Zeehan

Zeehan (Tasmania)
Climate diagram
	Temperature in ° C , precipitation in mm
	Source: Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Zeehan, Tasmania . Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2011.

Zeehan

The former Gaiety Theater in Zeehan, now part of the West Coast Pioneers Museum

State :	Australia Australia
State :	Tasmania
Founded :	1882

Coordinates :	41 ° 53 ′ S , 145 ° 20 ′ E Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ S , 145 ° 20 ′ E-41.883333333333 145.33333333333 172
Height :	172 m
Area :	2.5 km²

Residents :	698 (2016)
Population density :	279 inhabitants per km²

Time zone :	AEST (UTC + 10)
Postal code :	7469

LGA :

West Coast Municipality

Zeehan

Zeehan is a city in the western part of the Australian state of Tasmania . It is located 139 km southwest of Burnie . The 2016 census found 698 residents. It belongs to the Local Government Area West Coast Municipality .

The city was named after the nearby Mount Zeehan . This in turn was baptized by George Bass and Matthew Flinders after Abel Tasman's brig Zeehaen .

history

The region has the longest history in Tasmania. Abel Tasman sighted this part of the island in 1642. Trial Harbor was an early port for Zeehan, but its location on Ocean Beach made it very unsafe, and so its function was soon taken over by Strahan . Zeehan was founded as a mining area. After the discovery of the silver and lead deposits of Zeehan and Dundas in 1882 by Frank Long , a city was established. The best time for mining was the First World War , but the mining of galena in the Montana and Oceana mines continued until 1963. The population of Zeehan and the adjacent Dundas peaked at around 10,000 in 1910. This was over ten times what it is today.

Zeehan was clearly in competition with the larger city to the south, Queenstown , and as long as the silver boom continued, the city was known as the "Silver City". In the first decade of the 20th century, Zeehan rivaled Launceston and Hobart in terms of size . There were more than 20 hotels on its 3.2 km (2 mile) main street. There was increased activity in the city in the 1970s with the operation of the nearby Renison Bell tin mine , and so did the 1990s.

railroad

Zeehan was a major railway hub - the end of the Emu Bay Railway and the beginning of the state-owned Strahan-Zeehan Railway , which connected Strahan to Regatta Point , where the Mount Lyell Railway connected Queenstown. There were also a number of timber haulage railways running from Zeehan to the Pieman River and other destinations throughout the city's early history .

Some of the narrow gauge railways east of Zeehan were noteworthy. One of them ran the first Garratt steam locomotive that was built specifically for this purpose.

After the state rail link between Zeehan and Strahan was closed, the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company transported their copper ore by truck to the terminus of the Emu Bay Railway in Melba Flats a few kilometers east of Zeehan.

climate

Monthly Average Temperatures and Rainfall for Zeehan, Tasmania

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C )	19th	20th	18th	15th	13	11	11	11	13	14th	16	18th	O	14.9
Min. Temperature (° C)	8th	9	8th	7th	5	3	3	3	4th	6th	7th	8th	O	5.9

Precipitation ( mm )	130	100	130	200	230	230	250	250	230	200	180	150	Σ	2,280

Source: Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Zeehan, Tasmania . Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2011.

economy

The Allegiance Limited Avebury Nickel Mine , Comstock Zinc Mine in Zeehan, and Bluestone Tin- operated Renison Bell Tin Mine are major economic drivers for the city, but tourism is the main industry.

Attractions

Attractions include the West Coast Pioneers Museum in the old School of Mines building. Zeehan's street grid is typical of the city.

Known residents

Well-known concert pianist Eileen Joyce was born in Zeehan and the Eileen Joyce Memorial Park was named in her honor.

literature

Geoffrey Blainey: The Peaks of Lyell , 6th Edition. Edition, St. David's Park Publishing, Hobart 2000, ISBN 0-7246-2265-9 .
LB Manny: Railways of the Zeehan District . Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin. October / November 1963
Lou Rae: The Abt Railway and Railways of the Lyell region . Lou Rae, Sandy Bay 2001, ISBN 0-9592098-7-5 .
Charles Whitham: Western Tasmania - A land of riches and beauty , Reprint 2003. Edition, Municipality of Queenstown, Queenstown 2003.
Lindsay Whitham: Railways, Mines, Pubs and People and other historical research . Tasmanian Historical Research Association, Sandy Bay 2002, ISBN 0-909479-21-6 .

Individual evidence

^ Bureau of Meteorology . Retrieved November 17, 2007.
↑ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Zeehan (L) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2020.

gallery

Locomotive in the West Coast Pioneers Museum
Bayer Peacock and Dubbs locomotives
in the West Coast Pioneers Museum

[1] Bureau of Meteorology . Retrieved November 17, 2007.

[ABS-2] Australian Bureau of Statistics : Zeehan (L) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2020.