coordinates:	41°52′31″S 145°25′15″E / 41.8754°S 145.4208°E / -41.8754; 145.4208Coordinates: 41°52′31″S 145°25′15″E / 41.8754°S 145.4208°E / -41.8754; 145.4208
LGA:	West Coast Council
State District:	Braddon
Federal Division:	Braddon

Dundas was a historical mining locality, mineral field and railway location on the western foothills of the West Coast Range in Western Tasmania. It is now part of the locality of Zeehan.

The town was located 5 kilometres east of the town of Zeehan, and almost 10 kilometres west of the Mount Read township. The North East Dundas Tram branched off the Emu Bay Railway approximately 3 kilometres north east of the Dundas railway connection.

The newspaper the Zeehan and Dundas Herald (1902–1922) was one of the more significant newspapers of the west coast during its operation.

The Adelaide Mine near Dundas was the location of special specimens of Crocoite and other rare minerals. Dundasite is named after Dundas.^[1]

See also

• Mount Dundas, Tasmania
• West Coast Tasmania Mines
• Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania

References

1. ^ "The Mineral Dundasite". Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery. http://www.galleries.com/minerals/carbonat/dundasit/dundasit.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-16. 

Further reading — specific

• Bottrill, R.S., Williams, P., Dohnt, S., Sorrell, S. and Kemp, N.R. 2006. Crocoite and associated minerals from Dundas and other locations in Tasmania. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, (Dundas Issue) 12, 59-90
• Bottrill, R. S. (2000) New minerals from old deposits: The Dundas Mineral Field, Tasmania in Abstracts Minerals and Museums 2000: 4th seminar. Melbourne, Victoria, June 2000.
• Reid, A. McIntosh. & Tasmania. (1925) The Dundas mineral field Dept. of Mines, Hobart, Tasmania.
• Tilley, Wilberton. (1891) The wild west of Tasmania : being a description of the silver fields of Zeehan and DundasEvershed Bros., Zeehan, Tas. : Dundas, Tas. :

Further reading — region

• Haupt, J., 1988: Minerals of Western Tasmania. Mineralogical Record, Australia Issue, 196, 381-388
• Atkinson, H.K. (1991). Railway Tickets of Tasmania. ISBN 0-9598718-7-X. 
• Blainey, Geoffrey (2000). The Peaks of Lyell (6th ed. ed.). Hobart: St. David's Park Publishing. ISBN 0-7246-2265-9. 
• Whitham, Charles (2003). Western Tasmania — A land of riches and beauty (Reprint 2003 ed.). Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown. 

• 2003 edition — Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown.
• 1949 edition — Hobart: Davies Brothers. OCLC 48825404; ASIN B000FMPZ80
• 1924 edition — Queenstown: Mount Lyell Tourist Association. OCLC 35070001; ASIN B0008BM4XC

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